EP3021297A1 - Distributeur de boissons - Google Patents

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EP3021297A1
EP3021297A1 EP15194106.9A EP15194106A EP3021297A1 EP 3021297 A1 EP3021297 A1 EP 3021297A1 EP 15194106 A EP15194106 A EP 15194106A EP 3021297 A1 EP3021297 A1 EP 3021297A1
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Antonio Nicolini
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
    • G07F13/10—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with associated dispensing of containers, e.g. cups or other articles

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  • the present invention generally relates to a vending machine for dispensing beverages, in particular hot drinks.
  • the invention relates to a system configured to make easier the steps of positioning and conveying the containers (cups or glasses) inside the automatic vending machines for dispensing beverages.
  • Said system includes a mechanism configured to be positioned with extreme precision at various points which are pre-calculated by means of the axial rotation of a cylindrical element (rotor).
  • Said rotation is driven by a motor and by a simple kinematic mechanism formed by a lever integral with the motor shaft and by an element shaped as a Maltese crossed section which is integral with the rotor and which is placed axially with respect to the center of gravity of said rotor.
  • the preparation of hot or cold drinks dispensed by a vending machine usually takes place, according to the known art, by moving a gripping arm of the cups or glasses under the different stations of the machine and first of all under a selection and release system of said cups or glasses (cups' releasing device).
  • each cup is placed under the other functional modules of the machine, such as the sugar's dispenser, the blades' dispenser, the dispenser of the finished product (coffee and/or other hot or cold drinks) and any other possible stations.
  • the other functional modules of the machine such as the sugar's dispenser, the blades' dispenser, the dispenser of the finished product (coffee and/or other hot or cold drinks) and any other possible stations.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to obviate the drawbacks of the known art mentioned above and, in particular, to provide a vending machine for dispensing drinks or beverages, which has many mechanical and functional features realized by means of simple and safe electromechanical solutions and which has remarkable features of accuracy for a suitable use.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine for dispensing beverages, which is very easy to assemble and which is very simple to set.
  • the vending machine uses a mechanism for positioning and conveying the cups or glasses which is configured to be positioned with extreme precision at various points which are set by means of the axial rotation of a cylindrical element (rotor).
  • Said rotation is driven by a motor and by a kinematic system formed by a lever integral with the motor shaft and by an element shaped as a Maltese-crossed section, which is integral with the rotor and which is placed axially with respect to the center of gravity of said rotor.
  • the vending machine for dispensing beverages includes a mechanism for positioning and conveying a plurality of containers (cups or glasses), which is configured to be placed with extreme accuracy at different prefixed positions; said positions are pre-calculated through the axial rotation of a cylindrical rotor 1, which is driven by an electric motor 2 and from a kinematic mechanism formed by a lever 3 integral with the motor shaft and by an element shaped as a Maltese-crossed section 4 which is integral with the rotor 1 and which is placed axially with respect to the center of gravity of said rotor.
  • the mechanism is configured so as to move a gripping arm 11 of the cups or glasses 5 under different stations corresponding to a cups' selection and release device 6 (cups' releasing device), to a sugar dispenser 7, to a blades' dispenser 8, to a dispenser of the finished product (coffee and/or hot or cold drinks) 9 and/or to any other stations of the vending machine.
  • the cylindrical rotor 1 is provided with a recess or opening 10 and is connected to the gripping arm 11 of the cup 5, in order to collect and block the selected cup.
  • the openings or recesses 10 can also be two or more, with different positionings and with arms having differentiated diameters, so as to provide the use of an additional cups' releasing device 6 which contains cups 5 having diameters different from standard diameters.
  • a micro-switch 13 which is actuated at the passage of a cam fixed on the lever 3 in the lower part of the element shaped as a Maltese-crossed section 4, is placed in the lower part of the containment casing 12 of the rotor 1.
  • the signal coming from the micro-switch 13 is directed to a control circuit which reads the signal as a zero point coming and which, according to said processing, is able to start or stop the motor 2.
  • An additional micro-switch 14 is provided In correspondence of the Maltese-crossed section 4 and said micro-switch 14 contacts a lower cam of the lever 3, so as to detect the rotation of the shaft connected to the motor 2, thus providing a related signal to an electronic management unit of the machine.
  • each pulse of said additional micro-switch 14 corresponds one revolution of the gripping arm 11 and, therefore, given the mechanical relationship between the different parts, at each pulse corresponds a placement of the rotor 1 in a desired stations.
  • the movement of the system takes place through the rotation of the lever 3, which is provided with a protruding face 3a, which engages in the grooves 4a of the Maltese-crossed section 4 by rotating for an angle greater than 180°, so as to maintain said face 3a locked until the roller 3c of the lever 3 is entered in one of the grooves 4b of the Maltese-crossed section 4.
  • the roller 3c acts as an element for controlling the movement of the whole system and of the rotor 1 itself (so that said rotor 1 cannot be moved by hand from the outside), until a full revolution of the rotor 1 is completed, when the protruding face 3a of the lever 3 goes back inside the corresponding groove 4a, thus completing the positioning of the cup 5 in the desired position.
  • the cylindrical rotor 1 is never free, but it is always driven by the movement of the lever 3, which is synchronized with the movement of the Maltese-crossed section 4.
  • the slight portions of the system such as the engine 2 and the micro-switches 13 and 14, remain in the lower part of the device and are thus protected from fumes and dust, which usually ranging upwards during the operation of the machine.
  • the invention according to the invention allows to obtain a guided movement, with constant or differentiated speed, even with a reversal of the movement and with a minimum tolerance on the positioning of the devices.
  • the invention does not require great powers of the motor 2, as considerable masses are not moved and in any case the main movement is an axial movement, as well as the electronic circuit is greatly simplified with respect to the prior art.
  • the stopping points of the cups 5 can be modified at will, for example, by modifying the shape of the cam which is coupled with the Maltese-crossed section 4 and/or by detecting the number of stops of the cup 5 (which correspond to the revolutions of the motor 2).

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  • Beverage Vending Machines With Cups, And Gas Or Electricity Vending Machines (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
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CN106981136A (zh) * 2017-05-16 2017-07-25 珠海市利保机器人有限公司 一种自动贩卖机的旋转取货机构
KR20210153445A (ko) * 2020-06-10 2021-12-17 주식회사 플랜즈커피 컵 가이딩 홀더

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US4632274A (en) * 1983-08-03 1986-12-30 Manfred Garbe Beverage dispenser

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US4632274A (en) * 1983-08-03 1986-12-30 Manfred Garbe Beverage dispenser

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CN106981136A (zh) * 2017-05-16 2017-07-25 珠海市利保机器人有限公司 一种自动贩卖机的旋转取货机构
KR20210153445A (ko) * 2020-06-10 2021-12-17 주식회사 플랜즈커피 컵 가이딩 홀더
KR102367872B1 (ko) 2020-06-10 2022-02-25 주식회사 플랜즈커피 컵 가이딩 홀더

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