EP1530172A2 - Unite de stockage pour distributeur automatique - Google Patents

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EP1530172A2
EP1530172A2 EP04016405A EP04016405A EP1530172A2 EP 1530172 A2 EP1530172 A2 EP 1530172A2 EP 04016405 A EP04016405 A EP 04016405A EP 04016405 A EP04016405 A EP 04016405A EP 1530172 A2 EP1530172 A2 EP 1530172A2
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Fabio Quadrio
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Bianchi Vending SpA
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    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a distribution column particularly for vending machines for bottles and cans.
  • Vending machines have distribution columns that accommodate products that are contained in containers, such as bottles or cans, having different shapes and dimensions.
  • Each distribution column must therefore be sized according to the containers to be arranged therein.
  • a distribution column is constituted by two walls joined by connecting members that may be constituted by spacers, adjustment brackets and various fixing means, which are inserted between the vertical walls of the column and accordingly determine its width.
  • the operator who works on the vending machine must be equipped, and must therefore carry with him, the various wall connecting members in various dimensions, and must find the optimum column width for a given product by positioning the components before locking them permanently.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide an adjustable distribution column that does not require the traditional fitting brackets and that can be adjusted simply and rapidly.
  • An object of the invention is to provide an adjustable distribution column that does not require the provision of a plurality of brackets and fittings in order to adjust its size.
  • a distribution column particularly for vending machines, comprising at least two side walls forming a substantially vertical chamber for containing products stacked internally for vending, the mutual distance of said walls being adjustable in order to vary the dimensions of said chamber according to the products to be contained, characterized in that it comprises an adjusting and locking means adapted to adjust said mutual distance and lock said plates in a position that corresponds to a selected distance.
  • an adjustable distribution column 1 according to the invention comprises two side walls 3 and 4 and a first adjustment template or plate 2.
  • a horizontal direction determined by the base of the distribution column
  • a vertical direction defined by the vertical extension of the column
  • the front part of the column is the one that is closed by the adjustment wall 2 and the rear part is the one shown in Figure 2, in which the column appears to be closed by two rear wall portions 18 and 19.
  • a right front transverse portion 27 and a left front transverse portion 26 are associated with the right side wall 4 and the left side wall 3, and first adjustment holes 11 a are provided in portions 26 and 27.
  • the right and left front transverse portions 27 and 26 are slidingly coupled at the front to the first adjustment plate 2 and at the rear to a second adjustment plate 9 by means of spacing pins 25.
  • the second adjustment plate 9 is quadrangular and has, at its four corners, four guide slots 20 that are substantially horizontal. Bushes 24 can slide in the guide slots 20.
  • the front wall 2 also has horizontal guide slots 21, which face the slots 20 of the second adjustment plate 9 and in which bushes 7 can slide. Spacing pins 25 are supported by the bushes 7 and 24, which can slide in the respective guides 21 and 20 and pass through holes 23 formed in the transverse portions 26 and 27 of the walls 3 and 4, so that the front adjustment wall 2 and the second adjustment plate 9 remain motionless while the two side walls 3 and 4 can perform a horizontal translational motion, moving mutually closer and further apart.
  • a rack is provided monolithically with respect to the transverse portions 26 and 27 and is designated respectively by the reference numerals 13 for the portion 26 of the wall 3 and 14 for the portion 27 of the wall 4.
  • the racks respectively engage above and below a pinion 12, so that the two racks, and therefore the two walls, cannot slide independently of each other; the movement of one of the two walls instead produces a similar movement, but in the opposite direction, of the other wall.
  • the first adjustment plate 2 has a third series of adjustment holes 8 arranged at the sides of a central supporting pivot 16, so as to form two semicircles in which the concavity is directed toward the central supporting pivot 16. Likewise, a fourth series of holes 10 that are coaxial to the holes 8 is provided on the second adjustment plate 9.
  • the central pivot 16 enters a hole, not shown in the figures and provided in the first adjustment plate 2, so as to protrude partially from the plate.
  • an adjustment lever 5 is mounted on the externally protruding part of the central supporting pivot 16.
  • the adjustment lever 5 On each of its two ends, the adjustment lever 5 has an adjustment pivot 17, respectively a first pivot 17a and a second pivot 17b.
  • Each of those pivots may be inserted in any of the holes of the third series of adjustment holes 8 of the first adjustment plate 2 and consequently may be inserted in a coaxial hole that belongs to the first series of adjustment holes 11 a of the transverse portions 26 and 27 and one of the holes of the fourth series of adjustment holes 10 of the second adjustment plate 9.
  • the adjustment lever 5 is pivoted to the pivot 16, substantially at the lever's central region, about the axis of which it can thus rotate and to which it is retained by means of a nut 15.
  • An elastic element 6 is provided between the adjustment lever 5 and the first adjustment plate 2, which is mounted on the central supporting pivot 16.
  • the adjustment lever 5 can perform a translational motion along the central supporting pivot 16 and is retained at the end of its stroke by the nut 15, so that the adjustment pivots 16 can enter and exit the coaxial holes of the series 8, 10, 11a and 11b.
  • the elastic element 6 acts by retaining the adjustment lever 5 in the position in which the adjustment pivots 17a and 17b are inserted in the holes 8, 10 and 11, whereas a certain force needs to be applied to the lever in order to disengage the adjustment pivots 17a and 17b from the holes.
  • a rear adjustment plate 30 is provided on the back of the column 1 and is similar to the first adjustment plate 2 as regards the structural components that are functional for adjustment.
  • the horizontal guides 21 and the series of adjustment holes 8 are in fact present here as well.
  • the second adjustment plate 9 is also present here, although it is not shown, and it is arranged inside the column as in the case of the front wall.
  • end walls 18 are rigidly coupled to the side wall 3 and 4: the end wall 18 is rigidly coupled to the side wall 3 and the end wall 19 is rigidly coupled to the side wall 4.
  • the end walls 18 and 19, as shown by Figures 2, 3 and 4, partially overlap in order to allow to vary the width of the column.
  • the column according to this embodiment has four similar adjustment devices: these four devices, arranged at the lower end and at the upper end of the distribution column 1, are arranged so that two are at the front part of the column and two are at the rear walls 18 and 19.
  • the operator acts on the adjustment levers 5 by pulling them outwards, i.e., by disengaging the adjustment pivots 17 from the holes 10, 11a and 11b and 8 and moving the lever 5 into a position in which the pivots engage no holes but abut against the first adjustment plate 2, for the front devices, and against the rear adjustment plate 30 for the rear devices.
  • the side walls 3 and 4 can be moved transversely mutually further apart or closer.
  • the presence of the racks 13 and 14 and of the pinion 12 that engages thereon causes the two walls to perform mirror-symmetrical movements.
  • Figures 5-13 illustrate a distribution column, generally designated by the reference numeral 101, according to a further aspect of the invention, comprising a right side wall 104, a left side wall 103, a front motor plate assembly 102, and an upper front adjustment plate assembly 105.
  • the column 101 also comprises a rear plate assembly 106, a rear lower plate assembly 107 and a top plate assembly 108.
  • the plate assemblies described above each comprise pantograph members that allow the adjustment of the mutual distance of the side walls 103 and 104.
  • a pantograph member of the upper front adjustment plate assembly 105 comprises a rack 109 and pinion 110 associated, through arms 111, with two side bars 112 and 113, respectively associated with the side walls 103 and 104.
  • the upper front adjustment plate assembly 105 is constituted by an outer plate 114 and an inner plate 115.
  • a pantograph member of the front motor plate assembly 102 comprises a rack 209 and pinion 210 associated, through arms 211, with two side bars 212 and 213, respectively associated with the side walls 103 and 104.
  • the front motor plate assembly 102 is constituted by an outer plate 214 and an inner plate 215.
  • the rear plate assembly 106 comprises two pantograph members.
  • An upper pantograph member comprises an upper rack 309 and an upper pinion 310 associated, through upper arms 311, with two upper side bars 312 and 313, respectively associated with the side walls 104 and 103.
  • a lower pantograph member comprises lower arms 411 associated with two lower side bars 412 and 413, respectively associated with the side walls 104 and 103.
  • the rear plate assembly 106 is constituted by an outer plate 314 and an inner plate 315.
  • Each of the left and right side walls 103 and 104 comprises an upper dented slot 116 and a lower dented slot 117 having dents that can be engaged by bolts or rivets 118 associated with a rear movable wall 119.
  • the rear movable wall 119 is constituted by two plates sliding on each other that can be mutually fastened by means of bolts 121 engaging slots 122 in order to adjust the width of the movable wall 119 according to the distance between the side walls 103 and 104.
  • the rear movable wall 119 can be thus fastened to the side walls 103 and 104 in a selected position thereby adjusting the length of the column.
  • the side walls 103 and 104 comprise outer ribs 120 that are preferably constituted by corrugated plates welded to the walls.
  • the operation of the distribution column 101 is analogous to the operation described above but made even easier and quicker by the provision of the pantograph members.
  • the distribution column 101 further allows for the adjustment of the rear wall of the column by means of the dented slots 116 and 117 and the movable wall 119.
  • the distribution column according to the invention also allows to adjust the right and/or left supporting surfaces unevenly, i.e., to space the rear part of the column differently from the front part, so that in plan view the column has a trapezoidal cross-section in order to better accommodate containers that have a conical or otherwise irregular and non-cylindrical shape, such as for example bottles, optionally by means of suitable adjustment/setting shims.

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ITMI20032137 ITMI20032137A1 (it) 2003-11-06 2003-11-06 Colonna di distribuzione, particolarmente per distributori automatici
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US8100292B2 (en) * 2002-10-04 2012-01-24 Crane Merchandising Systems, Inc. Integrated column wall for a vending machine
US20160300423A1 (en) * 2015-04-13 2016-10-13 Paul Mason Vending Machine Adjustable Depth Retainer

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US3300086A (en) * 1964-11-05 1967-01-24 Leonard J Wood Vending machine with coordinated package holders
US3360091A (en) * 1965-08-20 1967-12-26 Harold D Baum Coin controlled vending machine
US5799824A (en) * 1997-01-31 1998-09-01 Fawn Engineering Corporation Apparatus and method to deter breakage or deformation of vertically stacked containers during dispension from a vending machine

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US3300086A (en) * 1964-11-05 1967-01-24 Leonard J Wood Vending machine with coordinated package holders
US3360091A (en) * 1965-08-20 1967-12-26 Harold D Baum Coin controlled vending machine
US5799824A (en) * 1997-01-31 1998-09-01 Fawn Engineering Corporation Apparatus and method to deter breakage or deformation of vertically stacked containers during dispension from a vending machine

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8100292B2 (en) * 2002-10-04 2012-01-24 Crane Merchandising Systems, Inc. Integrated column wall for a vending machine
US20160300423A1 (en) * 2015-04-13 2016-10-13 Paul Mason Vending Machine Adjustable Depth Retainer
US10068408B2 (en) * 2015-04-13 2018-09-04 Automated Merchandising Systems Inc. Vending machine adjustable depth retainer

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