EP1864596A3 - A system for automatic cutlery dispensing - Google Patents

A system for automatic cutlery dispensing Download PDF

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EP1864596A3
EP1864596A3 EP07109241A EP07109241A EP1864596A3 EP 1864596 A3 EP1864596 A3 EP 1864596A3 EP 07109241 A EP07109241 A EP 07109241A EP 07109241 A EP07109241 A EP 07109241A EP 1864596 A3 EP1864596 A3 EP 1864596A3
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cutlery
item
corridor
stack
container body
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EP1864596A2 (en
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Ugo Sandei
Stefano Sandei
Pietro Sandei
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Ducale Macchine da Caffe SRL
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/08—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom
    • A47F1/10—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom having mechanical dispensing means, e.g. with buttons or handles
    • A47F1/106—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom having mechanical dispensing means, e.g. with buttons or handles for nested articles, e.g. cups, cones

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Abstract

A system for automatic cutlery dispensing, comprising: a plurality of items of cutlery (10), each of which comprises an elongate gripping handle (11) which at an end thereof bears a shaped appendage (12) for holding food and/or drinks, the shaped appendage (12) projecting with respect to a surface of the gripping handle (11); a container body (2) defining a vertically-developing corridor (20) in which a stack of the items of cutlery (10) is housed and held, the stack of cutlery (10) being free to slide vertically internally of the corridor (20), the corridor (20) being inferiorly closed by a retaining surface (34, 131) which restingly receives a lowest item of cutlery (10) of the stack, placing said item close to a lateral opening (25, 25') of the container body (2), and a mobile pusher element (35, 132) which acts against a longitudinal flank of the handle (11) of the lowest item of cutlery (10) in order to cause the item to slide contacting against an item (10) superior thereto in the stack, and to expel the lowest item of cutlery (10) from the corridor (20) through the lateral opening (25, 25') of the container body (2).
EP07109241A 2006-06-05 2007-05-30 A system for automatic cutlery dispensing Withdrawn EP1864596A3 (en)

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ITRE20060068 ITRE20060068A1 (en) 2006-06-05 2006-06-05 ¿AUTOMATIC CUTLERY SERVICE SYSTEM ¿

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EP1864596A2 EP1864596A2 (en) 2007-12-12
EP1864596A3 true EP1864596A3 (en) 2010-12-15

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