EP1063620A1 - Verkaufsautomat für gekochte Nahrungsmittel - Google Patents

Verkaufsautomat für gekochte Nahrungsmittel Download PDF

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EP1063620A1
EP1063620A1 EP99112246A EP99112246A EP1063620A1 EP 1063620 A1 EP1063620 A1 EP 1063620A1 EP 99112246 A EP99112246 A EP 99112246A EP 99112246 A EP99112246 A EP 99112246A EP 1063620 A1 EP1063620 A1 EP 1063620A1
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Alvaro Sanchez-Munoz
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    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0064—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for processing of food articles
    • G07F17/0078—Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts
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    • 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
    • G07F11/62—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/10—Casings or parts thereof, e.g. with means for heating or cooling
    • G07F9/105—Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage

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  • the present invention refers to a vending machine for cooked foods wherein a packet of (normally pre-cooked) food, selected by the consumer among those stored in a storing section (preferably at a temperature suitable for the conservation of frozen products), is lifted by a mechanical hand from the storing section to an oven belonging to a cooking section and put inside said oven for completing its cooking.
  • Vending machines for cooked foods are suitable to be installed in company canteens, schools, public locations and transit locations such as railways, airports, supermarkets, conference halls and similar sites, where there is the need for foods that offer a more substantial alternative to a sandwich but where there is not sufficient time for consuming a full meal.
  • Vending machines offering food and drink products, such as snacks, sandwiches, pastries, small pizzas, fruit juice, ice-cream, cold drinks in cans or hot drinks such as coffee, tea, milk and other items are well-known.
  • This system involves a number of inconveniences such as high costs for a single meal, the need to provide suitable locations for the canteen service, the impossibility for the consumer of modifying the type of food chosen as the choice must be communicated to the supplier company the day before for the following day and, finally, the possibility of potential and unforeseeable problems resulting in delayed delivery of the food which may then be cold and consequently with less taste and aroma.
  • the present invention refers to a vending machine for cooked food which overcomes the above mentioned drawbacks as it is simple to manufacture and to maintain and easy to use by a consumer which can choose at any moment, through a selection and cashing panel, the most suitable type of food and retrieve and consume it (quite) immediately.
  • the present invention refers to a vending machine for cooked foods comprising a cabinet, including a selection and cashing panel, which houses at least:
  • the vending machine further comprises a logic unit which manages at least the mechanical hand and the oven(s) belonging to the cooking section. If the cooking section provides for two or more ovens, the cooking of two or more packets of food(s) is (or can be) completed at the same time.
  • Figure 1 shows a front view of a vending machine according to the invention, comprising a cabinet 1 provided with a selection and cashing panel 11, not disclosed therein as it is known to any person skilled in the art and in any case outside the scope of the present invention.
  • a cooking section 10 including four ovens 4 while inside the cabinet are positioned a storing section 2 (placed on the lower portion of the cabinet 1) and a mechanical hand 6, which will be disclosed with reference to figure 2.
  • Figure 2 shows an elevation sectional view of a vending machine according to the invention, where the cabinet 1 (providing for a selection and cashing panel 11; figure 1) houses at least the storing section 2, positioned in the lower part of the cabinet 1, wherein single packets of foods 3 are stored; the cooking section 10, positioned in the upper part of the cabinet 1 and providing for at least one oven 4 (four in the embodiment shown by figure 1) for completing the cooking of at least one packet of food 3 selected by the consumer; and a mechanical hand 6, equipped with collecting grippers 7, for lifting a packet 3 of the food selected by the consumer through the selection and cashing panel 11 from the storing section 2 to an oven 4 belonging to the cooking section 10 and for putting the packet of food 3 inside the oven 4.
  • the cabinet 1 provides for a selection and cashing panel 11; figure 1
  • the cabinet 1 houses at least the storing section 2, positioned in the lower part of the cabinet 1, wherein single packets of foods 3 are stored
  • the cooking section 10 positioned in the upper part of the cabinet 1 and providing for at least one oven 4
  • the food(s) stored inside the storing section 2 are pre-cooked to speed up the cooking action of the oven(s) 4 (the consumer can therefore enjoy the hot food only a few minutes after having selected it) and the mechanical hand 6 equipped with collecting grippers 7 is of the type providing for a human-like movement but, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the food(s) can be not pre-cooked food(s) and/or a different type of mechanical hand 6 (not disclosed herein as it is known to a skilled person) can be used.
  • Each oven 4 is supplied by already known heat sources 5 (as, for example, electrical or microwave heat sources) and is suitable to receive the packet of food 3 lifted from the storing section 2 by the mechanical hand 6, equipped with lifting grippers 7.
  • heat sources 5 as, for example, electrical or microwave heat sources
  • Each oven 4 is equipped with two opposing doors moved by opening means (not disclosed therein as they are known to any person skilled in the art and in any case they are outside the scope of the present invention), where the inner door 8 faces towards the inside of the cabinet 1 and is opened by the opening means to allow the packet of food 3 to be put by the lifting grippers 7 of the mechanical hand 6 inside the oven 4, while the outer door 9 faces towards the outside of the cabinet 1 and is opened by the consumer (through the relevant opening means) at the end of the cooking time for retrieving the cooked food.
  • the cooking section 10 provides for two or more ovens 4 (four according to the embodiment shown by figure 1), the vending machine is suitable to complete the cooking of at least two packets of pre-cooked food 3 at the same time.
  • the storing section 2 is suitable for storing single packets of food 3 in the form of pre-cooked products at a temperature suitable for the conservation of frozen products.
  • a detailed description of a mechanical hand 6 equipped with lifting grippers 7 and suitable for lifting one at a time from the storing section 2 a packet 3 of the food selected by the consumer and for depositing it inside one of the ovens 4 belonging to the cooking section 10 will be omitted as it is (or could be) realised through mechanical means already known as "cartesian robot", i.e. through a computer based mechanical device normally used for moving a thing from a fist place to a second one, the first and second places being identified through their co-ordinates referred to a pre-set system of cartesian axes.
  • Cartesian robots are normally used as retrieval means for storage systems, for putting in working place a tool (as, of example, an electric welder) belonging to a computer-based manufacturing plant and so on.
  • a "cartesian robot" suitable to be used in a vending machine according to the present invention is the model SMART S5 of the firm COMAU S.P.A. at GRUGLIASCO, province of TORINO.
  • the vending machine is managed by a logic unit (or by a timing device like, for example, that which manages a washing machine or a dishwasher), not shown in figure 2 to simplify the graphical representation, which manages at least the mechanical hand 6 and the one or more ovens 4 belonging to the cooking section 10 by carrying out at least a sequence of functional steps.
  • a logic unit or by a timing device like, for example, that which manages a washing machine or a dishwasher
  • FIGS 3 and 4 show simplified flow-charts showing sequences of functional steps carried out by the logic unit managing the vending machine.
  • Figure 3 shows an example of a storage procedure, i.e. of a sequence of functional steps carried out by the logic unit when new packets of foods 3 are stored inside the storing section 2.
  • step 31 After an initialisation step (step 31), the logic unit:
  • the acquired information are stored in at least one memory (not shown in figure 2) belonging or associated to the logic unit: preferably they are stored in at least one "FIFO" (first input first output) memory so that the packet(s) of food(s) 3 first stored inside the storing section 2 is (are) the first cooked one(s).
  • FIFO first input first output
  • the logic unit does not acquire the cooking time(s) (step 35) of the packet(s) of food(s) 3 to be stored inside the storing section 2.
  • the logic unit could omit the acquisition of the cooking time even if no pre-set cooking time(s) is (are) provided for the oven(s) 4, omit the acquisition of the limit date (step 34) and/or acquire the cooking time (step 35) before acquiring the limit date (step 34).
  • an operator entrusted of storing new packets of food(s) 3 inside the storing section 2 supplies (or can supply) through the keyboard belonging to the selection and cashing panel 11 the information to be acquired by the logic unit, which in turn inquires (or can inquire) the operator through display means belonging to the selection and cashing panel 11 if there is at least one further packet of food 3 to be stored; without departing from the scope of the invention, other interface means (not described therein as they are known to any skilled person and in any case they are outside the scope of the invention) could be used.
  • Figure 4 shows a sequences of functional steps carried out by the logic unit when managing the vending machine.

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FR2823893A1 (fr) * 2001-04-20 2002-10-25 Andre Monfredo Distributeur automatique universel de denrees alimentaires
FR2824168A1 (fr) * 2001-04-27 2002-10-31 Patrick Azzouzi Distributeur automatique de produits alimentaires frais
WO2004015641A1 (en) * 2002-08-02 2004-02-19 Sergio Carbone An apparatus for dispensing food products, especially frozen or deep-frozen products
WO2004075125A1 (en) * 2003-02-20 2004-09-02 The Best Raffaello S.R.L. Hot food distributor
WO2008141746A1 (de) * 2007-05-21 2008-11-27 Mario Alessi Mikrowellenofen für eine verkaufsvorrichtung
ES2464691A1 (es) * 2012-12-03 2014-06-03 Bonmati Inversiones, S.L. Máquina expendedora de pan
CN104346873A (zh) * 2013-08-05 2015-02-11 黄自升 冷冻食物自动烹制售卖系统
CN108573571A (zh) * 2017-03-13 2018-09-25 富士电机株式会社 自动售货机
WO2020060783A1 (en) * 2018-09-18 2020-03-26 Pepsico, Inc. Vending machine
CN111528700A (zh) * 2020-05-07 2020-08-14 北京亦香云科技有限公司 一种用于自动蒸烤系统的控制方法
US11253097B2 (en) 2015-07-09 2022-02-22 Strix Limited Food preparation
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WO1985004743A1 (fr) * 1982-06-01 1985-10-24 Hubert Juillet Distributeur de produit chaud et froid
US4671425A (en) * 1984-04-05 1987-06-09 Tepro- Prazionstechnik Gmbh Food vending machine
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FR2823893A1 (fr) * 2001-04-20 2002-10-25 Andre Monfredo Distributeur automatique universel de denrees alimentaires
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FR2824168A1 (fr) * 2001-04-27 2002-10-31 Patrick Azzouzi Distributeur automatique de produits alimentaires frais
WO2004015641A1 (en) * 2002-08-02 2004-02-19 Sergio Carbone An apparatus for dispensing food products, especially frozen or deep-frozen products
WO2004075125A1 (en) * 2003-02-20 2004-09-02 The Best Raffaello S.R.L. Hot food distributor
WO2008141746A1 (de) * 2007-05-21 2008-11-27 Mario Alessi Mikrowellenofen für eine verkaufsvorrichtung
ES2464691A1 (es) * 2012-12-03 2014-06-03 Bonmati Inversiones, S.L. Máquina expendedora de pan
CN104346873A (zh) * 2013-08-05 2015-02-11 黄自升 冷冻食物自动烹制售卖系统
US11253097B2 (en) 2015-07-09 2022-02-22 Strix Limited Food preparation
CN108573571A (zh) * 2017-03-13 2018-09-25 富士电机株式会社 自动售货机
US11924953B2 (en) 2018-02-02 2024-03-05 Automated Retail Technologies, Llc Oven door for a vending machine
WO2020060783A1 (en) * 2018-09-18 2020-03-26 Pepsico, Inc. Vending machine
US10867463B2 (en) 2018-09-18 2020-12-15 Pepsico, Inc. Vending machine
JP2022501753A (ja) * 2018-09-18 2022-01-06 ペプシコ・インク 自動販売機
US11450169B2 (en) 2018-09-18 2022-09-20 Pepsico, Inc. Vending machine
CN111528700A (zh) * 2020-05-07 2020-08-14 北京亦香云科技有限公司 一种用于自动蒸烤系统的控制方法

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