EP1587038B1 - Distributeur automatique pour articles essentiellement cylindriques tels que des bouteilles, des canettes etc. - Google Patents

Distributeur automatique pour articles essentiellement cylindriques tels que des bouteilles, des canettes etc. Download PDF

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EP1587038B1
EP1587038B1 EP04425271A EP04425271A EP1587038B1 EP 1587038 B1 EP1587038 B1 EP 1587038B1 EP 04425271 A EP04425271 A EP 04425271A EP 04425271 A EP04425271 A EP 04425271A EP 1587038 B1 EP1587038 B1 EP 1587038B1
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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
    • G07F11/34—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are of zig-zag form
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G07F11/10—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 two or more magazines having a common delivery chute
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
    • G07F11/24—Rotary or oscillatory members

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  • the present invention relates to a vending machine for items substantially of cylindrical shape such as bottles, cans and the like.
  • vending machines for substantially cylinder-shaped items such as bottles and/or cans for example, each comprise many storage compartments, usually of a substantially vertical orientation, inside which many products can be stored in an orderly manner, all of them being positioned in a horizontal direction with respect to their longitudinal axes.
  • dispensing devices i.e. the devices adapted to carry out, after the required money has been introduced into the machine and selection of the desired product has occurred, dispensing of the products one at a time towards the region where they are picked up.
  • loading chutes adapted to facilitate and make the periodical operations for filling said compartments quicker, thereby avoiding the individual items being directly placed in the available spaces.
  • each dispensing device Correspondence between a dispensing device and each storage compartment involves, above all in the case of many compartments, heavy production costs since each dispensing device usually comprises an electric motor of its own and suitable mechanical and electronic control elements, and also a great construction complexity due to the presence of many components and, as,a result, an operating-reliability rate in inverse proportion to the number of storage compartments contemplated in a machine.
  • the vending machine presents a dispensing device acting on two storage compartments; a first bottle engages a lobe of the dispensing device which is pivoted for angular movements about its axis.
  • Means are provided for affecting independent but timed angular movement of the dispensing device so as to selectively release an item from one storage compartment at a time.
  • the technical task underlying the present invention is to devise a vending machine for items of a substantially cylindrical shape such as bottles, cans and the like, capable of substantially obviating the mentioned drawbacks.
  • Another important aim of the invention is to devise a machine that, while being provided with loading chutes, also comprises a great number of storage compartments, a big space being dedicated to the compartments themselves so that a great loading capacity is available.
  • It comprises a plurality of storage compartments 2 of a substantially vertical orientation that are separated from each other and are each adapted to house items or products 3 of a substantially cylindrical shape that are horizontally positioned with respect to their longitudinal axes 3a.
  • dispensing devices 4 adapted to carry out supply of the products 3, obviously one at a time, dropping them towards a region 1a where they can be picked up.
  • the dispensing devices 4 consist of multi-purpose devices, each adapted to deliver products from at least two respective storage compartments 2.
  • each multi-purpose dispensing device 4 comprises a conveying chamber 5 in communication with two respective storage compartments 2 and adapted to prepare some products for the dispensing step by arranging them in superposed and offset positions by means of the opposite walls 5a of the chamber itself.
  • a conveying chamber 5 shown in Fig. 3A four products 3 identified with letters A, B, C, D are present.
  • a movable supporting unit 6 moved by drive means 7 and adapted to selectively enable dropping of a single product 3 towards the picking-up region 1a, by its movement between a closed position and an open position.
  • the movable supporting unit 6 is oscillatable around a hinging axis 6a between two inclined end positions corresponding to two closed positions, passing through intermediate positions also comprising two open positions and has two opposite sides on which an overlying item 3 rests, which sides are designed to be alternately used during passage from one of said inclined positions to the other.
  • the rod-like elements 6c can be fastened to a mutually farther or closer position depending on the diameters of the items designed to rest thereon.
  • the drive means 7 causing pscillatipn of the movable unit 6, comprises a kinematic chain formed of a crank 8 moved by an electric motor and a connecting-rod 9 interposed between said crank and the movable unit 6 itself.
  • the storage compartments 2 are each made up of a column-shaped space of a substantially vertical orientation formed of opposite walls 2a with an undulated extension, which space has a substantially zigzag course.
  • items 3 during loading greatly slow down their fall velocity and in the static stacked situation they partly discharge their weight on the wall 2a of the storage compartment, rather than on the items disposed below, thereby avoiding bruises and deformations and reducing weight and consequently stresses on the motor during the operations for dispensing said items.
  • the machine 1 in accordance with the invention further has a loading region 10 in the upper part thereof, which region in an original manner comprises at least one multiple loading chute 11 adapted to channel items 3 at least towards two compartments 2 disposed in side by side relationship, rather than towards a single storage compartment as it happens in the known art.
  • the loading region 10 comprises two multiple loading chutes 11, one normal chute 12 for a single compartment and a mere loading inlet 13 for the outermost compartment 2.
  • a conveying baffle 17 oscillatable about a horizontal oscillation axis 18.
  • the conveying baffle 17 has a balancing counterweight 17a adapted to automatically allow the selective rotation of the baffle itself when the weight of a product 3 persists thereon, in order to channel the latter towards the first compartment 2b.
  • deflecting means for the products equivalent to those shown can be utilised.
  • provision can be made for use of an electronic movable device with manual control (outer push-button controlled by the operator to fill the second column when the first is completely loaded) or also of a device with automatic control (a sensor capable of detecting filling of the first column and operating opening of the movable device).
  • the counterweight can be possibly replaced by return springs or others.
  • the items 3 stored up in the storage compartments 2, are disposed in each of the conveying chambers 5 ready to be sent to the picking-up region 1a.
  • the products from two compartments disposed in side by side relationship stand on a respective dispensing device 4 the movable supporting unit 6 of which is disposed in a first inclined position, as shown in Fig. 3a , which is adapted to laterally bear an item A.
  • crank 8 When a new emitting command arrives, rotation through 180° of crank 8 imposes oscillation of the supporting unit 6 in the opposite direction until said unit reaches the first inclined position again. During the new oscillation, emission of item B takes place and the supporting unit 6 is ready for another cycle.
  • the invention achieves important advantages.
  • the dispensing devices used in the machine in accordance with the invention can be provided in a reduced number, a halved number for example, as compared with those that are present in the known art, the storage compartments and therefore the loading capacity being the same. It will be recognised that an important reduction in the number of the dispensing devices allows reliability to be increased and therefore the maintenance costs cf the machine to be reduced to an important degree.
  • the weight admiring on the dispensing device can be reduced so that said devices can be actuated using motors of less power.
  • the particular embodiment provided with an oscillating baffle 17 ensures filling of all columns without arising of jamming problems during loading of the items to be dispensed, and in the version herein provided no intervention by the operator is required.
  • arrangement of the opposite side walls 2a consisting of sections having opposite inclinations allows a weight component of the product to be discharged on the machine structure, so that the items at the column bottom are not squashed and consequently there are less risks that jamming of the machine may occur.

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Claims (9)

  1. Distributeur automatique pour articles essentiellement cylindriques tels que des bouteilles, des canettes, et similaires, comprenant:
    - une pluralité de compartiments d'emmagasinage (2) essentiellement orientés en direction verticale, séparés les uns des autres et chacun apte à loger lesdits articles (3) qui sont orientés en direction sensiblement horizontale relativement à leurs axes longitudinaux (3a),
    - et des dispositifs distributeurs (4) disposés en position sous-jacente par rapport auxdits compartiments d'emmagasinage (2) et aptes à réaliser la distribution des articles un à la fois vers une zone (1a) où les articles (3) peuvent être ramassés, dans lequel les dispositifs distributeurs (4) comprennent au moins un dispositif distributeur à usages multiples, apte à distribuer des produits en provenance d'au moins deux compartiment d'emmagasinage respectifs (2), ledit dispositif distributeur (4) à usages multiples comprenant:
    - une chambre d'acheminement (5) en communication avec aux moins deux compartiments d'emmagasinage respectifs (2) et apte à préparer certains articles pour la distribution,
    - une unité de support mobile (6) sur laquelle prend appui un article sus-jacent, disposée dans un espace de sortie (5b) de la chambre d'acheminement (5) et apte à permettre sélectivement la chute d'un seul article à la fois vers ladite zone (1a) où il peut être ramassé, par son déplacement entre au moins une position fermée et au moins une position ouverte,
    - et des moyens de commande (7) pour ladite unité mobile (6),
    dans lequel ladite chambre d'acheminement (5) comprend des parois opposées (5a) destinées à ranger les articles y contenus à des positions superposées et décalées.
  2. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite unité de support mobile (6) est susceptible d'osciller autour d'un axe de charnière (6a) entre deux positions extrêmes inclinées correspondant à deux positions de fermeture, passant par des positions intermédiaires comprenant deux positions d'ouverture, et présente deux côtés opposés d'appui d'un article sus-jacent (3) destinés à être employés alternativement lors du passage de l'une à l'autre desdites positions inclinées.
  3. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de commande (7) de l'unité de support mobile (6) comprennent une chaîne cinématique se composant d'une manivelle (8) mue par un moteur et d'une bielle (9) interposée entre la manivelle (8) et l'unité de support mobile (6).
  4. Distributeur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite unité de support mobile (6) comprend un cadre formé de deux éléments terminaux opposés (6b) essentiellement en forme de plaque reliés réciproquement d'une façon rigide par au moins deux éléments en forme de tige (6c) parallèles aptes à définir lesdits deux côtés opposés d'appui destinés à soutenir latéralement un article (3).
  5. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que lesdits compartiments d'emmagasinage (2) se composent chacun d'un espace en forme de colonne ayant une orientation sensiblement verticale, ledit espace en forme de colonne comportant de préférence deux parois opposées (2a) ayant une extension ondulée et un développement sensiblement en zigzag.
  6. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre des couloirs de chargement (11, 12) pour les articles (3) disposés au sommet desdits compartiments d'emmagasinage (2), caractérisé en ce que lesdits couloirs de chargement comprennent au moins un couloir de chargement multiple (11) destiné à acheminer les articles vers au moins deux desdits compartiments d'emmagasinage (2) disposés réciproquement côte à côte.
  7. Distributeur selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que ledit couloir de chargement multiple (11) comprend:
    - un conduit incliné (14) débouchant dans une chambre d'entrée (15) placée sur la partie supérieure de deux compartiments d'emmagasinage (2) disposés côte à côte et l'un après l'autre par rapport à la direction de glissement (16) des articles (3), de manière à définir un premier (2b) et un deuxième (2c) compartiment,
    - et au moins un déflecteur d'acheminement (17) de préférence susceptible d'osciller autour d'un axe d'oscillation horizontal (18), disposé dans ladite chambre d'entrée (15) par exemple dans le prolongement d'une paroi inférieure de glissement dudit conduit incliné (14), à une position recouvrant au moins partiellement ledit premier compartiment (2b).
  8. Distributeur selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit déflecteur d'acheminement (17) a un contrepoids d'équilibrage (17a) destiné à permettre automatiquement une rotation sélective du déflecteur quand le poids d'un article persiste sur celui-ci, pour acheminer ledit article vers ledit premier compartiment (2b).
  9. Distributeur selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le déflecteur d'acheminement (17) est commandé par un mécanisme électronique, ledit mécanisme étant entraîné manuellement par l'opérateur par l'intermédiaire d'un bouton-poussoir ou étant entraîné de manière automatique par un senseur de remplissage.
EP04425271A 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Distributeur automatique pour articles essentiellement cylindriques tels que des bouteilles, des canettes etc. Expired - Lifetime EP1587038B1 (fr)

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DE602004017570T DE602004017570D1 (de) 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Verkaufsautomat für im wesentlichen zylindrisch geformte Gegenstände wie Flaschen, Getränkedosen o. ä.
AT04425271T ATE413674T1 (de) 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Verkaufsautomat für im wesentlichen zylindrisch geformte gegenstände wie flaschen, getränkedosen o. ä.
EP04425271A EP1587038B1 (fr) 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Distributeur automatique pour articles essentiellement cylindriques tels que des bouteilles, des canettes etc.
DE602004014820T DE602004014820D1 (de) 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Verkaufsautomat für Artikel mit zylindrischer Form wie etwa Flaschen, Dosen und ähnliche
AT06117296T ATE400043T1 (de) 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Verkaufsautomat für artikel mit zylindrischer form wie etwa flaschen, dosen und ähnliche
EP06117296A EP1727099B1 (fr) 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Distributeur automatique d'articles substantiels de forme cylindrique tels les bouteilles, les canettes et semblables

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