EP1585072B1 - Distributeur de sucettes et dispositif de distribution a acceleration controlee pouvant etre utilise dans ce distributeur - Google Patents

Distributeur de sucettes et dispositif de distribution a acceleration controlee pouvant etre utilise dans ce distributeur Download PDF

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EP1585072B1
EP1585072B1 EP02808194A EP02808194A EP1585072B1 EP 1585072 B1 EP1585072 B1 EP 1585072B1 EP 02808194 A EP02808194 A EP 02808194A EP 02808194 A EP02808194 A EP 02808194A EP 1585072 B1 EP1585072 B1 EP 1585072B1
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  • This invention relates to a lollipop vending machine, and more particularly to a lollipop vending machine with a display container in which the lollipops are arranged in stacks forming columns, and which can be rotated to line up a lower end of one selected column of lollipops with the inlet of a dispensing device housed in a base body and controlled by a coin- or token-operated selector mechanism.
  • a plurality of article distributor machines are known of the type comprising a display container in which the articles are arranged in piles or columns, a device for selecting a desired column of products and a dispensing device activated by the user after inserting a suitable coin or token in a coin- or token-operated selector mechanism.
  • Examples of such machines can be found in Utility Models ES-A-1012270, ES-A-1021109 and ES-A-1040040, inter alia.
  • the document ES-2169700 discloses the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • Patent FR-A-2745934 describes a machine comprising a display container mounted such as to rotate on a base body.
  • Said display container is made up of various sections or superimposed areas, each one of which has a central core portion, a perimetrical tubular wall portion and a plurality of radial partitions arranged at regular intervals connecting at the ends thereof with the central core portion and with the perimetrical tubular wall portion, so that column portions are defined between them.
  • the various sections are vertically superimposed and packed by a central rod passed through openings in the central core portions.
  • the display container is linked to the base body by means of a rotary part associated with indexing means to enable a user to rotate the container dragging the articles over said support surface until one selected column lies over an inlet of a conventional dispensing device, of the type provided with a drum that has a cylindrical surface in which a cavity opens to house the article.
  • This dispensing device is controlled by a conventional coin-or token-operated selector mechanism.
  • this machine is designed to handle regular shaped articles, such as cylindrical cans or spherical containers, and it is not suitable for irregular shaped articles, such as lollipops of the type comprising a substantially spherically shaped sweet head from which a stick protrudes, the head area usually being wrapped in paper or cellophane that extends down in twisted fashion onto part of the stick.
  • Sweets of this type are, for example, those marketed under the trade mark CHUPA-CHUPS® .
  • Spanish Utility Model ES-A-1045227 in the name of the current applicant, discloses a dispensing machine dedicated to the sale of lollipops in which the display container is made up of a plurality of vertical channels defined by walls in radial arrangement from a central core, the channel openings being opposite a cylindrical, transparent outside wall. Said channels form, together with said cylindrical wall, vertical columns in which the lollipops are stacked. Given their radial shape, the columns have a narrowed part, next to the central core, for receiving the lollipop sticks, and a widened part, next to the cylindrical wall, for housing the heads, so that the lollipops are stacked in each column with their heads resting on top of each other and the stick ends resting on the central core.
  • the head of each lollipop is disposed in a lower position than its own stick, which is tilted towards the centre and upwards.
  • the head of the lollipop lying at the lowest level of the stack rests on a support surface of a base body on which the display container is rotationally mounted.
  • a user can rotate the display container to selectively place one of the columns over an inlet opening in a dispensing device housed in said base body and controlled by a coin- or token-operated selector.
  • the lollipop heads disposed at the lower level are dragged over said support surface.
  • Said tilted arrangement of the lollipops favours their fall in to a discharge housing of a rotary cylindrical drum in the dispensing device, said discharge housing being specially adapted for handling lollipops.
  • Patent US-B-6.378.724 describes a machine with a similar structure to that referenced in the two last background examples, although the display container is moved by means of a flywheel associated to a coin-operated selector device, thus providing relatively complex actuating means and including a mechanism for inserting the lollipops into the ducts to unload them one by one.
  • the actuating speed will depend on each user, and if activated very quickly there may not be time for the lollipop to enter the housing.
  • An objective of this invention is to solve the prior drawbacks by providing a lollipop vending machine wherein the lollipop heads disposed at the lower level are not in contact with a support surface, and wherein the acceleration and rotation speed of the distributor selector drum are controlled independently of the selector handle actuating speed.
  • Another objective of this invention is to provide a dispensing device with controlled acceleration, that can be applied to a lollipop vending machine.
  • the invention also provides means for delivering the lollipops, one by one or two by two, which are structured far more simply than those described in the above background examples.
  • Claim 1 discloses the invention, and claims 2-22 disclose preferred embodiments.
  • a lollipop vending machine of the type comprising a display container with a plurality of vertical channels in radial arrangement with respect to a central core, defining narrow areas next to said central core to house the sticks of said lollipops, and widened areas opposite an outside tubular wall and delimited by same to house the lollipop heads, the lollipops being stacked in the channels in a tilted position, with their heads disposed lower than their sticks, the display container being mounted on a base body that can be rotated over a seat surface so as to selectively place a lower end of a selected one of the channels, over an inlet opening in said base body to a dispensing device controlled by a coin- or token-operated selector mechanism and provided with means for transferring at least one lollipop from the selected channel to a delivery cavity within the user's reach.
  • each channel includes, next to said lower end, a retaining element mounted such that it can be moved between a hold position, where it holds the lollipop placed at the bottom of the pile in the channel without it resting on said seat surface, and a release position, wherein the lollipop is allowed to pass through the lower end and said inlet opening to the inside of the dispensing device, with said retaining element of the selected channel being moved between said hold position and said release position by at least one appendix linked to a mobile part of the dispensing device.
  • the lollipop heads at the bottom of the column are supported by their respective retaining elements so that they do not rest on said seat surface, which prevents any wearing of the wrapping and the lollipop and solves the previous problems of hygiene and blockage.
  • said mobile pare of the dispensing device to which said appendix is linked is a dispensing shaft connected to an actuating shaft joined to a handle outside the selector mechanism, and this dispensing shaft is placed within the user's reach by means of a drop chute that leads directly to said delivery cavity.
  • a rotary plate is attached to one part of the dispensing shaft inside said drop chute, and it has a cylindrical periphery surface that partially blocks the inlet opening to the dispensing device, and on which the, or more than one, appendix is attached.
  • said cylindrical surface includes a tilted lowered portion to allow a lollipop to pass and to direct it towards a narrowed lower part of said drop chute connected to said delivery cavity.
  • a cylindrical drum with a cavity in its periphery surface adapted to receive and transfer a lollipop is not necessary.
  • This invention also provides a controlled-acceleration dispensing device, that is applicable to a lollipop vending machine according to this invention, said dispensing device being of the type that is controlled by a coin- or token-operated selector mechanism and comprising means for transferring at least one article from the selected channel to a delivery cavity within the user's reach, where said dispensing device transfer means consist of a dispensing shaft connected to an actuating shaft associated with a handle outside said selector mechanism.
  • Such a controlled-acceleration dispensing device is characterised in that said dispensing shaft is joined to said actuating shaft by means of a rope or spring device, with retaining and triggering means being included to hold the dispensing device while said rope or spring device is tensed by the rotation of the actuating shaft, and to subsequently release the dispensing shaft to that it can then be rotated by the energy accumulated in the rope or spring device under conditions of controlled acceleration, which are independent of the speed of the actuating shaft, with said hold and subsequent release operations being carried out during one turn of the actuating shaft.
  • the acceleration and speed in a given position of the dispensing device is substantially always the same irrespective of the energy applied by the user to the handle on the coin- or token-operated selector mechanism.
  • the features of the spring are selected according to the requirements of the machine so that said acceleration and speeds are those required for dispensing the article in question.
  • the lollipop vending machine comprises a display container 10 with a plurality of vertical channels 11 in radial arrangement with respect to a central core 12.
  • Said vertical channels 11 define narrowed areas 13 next to said central core 12 for housing the sticks P of said lollipops CP and widened areas 14, opposite to and delimited by a tubular exterior wall 15, for housing the heads C of the lollipops CP.
  • the depth of the channels 11 is less than the length of the lollipops CP, whereby said lollipops are stacked in channels 11 in a tilted position, with their heads C disposed lower than their sticks P.
  • Display container 10 is mounted on a base body 50 with a lower polygon-sectioned protrusion 29 of said central core 12 nestled in a complementary upper polygon-sectioned cavity 53 of a positioning part 54 mounted such that it rotates on base body 50.
  • Said positioning part 54 is provided on the bottom with teething 55 to which an elastically loaded ball is attached 56, constituting indexing means.
  • the top part of display container 10 is closed by a cover 33 that includes a lock 34 that controls the rotation of a central rod 35 joined to a removable portion of said lock 34 and that has a lower threaded end 36 that threads into a threaded hole 37 on the centre of a conical concave surface of said positioning part 54.
  • Said central rod 35 passes through a central opening 38 in central core 12.
  • the display container ensemble can be rotated by a user over a seat surface 57 of base body 50 so as to selectively place one lower end 16 of one selected channel 11, over an opening 51 in said base body 50.
  • This opening 51 communicates with an inlet to a dispensing device 60 that is controlled by a coin- or token-operated selector mechanism 62 and has means for transferring at least one lollipop CP from selected channel 11 to a delivery cavity 52 within the user's reach.
  • a coin or token collection duct leads to a drawer 58 accessible from a rear position 59 provided with a lock.
  • Each of the channels 11 includes, next to said lower end 16, a retaining element 17 mounted so that it can be moved between a hold position, in which it holds the lollipop CP placed at the bottom of the pile in channel 11, without it resting on said seat surface 57, and a release position, in which it allows the lollipop CP to pass through the lower end 16 and said opening 51 towards the inside of dispensing device 60.
  • retaining element 17 is mounted in pivoting fashion with respect to a shaft 18 located on one side 19 of said widened area 14 of the respective channel 11 in a radial position with respect to said tubular wall 15, and includes at least one support tab 20 and at least one actuating leg 21.
  • said support tab 20 extends transversally from said side 19 towards the inside of channel 11 at a higher level than shaft 18, while said actuating leg 21 is in a position that projects downwards from the level of shaft 18.
  • retaining element 17 is in the release position (Fig.
  • support tab 20 is hidden in said side 19 of channel 11 while actuating leg 21 lies in the trajectory of lollipop CP that falls through lower end 16 of channel 11. Therefore, the actual falling lollipop makes contact with the actuating leg 21 and returns retaining element 17 to the hold position to hold the next lollipop CP.
  • Retaining element 17 is maintained naturally in the hold position by virtue of its assembly conditions and the position of its centre of mass with respect to shaft 18.
  • Actuating leg 21 of retaining element 17 belonging to the selected channel 11 is positioned, when retaining element 17 is in the hold position shown in Fig. 5, in the trajectory of an appendix 63 linked to a mobile part of dispensing device 60, so that said appendix 63, when dispensing device 60 is rotated, moves retaining element 17 to said release position, as shown in Fig. 6.
  • Said a plurality of vertical channels 11 in radial arrangement with respect to a central core 12 can be formed by an integral body (not shown) which is star-shaped in cross-section, attached internally to said tubular wall 15 and provided with retaining elements 17 in areas next to lower ends 16 of channels 11.
  • said a plurality of vertical channels 11 are made up of several superimposed bodies 22, 23 star-shaped in cross-section, which can all be equal except one star-shaped lower body 23 attached internally to said tubular wall 15 and provided with retaining elements 17 in areas next to lower ends 16 of channels 11.
  • Figs. 2 and 3 show said lower star-shaped body 23, although some of its characteristics are common to the other star-shaped bodies 22.
  • cross-sectional star-shaped bodies 22, 23 include a central core part 12a from which a plurality of radial arms 24 extend which, between them, define channel portions 11a.
  • Said central core part 12a includes a lower polygon-sectioned protrusion 29 and a complementary upper polygon-sectioned cavity 30, and radial arms 24 include at the ends thereof upper projections 31 and complementary lower holes 32, with said lower protrusion 29 cooperating in said upper cavity 30 and said upper projections 31 in said lower holes 32 when two star-shaped bodies 22, 23 are superimposed on one another.
  • star-shaped body 23 need not be provided with lower holes 32, and star-shaped body 22 placed at the upper level need not be provided with upper projections 31.
  • lower star-shaped body 23 includes a ring 25 that connects the ends of radial arms 24 and shoulders 26 extending outwards from said ring 25.
  • Radial arms 24 include respective shafts 18 for mounting the corresponding retaining elements 17 and a notch 28 on the lower part to allow appendix 63 to pass.
  • Lower star-shaped body 23 is attached to a lower end of said tubular wall 15 by the outside perimeter of ring 25 and with said shoulders 26 inserted in notches in tubular wall 15.
  • the machine includes a handle like accessory 39 that can be connected to said unit, for example, by means of hook shaped elements not shown, to facilitate its transport.
  • said tubular wall 15 is cylindrical and partially or completely transparent.
  • Dispensing device 60 is described below with reference to Figs. 7 to 11. As shown better in Fig. 9, dispensing device 60 includes a dispensing shaft 64 that extends through a drop chute 67, which has an open top part 68 located below opening 51 and a reducing lower part 69 tilted towards said delivery cavity 52, appendix 63 being attached to a part of said dispensing shaft 64 arranged inside said drop chute 67. Dispensing shaft 64 is connected to an actuating shaft 65 that is rotated by a user by means of an outside handle 66 on said selector mechanism 62, after inserting one or more suitable coins or tokens.
  • appendix 63 is attached to the periphery of a cylindrical surface 71 of a rotary plate 70 that is integral with said part of dispensing shaft 64.
  • said cylindrical surface 71 blocks, at least partially, opening 51 (Fig. 1), which is why a depressed tilted portion 72 is provided on said cylindrical surface 71, following on from appendix 63, to allow a lollipop CP to pass and to direct it towards said lower reducing part 69 of said drop chute 67.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates a dispensing device 60 that includes a second appendix 73 attached to the periphery of cylindrical surface 71, said rotary plate 70 and a second depressed tilted surface 74 on cylindrical surface 71 to transfer at least a second lollipop CP from selected channel 11 to delivery cavity 52 during one turn of dispensing shaft 64.
  • a dispensing device 60 that includes a second appendix 73 attached to the periphery of cylindrical surface 71, said rotary plate 70 and a second depressed tilted surface 74 on cylindrical surface 71 to transfer at least a second lollipop CP from selected channel 11 to delivery cavity 52 during one turn of dispensing shaft 64.
  • dispensing device 60 works only with first appendix 63 and first depressed tilted surface 72.
  • the figures show a rope or string device 76 that is used as a coupling between dispensing shaft 64 and said actuating shaft 65, including hold and trigger means 77, 78 for holding dispensing shaft 64 while said rope or spring device 76 is tensed by the rotation of actuating shaft 65 and to then release dispensing shaft 64 so that it can then be rotated by the energy accumulated in rope or spring device 76 under conditions of controlled acceleration, irrespective of the speed of actuating shaft 65.
  • Said hold and trigger means 77, 78 carry out said holding and subsequent releasing operations during one turn of actuating shaft 65.
  • rope or spring device 76 includes a housing 79 through which a spring shaft 80 extends, and a flexing coiled spring 81 mounted inside said housing 79 with one end attached to housing 79 and the other end attached to said spring shaft 80.
  • Dispensing shaft 64 is hollow and housing 79 is housed and attached in a cavity of rotary plate 70 with a part of spring shaft 80 inserted inside dispensing shaft 64 so that the end of said part of spring shaft 80 protrudes through an open end of dispensing shaft 64.
  • the other opposite end of spring shaft 80 is coupled to an inside end of actuating shaft 65 by means of a polygonal male-female coupling 82.
  • Hold and trigger means 77, 78 include a catch 77, which is better illustrated, separately, in Fig. 12, with a pawl 83 and a cam follower 84, said catch 77 being mounted such that it can pivot with respect to a pin 85 (Fig. 10) duly supported on a rear wall of drop chute 67.
  • Catch 77 is elastically loaded by a spring 86 such that said pawl 83 is pushed so that it locks in a notch 87 formed in an outer surface of dispensing shaft 64, next to said open end, preventing its rotation, while said cam follower 84 rests on a cam surface 78 of a cam 88 attached to said protruding end of spring shaft 80.
  • Said cam surface 78 includes a protrusion 91 for making catch 77 pivot against the force of said spring 86 and consequently unlocking pawl 83 from said notch 87 by releasing the rotation of dispensing shaft 64.
  • rope or spring device 76 includes an inertia flywheel 89 mounted inside said housing 79 and linked to spring shaft 80 by means of a multiplying gear train 90.
  • the machine according to this invention includes a loading accessory 40, the characteristics and operation of which are described below with reference to Figs. 13 to 15.
  • Said loading accessory 40 is made up of a tubular body 41 (Fig. 13), which is substantially cylindrical and is longer than the height of vertical channels 11 and has a slightly smaller interior diameter than the average diameter of heads C of lollipops CP.
  • Said tubular body is made from a slightly elastic material and has a longitudinal groove 42 which has in at least one of its ends a funnel portion 43 of increasing width connected to the open end of tubular body 41.
  • Said loading accessory 40 works as follows: first of all tubular body 41 is filled with lollipops CP via said funnel portion 43, 44 of which there is at least one, leaving heads C held by elastic pressure inside the tubular body and sticks P protruding through said longitudinal groove 42, (Fig. 13); subsequently the full tubular body 41 is inserted as far as the bottom of one of the vertical channels 11 (Fig. 14); and finally, the tubular body is withdrawn from vertical channel 11 while the lollipop CP at the top is held so that all lollipops CP are stacked inside vertical channel 11 (Fig. 15).
  • tubular body 41 is useful for filling only one part of a channel 11 or for completing the filling of one partially full channel 11, and, by applying the preceding operations in reverse order, tubular body 41 can also be used to empty all or some of lollipops CP from a completely or partially filled vertical channel 11.

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  1. Distributeur automatique de sucettes avec bâtonnet, du genre comportant un présentoir (10) ayant une pluralité de sillons verticaux (11) agencés radiaux par rapport à un noyau central (12) définissant des zones étroites (13) près de ce noyau central (12) pour y loger les bâtonnets (P) de ces sucettes (CP) et des zones élargies (14) faisant face et délimitées par une paroi tubulaire extérieure (15) pour y loger les têtes (C) des sucettes (CP), les sucettes (CP) étant entassées dans les sillons (11) en position inclinée, leurs têtes (C) étant disposées plus bas que leurs bâtonnets (P), le présentoir (10) étant monté sur un corps de base (50) avec la possibilité de tourner sur une surface d'appui (57) de façon à placer, au choix, une extrémité inférieure (16) d'un sillon sélectionné (11) sur une ouverture d'entrée (51) de ce corps de base (50) à un distributeur automatique (60) contrôlé par un mécanisme de sélection (62) par une pièce de monnaie ou un jeton et pourvu de moyens pour déplacer au moins une sucette (CP) du sillon (11) à une cavité de livraison (52) à portée de l'utilisateur, caractérisé en ce que chacun des sillons (11) possède, près de cette extrémité inférieure (16), un élément de rétention (17) monté de sorte qu'il puisse être déplacé entre une position de rétention, dans laquelle il retient la sucette (CP) située à la base de la pile dans le sillon (11) sans qu'il ne repose sur cette surface d'appui (57) et une position dégagée, dans laquelle il permet que la sucette (CP) située à la base de la pile passe à travers l'extrémité inférieure (16) et cette ouverture d'entrée (51) à l'intérieur du dispositif distributeur automatique (60), cet élément de rétention (17) du sillon sélectionné (11) étant déplacé de cette position de rétention à cette position dégagée par au moins un appendice (63) relié à une pièce mobile du dispositif distributeur automatique (60).
  2. Machine conformément à la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'élément de rétention (17) est monté pivotant par rapport à un axe (18) situé sur un des côtés (19) de cette zone élargie (14) du sillon respectif (11) dans une position radiale par rapport à cette paroi tubulaire (15) et comprend au moins une patte de support (20) et au moins une patte de manoeuvre (21).
  3. Machine conformément à la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que, lorsque l'élément de rétention (17) est en position de rétention, cette patte de support (20) s'étend transversalement depuis ce côté (19) vers l'intérieur du sillon (11) à un plus haut niveau que l'axe (18) tant que cette patte de manoeuvre (21) est dans une position qui dépasse vers le bas depuis le niveau de l'axe (18) ; et lorsque l'élément de rétention (17) est dans la position de dégagement, la patte de support (20) est escamotée sur ce côté (19) du sillon (11) tandis que la patte de manoeuvre (21) repose sur la trajectoire de la sucette (CP) qui tombe à travers l'extrémité inférieure (16) du sillon (11).
  4. Machine, conformément à la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que l'élément de rétention (17) est maintenu naturellement à la position de rétention par ses conditions d'assemblage et la position de son centre de masse par rapport à l'axe (18).
  5. Machine, conformément à la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que la patte de manoeuvre (21) du sillon sélectionné (11) se trouve sur la trajectoire de cet au moins un appendice (63) lorsque l'élément de rétention (17) est à la position de rétention.
  6. Machine, conformément à la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif distributeur automatique (60) comprend un axe de distribution (64) que s'étend à travers une goulotte (67) ayant une partie supérieure ouverte (68) située au-dessous de l'ouverture (51) et une partie inférieure qui se rétrécit (69) inclinée vers cette cavité de livraison (52), avec au moins un appendice (63) étant relié à une partie de cet axe de distribution (64) agencé à l'intérieur de cette goulotte (67) et cet axe de distribution (64) étant relié à un axe de manoeuvre (65) que fait tourner un manche extérieur (66) sur ce mécanisme de sélection (62).
  7. Machine, conformément à la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins un appendice (63) est relié à la périphérie d'une surface cylindrique (71) d'une plaque tournante (70) qui est solidaire de cette partie de l'axe de distribution (64), cette surface cylindrique (71) bloquant au moins en partie l'ouverture (51), une portion inclinée affaissée (72) étant pourvue sur cette surface cylindrique (71), en continuant depuis l'appendice (63) pour permettre qu'une sucette (CP) passe et soit dirigée vers cette partie inférieure qui se rétrécit (69) de cette goulotte (67).
  8. Machine, conformément à la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un deuxième appendice (73) relié à la périphérie de la surface cylindrique (71) de cette plaque tournante (70) et une deuxième surface inclinée affaissée (74) sur la surface cylindrique (71) pour transporter au moins une deuxième sucette (CP) du sillon sélectionné (11) à la cavité de livraison (52) durant un tour de l'axe de distribution (64).
  9. Machine, conformément à la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins ce deuxième appendice (73) est détachable et un élément de couverture (75) est prévu qui doit être relié à cette deuxième surface inclinée affaissée (74) et qui possède une surface extérieure qui offre une continuité à la surface cylindrique (71) dans cette zone lorsque le dispositif distributeur automatique (60) ne fonctionne qu'avec le premier appendice (63).
  10. Machine, conformément à la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que cet axe de distribution (64) est relié à cet axe de manoeuvre (65) au moyen d'une corde ou d'un dispositif à ressort (76) de rétention et des moyens de déclenchement (77, 78) étant inclus pour retenir l'axe de distribution (64) tant que cette corde ou dispositif à ressort (76) est tendu par la rotation de l'axe de manoeuvre (65) puis dégager l'axe de distribution automatique (64) de sorte que l'énergie accumulée sur la corde ou dispositif à ressort (76) le fasse tourner sous des conditions d'accélération contrôlées, indépendamment de la vitesse de l'axe de manoeuvre (65), ces opérations de rétention et postérieur dégagement étant effectuées durant un tour de l'axe de manoeuvre (65).
  11. Machine, conformément à la revendication 10, caractérisée en ce que cette corde ou dispositif à ressort (76) comporte une carcasse (79) à travers laquelle passe un axe à ressort (80) et un ressort de flexion hélicoïdal (81) monté à l'intérieur de cette carcasse (79) avec une extrémité reliée à la carcasse (79) et l'autre extrémité reliée à cet axe à ressort (80) et en ce que l'axe de distribution (64) est creux et la carcasse (79) est logée à l'intérieur et reliée à une cavité de la plaque tournante (70), une partie de l'axe à ressort (80) étant insérée à l'intérieur de l'axe de distribution automatique (64), l'extrémité de cette partie de l'axe de ressort (80) dépassant à travers une extrémité ouverte de l'axe de distribution (64) et une extrémité opposée de l'axe de ressort (80) étant couplée à une extrémité intérieure de l'axe de manoeuvre (65) au moyen d'un accouplement polygonal mâle-femelle (82).
  12. Machine, conformément à la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que ces moyens de rétention et de déclenchement (77, 78) comportent un loquet (77), un cliquet (83) et un coulisseau (84), ce loquet (77) étant monté de sorte qu'il puisse pivoter par rapport à une goupille (85) dûment supportée et chargée élastiquement par un ressort (86) de sorte que ce cliquet (83) soit poussé pour se bloquer dans une entaille (87) formée sur une surface extérieure de l'axe de distribution automatique (64) à côté de cette extrémité ouverte pour l'empêcher de tourner et ce coulisseau (84) repose sur une surface (78) d'une came (88) reliée à cette extrémité saillante de l'axe de ressort (80), cette surface de came (78) comportant une saillie (91) pour faire que le cliquet (77) pivote en contrecarrant la force de ce ressort (86) et par conséquent en dégageant le cliquet (83) de cette entaille (78) pour libérer la rotation de l'axe de distribution (64).
  13. Machine conformément à la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que la corde ou dispositif à ressort (76) comporte un volant d'inertie (89) monté à l'intérieur de cette carcasse (79) et relié à l'axe à ressort (80) au moyen d'un engrenage multiplicateur (90).
  14. Machine, conformément à la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que cette pluralité de sillons verticaux (11) agencés radiaux par rapport à un noyau central (12) est composée de plusieurs corps superposés (22, 23) à coupe transversale sous forme d'étoiles, un corps sous forme d'étoile inférieur (23) étant relié à l'intérieur à cette paroi tubulaire (15) et ayant les éléments de rétention (17) dans des zones proches des extrémités inférieures (16) des sillons (11).
  15. Machine, conformément à la revendication 14, caractérisée en ce que ces corps à coupe transversale sous forme d'étoiles (22, 23) comportent une portion de noyau central (12a) à partir de laquelle une pluralité de bras radiaux (24) s'étend, en définissant entre eux des portions de sillon (11a) où cette portion de noyau central (12a) comporte une saillie inférieure (29) polygonale en coupe transversale et une cavité supérieure (30) complémentaire, polygonale, en coupe transversale et des bras radiaux (24) comportent à leurs extrémités des projections supérieures (31) et des trous inférieurs (32) complémentaires de par leurs formes, avec cette saillie inférieure (29) nichée dans cette cavité supérieure (30) et ces saillies supérieures (31) nichées dans ces trous inférieurs (32) lorsque deux des corps à coupe transversale sous forme d'étoile (22, 23) sont superposés.
  16. Machine, conformément à la revendication 15, caractérisée en ce que le corps inférieur à forme d'étoile (23) comporte une bague (25) reliant les extrémités des bras radiaux (24) et des rebords (26) qui dépassent vers l'avant à partir de cette bague (25), les bras radiaux (24) comportant les axes respectifs (18) pour assembler les éléments de rétention correspondants (17) et une entaille (28) pour permettre qu'au moins un appendice (63) passe, ce corps inférieur à forme d'étoile (23) étant relié à une extrémité inférieure de cette paroi tubulaire (15) sur le périmètre extérieur de la bague (25) et avec ces rebords (26) insérés dans des entailles de la paroi tubulaire (15).
  17. Machine conformément à la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que cette pluralité de sillons verticaux (11) agencés radiaux par rapport à un noyau central (12) est composée d'un corps à coupe transversale sous forme d'étoile reliée à l'intérieur à cette paroi tubulaire (15) et ayant les éléments de rétention (17) dans des zones proches des extrémités inférieures (16) des sillons (11).
  18. Machine, conformément à la revendication 14 ou 17, caractérisée en ce que ce présentoir (10) qui comporte une paroi tubulaire (15) et un ou plusieurs corps à coupe transversale à forme d'étoile (22, 23) formant la pluralité de sillons verticaux (11) constitue une unité détachable pouvant être détachée du corps de base (50) et transportée avec les sillons verticaux (11) en tout ou partie chargés de sucettes (CP) retenus à son intérieur par les éléments de rétention (17).
  19. Machine, conformément à la revendication 18, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte un accessoire semblable à un manche (39) pouvant être relié à cette unité pour faciliter son transport.
  20. Machine, conformément à la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le présentoir (10) est monté sur le corps de base (50) avec une saillie inférieure en coupe polygonale (29) de ce noyau central (12) nichée dans une cavité supérieure complémentaire à coupe polygonale (53) d'une pièce de positionnement (54) montée tournante sur le corps de base (50) et pourvue à sa partie inférieure de dents (55) dans lesquelles est engagée une bille chargée élastiquement (56), avec un couvercle (33) qui ferme le présentoir (10) à la partie supérieure et qui comporte un verrou (34) contrôlant la rotation d'une tige centrale (35) reliée à une partie amovible de ce verrou (34) et ayant une extrémité inférieure filetée (36) qui se visse dans un trou fileté (37) pourvu à son centre d'une surface concave conique de cette pièce de positionnement (54), cette tige passant à travers une ouverture centrale (38) du noyau central (12).
  21. Machine, conformément à la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que cette paroi tubulaire (15) est cylindrique et transparente en tout ou partie.
  22. Machine conformément à la revendication 1 caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte un accessoire de chargement (40) formé par un corps tubulaire sensiblement cylindrique (41) dont la longueur est supérieure à la hauteur des sillons verticaux (11) et possède un diamètre intérieur qui est légèrement plus petit que le diamètre moyen des têtes (C) des sucettes (CP), ce corps tubulaire étant fait en matériau légèrement élastique et ayant une rainure longitudinale (42) possédant au moins à une de ses extrémités une portion évasée (43) qui augmente sa largeur jusqu'à ce qu'elle est reliée à l'extrémité ouverte du corps tubulaire (41), cet accessoire de chargement (40) étant capable d'être rempli de sucettes (CP) à travers cette au moins une portion évasée (43, 44) en laissant les têtes (C) retenues par la pression élastique à l'intérieur du corps tubulaire et les bâtonnets (P) dépassant à travers cette rainure (42) longitudinale; ensuite il est inséré lorsqu'il est plein dans un sillon vertical (11); et retiré du sillon vertical (11) tant que la sucette (CP) qui se trouve à la partie supérieure sera retenue en laissant ainsi toutes les sucettes (CP) entassées à l'intérieur du sillon vertical (11),
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