EP0856272A2 - Système de distribution de cuillières jetables pour aliments et dispositifs correspondant - Google Patents

Système de distribution de cuillières jetables pour aliments et dispositifs correspondant Download PDF

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EP0856272A2
EP0856272A2 EP97122967A EP97122967A EP0856272A2 EP 0856272 A2 EP0856272 A2 EP 0856272A2 EP 97122967 A EP97122967 A EP 97122967A EP 97122967 A EP97122967 A EP 97122967A EP 0856272 A2 EP0856272 A2 EP 0856272A2
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Giovanni De Magistris
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/08—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom
    • A47F1/10—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom having mechanical dispensing means, e.g. with buttons or handles

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  • This invention concerns a system to dispense disposable spoons for foodstuffs and the device which obtains the system, as set forth in the respective main claims.
  • the invention is used in the hygienic dispensing of spoons or stirrers and other similar cutlery, of the disposable type, given in public premises to eat food or with drinks.
  • the relative disposable spoon In public food outlets selling ice cream, either loose or packaged, or any other type of foodstuff, the relative disposable spoon is usually dispensed to the users by the sales-person. In some cases, the sales-person takes the spoons from a container, where they are contained loose and without any wrapping; every time this happens, there is an unhygienic contact with a very high number of spoons contained in the container.
  • the spoon is contained in a protective wrapper, normally a strip with the edges superimposed and glued together, inside which a large number of spoons are contained.
  • the purpose of the invention is to obtain a dispensing system, and a device achieving the said system, for disposable spoons for foodstuffs, which is simple and economical and which will allow the user to take the spoons hygienically and in an orderly manner, without the sales-person having to intervene.
  • Another purpose is to reduce the packaging costs of the spoons.
  • the invention can be applied both for use on the sales counter and also placed inside containing and preservation elements, such as refrigerators and so on.
  • the dispensing device comprises expulsion means associated with a container.
  • the expulsion means cooperate with a collection seating for the spoons arranged inside the container; they comprise thruster elements associated with activation means accessible from outside the container.
  • the activation means are accessible from outside the said element.
  • the spoons are positioned one on top of the other so as to define at least a layer contained both laterally and longitudinally by the relative guide means.
  • the activation means When the activation means are activated, they act on the thruster elements which abut on the last spoon at the bottom of the layer and push it until it comes out, at least partly, of the container, and thus can be picked up.
  • a stabiliser element which keeps the layer in order as the layer is progressively lowered with the extraction of the spoons.
  • the invention enables the spoons to be handled in a hygienic manner by the sales-person and to be extracted directly by the final user.
  • the container prevents dust or other dirt from being deposited on the spoons, and there is no need to wrap the spoons either multiply or individually.
  • the numbers 10, 110 denote two possible embodiments of the device to dispense disposable spoons 11 for foodstuffs according to the invention.
  • the devices 10, 110 may be positioned on the sales counter of the food outlet or inside a containment and/or preservation unit such as a refrigerator.
  • the dispensing device 10 as shown in Fig. 1 comprises a container 13 including a lower supporting base 29.
  • a collection seating 15 for the spoons 11 defined by lateral and longitudinal guide means 20 and by a supporting plane 19.
  • the lateral and longitudinal guide means 20, in this case, consist of two U-shaped sections with their open side reciprocally facing each other, the width thereof substantially mating with the transverse size of the spoons 11 which they will contain.
  • the spoons 11 are arranged one on top of the other so as to form at least a layer 111.
  • expulsion means 12 comprising an extraction structure 16 equipped with at least a thruster element 27.
  • the thruster element 27 is associated in an articulated manner with activation means 17 accessible from outside the container 13.
  • the activation means 17 comprise an articulated lever 117 which rotates around a pin 32 in direction 28, thus activating the thruster element 27.
  • the thruster element 27 acts on the spoon 11a located in the lowest position in the collection seating 15 and causes it to be partly expelled through an aperture 30 made on a side wall of the container 13.
  • the layer 111 is lowered by one unit and makes a new spoon 11 available for extraction.
  • the dispenser device 10 as shown in Fig. 1 can be placed inside a containment and preservation unit such as a refrigerator, by making the appropriate articulated connection between the lever 117 and the thruster element 27 with which it is associated.
  • a containment and preservation unit such as a refrigerator
  • Figs. 2 and 3 show another embodiment of the dispenser device 110 of the type which can be placed directly on the sales counter of a food outlet.
  • the container 13 consists of two parts which can be opened, respectively 13a and 13b, which have respective mating and facing shapings 31a and 31b defining the aperture 30 for the expulsion of the spoons 11.
  • the lower portion 13a includes supporting means, in this case consisting of a plurality of feet with suction pads 14.
  • the activation means 17 are push button means 217 protruding from the container 13 through an aperture 18.
  • the guide means 20 comprise a first wider section 20a cooperating with the portion which collects the spoon 11 and a second narrower section 20b cooperating with the handle of the spoon 11.
  • the second section 20b cooperates with a third section 120a which has the function of guiding, together with the first section 20a, a stabiliser element 21 which rests on top of the layer 111.
  • the stabiliser element 21 presses against the layer 111 and contrasts any possible unwanted rotation and/or sideways movements of the spoons 11 as the layer 111 is progressively lowered.
  • the extraction structure 16 comprises a cylinder 23, attached at the upper part of the supporting plane 19 inside which there is a piston 24.
  • the piston 24 is associated at one end with the activation means 17 and at the other end with the lower end of a rod 25.
  • the rod 25 pivots at an intermediate point on a bracket element 26 solid with the supporting plane 19.
  • the other end of the rod 25 pivots on the thruster element 27.
  • the individual spoon 11 is expelled from the dispenser 10 according to the invention by acting on the activation means 17, which make the piston 24 advance; this acts on the rod 25 which in turn moves the thruster element 27, which causes the spoon 11a to come out at least partly from the aperture 30.

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WO2004028309A1 (fr) * 2002-09-26 2004-04-08 Antoni Zielinski Procede de distribution de couverts jetables, pile de couverts, et distributeur
US8152004B2 (en) 2005-05-05 2012-04-10 Dixie Consumer Products Llc Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor
US8210364B2 (en) 2005-05-05 2012-07-03 Dixie Consumer Products Llc Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor
US10010195B2 (en) 2005-05-05 2018-07-03 Gpcp Ip Holdings Llc Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor
US8070013B2 (en) 2009-01-06 2011-12-06 Dixie Consumer Products Llc Cutlery utensil dispensing apparatus and method
US9924816B2 (en) 2010-06-08 2018-03-27 Gpcp Ip Holdings Llc System and method for holding cutlery together
US8839522B2 (en) 2010-08-12 2014-09-23 Dixie Consumer Products Llc Interlocking cutlery and related methods
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