EP1418551A1 - Vorrichtung zur Ausgabe flacher Gegenstände - Google Patents

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EP1418551A1
EP1418551A1 EP03024281A EP03024281A EP1418551A1 EP 1418551 A1 EP1418551 A1 EP 1418551A1 EP 03024281 A EP03024281 A EP 03024281A EP 03024281 A EP03024281 A EP 03024281A EP 1418551 A1 EP1418551 A1 EP 1418551A1
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Martin Pedersen
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    • 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
    • G07F11/045—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 for sheet shaped or pliable articles

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus with a housing for receiving a stack of flat objects and letting the objects be withdrawn from the housing one at the time in a predetermined direction of withdrawal and comprising a slot made in the wall of the housing and having a width and height allowing the objects to pass, a lower base in the housing for carrying the stack and mounted in a mainly vertically displaceable manner, at least one spring for affecting the base with an upwardly directed force at least just as great as the weight of the stack and the dead load of the base, at least one row of rollers with an idler driving pulley located nearest the slot and a succeeding driven roller, and that the rollers are located in an area above the stack with shafts extending crosswise to the direction of withdrawal of the objects.
  • Napkin holders for dispensing napkins and similar objects are often arranged in such a way that they will dispense one napkin at a time. In one embodiment this can take place by the napkins in the magazine being connected to each other by a small seam or are folded up at the ends in a long row in such a way that the outermost napkin in the row easily can be separated from the rest of the napkins by a pull.
  • the napkins are forced towards an opening in the magazine by a light pressure so that every time a napkin is removed a new napkin will be ready for use at the opening.
  • dispensers have the disadvantage of not being able to dispense only one napkin at a time for certain. This is acceptable in these case as napkins are inexpensive objects intended to be thrown away after a short period of use.
  • the known dispensers are however not suited for larger and more expensive objects, such as e.g. newspapers, where it is required that only one object is dispensed at a time with certainty.
  • Such a newspaper dispensing machine is known from e.g. the US Patent No. 4,469,246 from 1984.
  • a housing which is part of the dispenser, are mounted two rollers that touch the topmost newspaper and that furthermore are mounted in a drawer in the housing.
  • the drawer is pulled out.
  • the rollers are locked whereby the topmost newspaper is brought along and a front area of the newspaper will stick out of the housing with an area of gripping.
  • the rollers will be free-wheeling back over said newspaper.
  • a user can now easily pull the newspaper out by taking hold of the area of gripping with the hand.
  • an apparatus of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph is provided for dispensing one object at a time easily, quickly and safely.
  • an apparatus of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph is provided for taking the object second from the top in the stack a distance out of the housing when the topmost object is removed.
  • an apparatus of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph that has a simple, inexpensive design and that is easy to maintain.
  • the apparatus comprises an upper cover mounted on the housing and arranged to open and close an upper opening in the housing for introduction of the stack, a mounting mounted about an axis on the cover for mounting of the shafts of the rollers, and an operative connection between the driving pulley and the driven roller in form of a continuous belt running over a wheel on each roller.
  • the housing correspondingly is rectangular with a front wall with the slot, an opposite back wall and two transverse walls.
  • the spring or springs press the stack up against the rollers with a spring power that must be at least as great as the weight of the stack plus the dead load of the base to always bring the topmost object in the stack to a position of collection.
  • the cover carrying the mounting for the rollers must therefore be detachably locked in closed position. This can advantageously take place by pivotally hinging the cover on the housing and detachably locking it when it is closed.
  • the mounting can be adjustably mounted on the cover to thereby be able to compensate for such differences.
  • the rollers and/or the continuous belt can be of rubber or a similar material with a relatively high coefficient of friction in relation to the object to thereby avoid a possible sliding that could prevent the objects from being withdrawn for certain every time to a desired distance from the front wall of the housing.
  • the continuous belt can be a belt running over a pulley on each roller.
  • This solution is simple and inexpensive and especially so if the rollers themselves are designed as pulleys.
  • it can advantageously be the belt that contacts the objects whereby the objects also are affected by a pull in the area between the rollers.
  • the spacing between the area of contact of the two rollers with the stack can advantageously be smaller than the spacing between the driven roller and the rear edge of at least the object second from the top in the stack. Thereby it is ensured that it is always only one object that can be withdrawn at a time.
  • the continuous belt can be a chain running over a chain sprocket on each roller. Thereby it is obtained that the driven roller follows the driving pulley with great certainty.
  • the flat objects can be relatively thin and flexible. At the same time the topmost object must hang far enough out of the slot in the front wall of the housing for a user to be able to get hold of the object easily, safely and quickly and withdraw it from the slot.
  • a shelf can therefore extend from the underside of the slot with a cut of a size allowing a user to grip the projecting areas of the object with the hand at the same time as this area is effectively supported along the sides.
  • the wall of the housing seen in horizontal cross section, can be extending along a polygon with a centre section being at a shorter distance from the stack of objects in the housing than the two adjacent side sections.
  • Fig. 1 shows a first 1, second 2, and third 3 newspaper each having a front edge 4, 5, 6, and a rear edge 7, 8, 9, and gathered in a stack of newspaper 10.
  • the apparatus which generally is designated by the reference numeral 12, comprises a housing 13 having a magazine 12 for, as indicated by the arrow, accommodating the stack 10.
  • the housing 13 is constructed with a cover 14 and a front wall 15 with a slot 16 and two transverse walls 17 and 18 and a back wall 19.
  • a vertically displaceable base 20 for supporting the stack.
  • This base 20 is affected by an upwardly directed spring power from, in this case, four pressure springs 21 mounted in pairs on a bar 22 in each side of the housing.
  • the front wall 15 of the housing is advantageously designed with a shelf 23 with a cut 24 of a size allowing a user to easily grip a projecting area of a newspaper (not shown) on the shelf.
  • a mounting 26 is mounted on a shaft 25, said mounting being made of two projecting arms 27 and two links 28 pivotally mounted on an independent axle 29 journaled in the arms 27.
  • Shafts 32 and 33 respectively are journaled at either end of the links 28.
  • a driving pulley 30 is rotatably mounted and on the shaft 33 a driven roller 31.
  • a continuous rubber belt 36 is running on tracks 34 and 35 respectively made along the periphery of the rollers.
  • the two rollers are of the same size whereby they will rotate at the same rotational speed during operation.
  • the cover is pivotally mounted on the back edge of the housing by means of hinges (not shown). In the position of use the cover is closed and detachably locked to the housing 13 by means of a locking arrangement 37 known per se.
  • Figs. 2 - 7 show successive operation stages during use of the apparatus 12 in fig. 1.
  • rollers and/or rubber belt position the stack of newspapers against the action of the spring power of the pressure springs 21 in such a way that at least the two topmost newspapers in the stack will be opposite the slot 16 in the front wall 15 of the housing.
  • the topmost newspaper in the stack is withdrawn a short distance from this slot, ready to be gripped by a user.
  • the mounting 26 and thereby the height of the rollers can be adjusted in such a way that it is always ensured that the two topmost newspapers are positioned correctly in relation to the slot 16 even if the newspapers do not have the same thickness every time a new stack of newspapers is placed in the magazine.
  • This adjusting takes place merely by rotating the mounting about its shaft 25 and then locking it in a desired angular position.
  • the continuous belt and/or rollers are advantageously made of a material such as e.g. rubber with a high coefficient of friction in relation to the paper of which the newspapers are made.
  • Fig. 8 shows a second embodiment 38 of an apparatus according to the invention seen in the same operation stage as the first embodiment in fig. 5.
  • the continuous belt 36 is designed as a belt 39 running around two belt pulleys 40, 41 on the shafts 32, 33 respectively of the driving pulley and the driven roller.
  • a chain transmission (not shown) can however advantageously be used to ensure that the driving pulley and the driven roller always rotate at the same speed when a newspaper is collected from the apparatus. If the rollers rotate at different speed there may be a risk of the newspapers getting crumpled or torn more or less to pieces when they are withdrawn from the housing.
  • Fig. 9 shows a third embodiment 42 of an apparatus according to the invention with a stack of thin newspapers comprising a first 44, second 45, and third 46 thin newspaper.
  • the continuous belt is relatively flexible.
  • the driving pulley therefore tips down on the second newspaper 45 second from the top immediately after leaving the rear edge of the topmost, first newspaper.
  • the spacing u between the axes 32 and 33 of the rollers is smaller than the spacing v between the axis 33 of the driven roller and the rear edge of the newspaper 45 second from the top.
  • the wall of the housing seen in horizontal cross section, can be extending along a polygon with a centre section being at a shorter distance from the base of the housing than the two adjacent side sections.

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WO2008154670A1 (de) * 2007-06-18 2008-12-24 Farbdruck Gmbh Vorrichtung zur vereinzelten ausgabe von druckereierzeugnissen

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US1918460A (en) * 1931-11-04 1933-07-18 Eccardt William Dispensing receptacle for paper bags
DE2616316A1 (de) * 1976-04-14 1977-11-03 Ignaz Redl Muenzautomat zur ausgabe von flachen stapelfaehigen gegenstaenden
US4377228A (en) * 1981-08-17 1983-03-22 Hickey-Mitchell Company Coin controlled single manual vend newspaper vendor
US5238143A (en) * 1992-08-03 1993-08-24 Ncr Corporation Apparatus for dispensing flat articles
US5275306A (en) * 1992-09-25 1994-01-04 Paul Demoss Literature dispensing mechanism
US5415264A (en) * 1992-05-22 1995-05-16 Journomat Ag Automatic vending machine for newspapers
US5482184A (en) * 1994-08-16 1996-01-09 Chang; Wei-Ping Newspaper conveying mechanism of a newspaper vending

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US1918460A (en) * 1931-11-04 1933-07-18 Eccardt William Dispensing receptacle for paper bags
DE2616316A1 (de) * 1976-04-14 1977-11-03 Ignaz Redl Muenzautomat zur ausgabe von flachen stapelfaehigen gegenstaenden
US4377228A (en) * 1981-08-17 1983-03-22 Hickey-Mitchell Company Coin controlled single manual vend newspaper vendor
US5415264A (en) * 1992-05-22 1995-05-16 Journomat Ag Automatic vending machine for newspapers
US5238143A (en) * 1992-08-03 1993-08-24 Ncr Corporation Apparatus for dispensing flat articles
US5275306A (en) * 1992-09-25 1994-01-04 Paul Demoss Literature dispensing mechanism
US5482184A (en) * 1994-08-16 1996-01-09 Chang; Wei-Ping Newspaper conveying mechanism of a newspaper vending

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2008154670A1 (de) * 2007-06-18 2008-12-24 Farbdruck Gmbh Vorrichtung zur vereinzelten ausgabe von druckereierzeugnissen

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