EP1727099A2 - Distributeur automatique d'articles substantiels de forme cylindrique tels les bouteilles, les canettes et semblables - Google Patents

Distributeur automatique d'articles substantiels de forme cylindrique tels les bouteilles, les canettes et semblables Download PDF

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EP1727099A2
EP1727099A2 EP06117296A EP06117296A EP1727099A2 EP 1727099 A2 EP1727099 A2 EP 1727099A2 EP 06117296 A EP06117296 A EP 06117296A EP 06117296 A EP06117296 A EP 06117296A EP 1727099 A2 EP1727099 A2 EP 1727099A2
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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
    • G07F11/34—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are of zig-zag form
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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
    • G07F11/10—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
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    • 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 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 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 movable supporting unit 6 comprises two opposite end elements substantially in the form of a plate 6b that are terminally rigidly connected with each other by two parallel rod-like elements 6c adapted to define said two opposite sides designed to laterally support an item 3 (in this connection, also see Fig. 1).
  • 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 oscillation 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.
  • Each multiple loading chute 11 in turn comprises an inclined duct 14 opening into an entrance chamber 15 disposed above two compartments 2 in side by side relationship and in succession with respect to the slipping direction 16 of the products so as to define a first compartment 2b and a second compartment 2c.
  • the loading region comprises several different entrances for the products, all disposed close to each other so as to facilitate the machine loading procedures by the operator.
  • 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. It is however apparent that deflecting means for the products equivalent to those shown can be utilised.
  • 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 of the machine to be reduced to an important degree.
  • the machine being the object of the invention enables a greater choice of items to be ensured, the filling columns and volumes being the same, as compared with equivalent machines of the known art.
  • the weight admiring on the dispensing device can be reduced so that said devices can be actuated using motors of less power.
  • the original loading chutes of the machine in accordance with the invention allow periodical operations for filling the storage compartments to be carried out in a facilitated manner and the bulkiness of the loading region does not affect the loading capacity of said compartments since the chutes can be provided in a smaller number than the number of the storage compartments themselves.
  • 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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EP06117296A 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Distributeur automatique d'articles substantiels de forme cylindrique tels les bouteilles, les canettes et semblables Expired - Lifetime EP1727099B1 (fr)

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EP04425271A EP1587038B1 (fr) 2004-04-15 2004-04-15 Distributeur automatique pour articles essentiellement cylindriques tels que des bouteilles, des canettes etc.

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GB853048A (en) * 1958-03-10 1960-11-02 Ferro Stamping Co Vending machine
EP0254504A2 (fr) * 1986-07-25 1988-01-27 The Coca-Cola Company Casier de stockage pour appareil de vente
US4768680A (en) * 1986-03-18 1988-09-06 Sielaff Gmbh & Co. Automatenbau Herrieden Dispensing unit for vending machines
EP0314323A1 (fr) * 1987-10-06 1989-05-03 The Coca-Cola Company Machine de vente à rapport colonnes/choix augmenté
US5361938A (en) * 1992-12-21 1994-11-08 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Automatic vending apparatus adaptable to accommodate different-sized commodity

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB853048A (en) * 1958-03-10 1960-11-02 Ferro Stamping Co Vending machine
US4768680A (en) * 1986-03-18 1988-09-06 Sielaff Gmbh & Co. Automatenbau Herrieden Dispensing unit for vending machines
EP0254504A2 (fr) * 1986-07-25 1988-01-27 The Coca-Cola Company Casier de stockage pour appareil de vente
EP0314323A1 (fr) * 1987-10-06 1989-05-03 The Coca-Cola Company Machine de vente à rapport colonnes/choix augmenté
US5361938A (en) * 1992-12-21 1994-11-08 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Automatic vending apparatus adaptable to accommodate different-sized commodity

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