EP3113123B1 - Dispositif de distribution pour un automate de marchandises - Google Patents

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EP3113123B1
EP3113123B1 EP16174575.7A EP16174575A EP3113123B1 EP 3113123 B1 EP3113123 B1 EP 3113123B1 EP 16174575 A EP16174575 A EP 16174575A EP 3113123 B1 EP3113123 B1 EP 3113123B1
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Fabian Bergner
Max Reimann
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    • 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
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
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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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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
    • G07F13/06—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof
    • G07F13/065—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof for drink preparation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • 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 relates to a dispensing device for a vending machine, in particular for a drinks machine, and to a vending machine with such a dispensing device.
  • the present invention is located in the vicinity of vending machines, in particular vending machines designed as beverage machines.
  • a vending machine is a device that mostly dispenses goods against payment (vending machine). Usually this is a self-service machine.
  • a special form of a self-service machine is a drinks machine, which is mostly designed for the sale of cold or hot drinks, but also for other liquid foods.
  • Beverage machines deliver a requested beverage to a dispensing device in open form, in a cup, as bottles, cans or the like.
  • Other drinks machines only dispense one drink on a dispensing device upon selection and the user has to ensure that a suitable cup in which the drink is to be dispensed is available.
  • the hot drinks machine After selecting the product, first dispenses a cup in a cup holder, in which the corresponding hot beverage is then filled.
  • the cup holder is located on a dispensing device that is accessible from the outside.
  • the cup can be filled hidden in the machine.
  • means are provided in a dispensing device of the machine to transport the filled cup to a dispensing opening accessible to the user.
  • the European patent application EP 2 369 559 A1 shows such a hot drinks machine.
  • the cup dispenser of this hot drinks machine is designed to fill a cup with different product components by means of a rotatable cup holder ("cup holder device") and then to transport the filled cup to a place accessible to the user by rotating the cup holder and to present it to the user there . While a cup is being filled, a dispensing opening is covered by a rear panel of the cup holder. This rotates with every movement of the cup holder, visible from the outside.
  • the cup holder will continue to turn several times and then stop again to approach several stations for filling with different ingredients (e.g. sugar, milk, coffee) or turn in different directions if necessary.
  • This movement pattern which is not transparent from the outside, could be misunderstood as a malfunction by a user who is using the drinks machine for the first time.
  • a motor-driven trap door is provided for closing the dispensing area, which trap door does not move during the preparation of a beverage and, if necessary, only opens for the final dispensing of the beverage.
  • a motor-driven trap door can indeed improve the user experience, but requires its own drive in order to be able to operate the trap door independently of a rotatable cup holder.
  • Such a drive in turn requires its own connections and a controller.
  • Such an additional drive also requires additional installation space. Overall, the number of necessary parts is increased, which in turn means that the complexity, the manufacturing effort and ultimately the manufacturing costs of the drinks machine are increased.
  • the DE 32 40 572 A1 describes a storage machine with a plurality of compartments open on one side in a round magazine.
  • a closure panel mounted so as to be adjustable relative to the round magazine prevents or allows access to at least certain compartments of the round magazine through openings formed therein.
  • Self-locking drives are assigned to the round magazine and the cover panel and a door in front of it.
  • Other vending machines equipped with movement mechanisms are in the EP 1 564 696 A2 , US 2015/041485 A1 , DE 10 2012 207665 A1 and AT 130 755 B described.
  • the present invention is based on the object of specifying an improved dispensing device for a vending machine, in particular for a drinks machine.
  • the idea on which the present invention is based consists in providing a closure panel that is separate from an output carousel, the output carousel and the closure panel being movable at least temporarily separately from one another with a common drive.
  • the shutter is advantageously only moved when it is to be dispensed through the dispensing opening.
  • the common drive only drives the dispensing carousel, while the shutter is not driven and / or blocked.
  • An adjustment of the closure panel separate from the rotation of the dispensing carousel is to be understood as meaning that the common drive constantly drives a rotation of the output carousel during operation and only occasionally drives an adjustment of the closure panel.
  • the dispensing carousel can temporarily be driven separately or independently of the closure panel by means of the common drive and the closure panel is temporarily driven at the same time. If the shutter is also driven, the sequence of movements of the shutter can deviate from the sequence of movements of the dispensing carousel if necessary.
  • the sequence of movements of the shutter can be synchronized at least in sections with the sequence of movements of the dispensing carousel, for example by moving or adjusting the shutter and the dispensing carousel at the same time to dispense goods into a suitable open position.
  • a common transmission element which transmits rotational movements of the drive to a drive axis of the dispensing carousel and intermittently engages in a guide provided on the shutter to adjust the shutter.
  • the translation element is preferably permanently kinematically coupled to the drive and to the output carousel.
  • the translation element is either fixed to the drive or via a predetermined translation with the Drive coupled.
  • a predetermined translation for example a direct translation from 1 to 1, is provided between the translation element and the drive axle of the output carousel.
  • the guide can also have sections in which, depending on the position of the transmission element, no force is transmitted at times. In the case of a rotating translation element, these can be sections running tangentially to the rotational movements.
  • the shutter is only adjusted temporarily, that is, when a force is transmitted from the transmission element to the guide of the shutter.
  • An adjustment of the closure panel separate from the rotation of the dispensing carousel is thus realized particularly advantageously, the movement sequence of the closure panel being largely freely influenceable by the way in which the guide is designed.
  • the guide can describe a path which, in combination with the path of movement of the transmission element, leads to a movement when the shutter is adjusted at a constant speed.
  • the path can, for example, have one curvature or several curvatures.
  • the guide is straight.
  • the guide is preferably open at one end.
  • the guide is preferably designed in such a way that a rotating transmission element can engage in the guide at the open end of the guide.
  • an initially slowly increasing movement component of the translation element then acts to transmit force.
  • this movement component is at its maximum. If the middle is exceeded the movement component is then reduced again and goes back to zero at a maximum adjustment angle.
  • Such a sequence of movements applies in particular to straight guidance.
  • a corresponding speed profile of the sequence of movements when adjusting the shutter in one direction can, for example, have the shape of half a sine period.
  • the shutter has an axis of rotation about which it rotates for adjustment between the open and the closed position.
  • the shutter can be installed together with the dispensing carousel in a common rotation mechanism, in particular the axis of rotation of the shutter and the drive axis of the dispensing carousel can coincide geometrically or lie on a common straight line, but can be rotated separately from one another.
  • the output device can thus advantageously be implemented with a minimal installation space.
  • the translation element has a running cam. Furthermore, the closure panel has a correspondingly shaped running surface.
  • the transmission element has a blocking position in which the running cam engages in the running surface in the closed position of the shutter and thus blocks the shutter.
  • An engagement is to be understood here as a form-fitting running of the running cam in the running surface, wherein the running cam can continue to rotate.
  • the running cam due to an outer radius that remains constant over a segment of a circle, the running cam only slides off the running surface, which also describes a shape of a circular segment, but blocks the closure panel due to the form fit with the running surface.
  • the translation element thus simultaneously serves as a blocking element for blocking the shutter in the closed position.
  • no additional blocking agent is therefore necessary. Instead, functional integration is created, which reduces the number of components required.
  • the transmission element has a pin which, when the transmission element rotates about a transmission axis in the closed position of the closure panel, engages in the guide of the closure panel when the cam and the running surface are out of engagement.
  • the pin can be arranged in such a way that it engages in the guide as soon as the running cam and the running surface disengage.
  • the running cam leaves the running surface only in one position of the closure panel and the transmission element in which the pin engages or can engage in the guide, so that there is always contact between the closure panel and the transmission element and an undefined state does not arise.
  • the pin leaves the guide only in a position of the closure panel and the transmission element in which the cam engages or can intervene in the running surface.
  • the translation axis is to be understood as an axis of rotation of the translation element.
  • the translation axis of the translation element is different from the drive axis of the output carousel and the axis of rotation of the shutter, in particular arranged offset to it.
  • the pin can have any shape suitable for engaging in a guide, for example round, oval, diamond-shaped in cross section or similar.
  • the pin can also continuously taper towards the top in the manner of a cone or truncated cone or, alternatively, have a widening at an upper end of the pin, which is opposite the transmission element, to secure the guiding of the pin in the guide.
  • the translation element rotates in an angular range in which the pin does not engage in any guide of the shutter.
  • the running cam preferably engages in the running surface of the closure panel within such angular ranges of the transmission element, so that the closure panel is blocked at the same time.
  • the pin engages in the guide and the running surface is released from the running cam.
  • the transmission element engages in the guides of the closure panel in a simple yet flexible manner.
  • the closure panel has a control section and a panel wall.
  • the guide and the running surface are provided on the control section.
  • the diaphragm wall is preferably firmly coupled to the control section.
  • the control section and the diaphragm wall are particularly preferably manufactured with a one-piece plastic part, in this case a bridging section is provided between the control section and the diaphragm wall.
  • the closure panel can be formed, for example, as an injection-molded or 3-D printed plastic part.
  • the closure panel is thus advantageously implemented in one piece with a plurality of functional sections, as a result of which functional integration is created and the number of parts is thus reduced.
  • the panel wall blocks the closed one Position of the shutter allows access from the outside through the dispensing opening. In the open position, the panel wall is moved behind the front panel and is therefore not visible from the outside.
  • the diaphragm wall runs tangentially to the axis of rotation.
  • the tangential course is preferably continuous over an angular section, so that the diaphragm wall runs around the axis of rotation in the manner of a segment of a circle.
  • This is to be understood as the fact that, in a top view from above, the curvature of the diaphragm wall runs in the manner of a segment of a circle around the axis of rotation of the closure diaphragm.
  • the diaphragm wall is thus curved, like a segment of a (circular) cylinder jacket surface.
  • the closure panel has two guides, the running surface being arranged between the two guides.
  • the shutter is thereby advantageously adjustable into two different open positions.
  • the translation element engages in a first guide to adjust the shutter from the closed position into a first open position.
  • the transmission element engages in a second guide. Because two different open positions can be approached, the dispensing device can advantageously be actuated more flexibly, in particular since positions or configurations of the shutter are possible in both directions. It is thus possible, for example, to also provide different positions on the dispensing carousel 2 in which goods can be dispensed through the dispensing opening. Different types of goods can thus advantageously be dispensed.
  • the dispensing carousel and the closure panel can then each be adjusted or rotated in a first direction.
  • the dispensing carousel and the closure panel can then each be adjusted or rotated in a second direction.
  • the first and second directions are specific to the shutter and the dispensing carousel. In other words, the first direction of the output carousel can, but does not have to, correspond to the first direction of the shutter, and vice versa.
  • the open position of the closure panel and a position of the dispensing carousel from which the respective cup can be removed through the dispensing opening are assumed.
  • the running surface has a contour which describes a segment of a circle that intersects the control section.
  • the running cam can also have a circular segment-like shape or at least have a circular segment section which runs positively in the running surface in the blocking position or in positions in which the closure panel is blocked.
  • a form fit between the running cam and the running surface can thus advantageously be produced, with the running cam nevertheless being rotatable within the running surface. In this way, the shutter is blocked, the translation element and thus also the output carousel still being able to move freely.
  • control section has a shape which, apart from the guide and the running surface, covers a sector of a circle in relation to the axis of rotation.
  • the circular sector preferably has an opening angle which is approximately equal to the opening angle of the diaphragm wall.
  • a particularly compact design of the closure panel is thus provided, since the control section and a bridging section connecting the control section to the panel wall overlap.
  • an opening angle enclosed by the two guides is approximately equal to an opening angle covered by the diaphragm wall.
  • a particularly compact design of the shutter is provided, since precisely such an opening angle is described by the shutter that is necessary to close the dispensing opening and to move the shutter into the two open positions.
  • An approximately equal opening angle is understood to mean opening angles which are the same size or differ slightly in size, for example in a range from 0 to 20 °, in particular 0 to 10 °, preferably 0 to 5 °.
  • the opening angle of the two guides or the opening angle of the circular sector is particularly preferably congruent in each case with the opening angle of the diaphragm wall. This means that the respective opening angle overlaps the opening angle of the panel wall without any deviation.
  • the arrangement is thus advantageously designed to be particularly compact, so that the required installation space is advantageously minimized. Furthermore, this also improves the mechanical stability, since a continuous transition between the control section, a bridging section from the control section to the diaphragm wall and the diaphragm wall itself is created. As a result, the construction of the shutter is more resistant to absorbing any external forces, in particular attempts at break-in.
  • ribs running radially can additionally be provided on the bridging section.
  • a control device which controls the drive in such a way that starting a maximum adjustment angle of the translation element is specified by the blocking position.
  • This maximum adjustment angle of the translation element is dimensioned such that the closure panel assumes the open position at the maximum adjustment angle of the translation element.
  • the translation element is in engagement with the guide of the closure panel. In the blocking position, the translation element is previously in particular still out of engagement with the guide.
  • the translation element engages in the guide and begins to adjust the shutter as the rotation progresses.
  • the adjustment of the shutter also reaches a maximum when the maximum adjustment angle of the transmission element is reached, in particular a maximum deflection in which the open position of the shutter is assumed.
  • the translation element is still in engagement with the guide, so that it is possible to move the shutter back by rotating it in the opposite direction.
  • the control device can be implemented in a variety of ways, for example electromechanically as a control disk with control grooves which, when the transmission element is in predetermined positions, switch the contact for different operating modes of the drive.
  • the control device can also be implemented electronically, for example by means of a control device in connection with appropriate sensors for recognizing the individual positions or in connection with a step counter for recording changes in the positions, the individual control states depending on the sensor values or the number of steps can be programmed into control software.
  • the dispensing carousel is designed to receive and dispense cups.
  • a cup magazine and a filling device are provided in the area of the dispensing carousel.
  • a cup magazine is used to store cups and dispense individual cups into the dispensing carousel.
  • a filling device is used to fill a cup located in the dispensing carousel.
  • the dispensing carousel can move to a predetermined cup dispensing position for receiving a cup from the cup magazine. Furthermore, it can move to a predetermined filling position for filling a cup. Both the approach of the different positions of the dispensing carousel and the dispensing of a cup into the dispensing carousel and the filling of the cup take place with the closure panel closed.
  • the translation element is designed to move the shutter from the closed position into the open position when the dispensing carousel rotates into a position in which a cup is to be dispensed from the vending machine.
  • the rotation of the output carousel and the adjustment of the shutter take place simultaneously, in particular at times.
  • the closure panel is preferably not adjusted until a last section of the rotational movements of the dispensing carousel.
  • the translation element only engages in the guide of the closure panel in a last section of the rotary movements of the carousel before reaching a position in which a cup is to be dispensed from the vending machine (dispensing position).
  • the last section of the rotational movements can, for example, begin when the output carousel reaches an adjustment angle of 30 ° to 90 °, in particular 45 ° to 75 °, preferably 55 ° to 65 °, particularly preferably 60 °, before reaching the output position.
  • the dispensing carousel preferably has two different cup holders for holding cups in two different sizes.
  • the first guide is designed or configured in such a way that when the translation element engages in the first guide, a first open position of the closure panel can be assumed, while at the same time the dispensing carousel assumes a first dispensing position in which the cup holder of a first size from the outside through the Output opening is accessible.
  • the second guide is designed in such a way that when the translation element engages in the second guide, a second open position of the closure panel can be assumed, the dispensing carousel simultaneously assuming a second dispensing position in which the cup holder of a second size is accessible from the outside through the dispensing opening .
  • the translation element is designed such that it is in the blocking position in positions of the output carousel in which a cup is received from the cup magazine or in which a cup is filled on the filling device.
  • a cam can be provided on the translation element for this purpose, which cam runs in a running surface of the closure panel.
  • the running cam is designed to be round, in particular in the manner of a segment of a circle, for example in an angular range in which the transmission element is moved to move to the stated positions of the cup dispensing or filling.
  • the running surface has a corresponding negative shape, in particular in the form of a circular segment-like indentation within which the running cam runs or engages when the dispensing carousel approaches these positions and thus blocks the shutter.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic top view of a dispensing device 1 in a closed position of the shutter 5.
  • the dispensing device 1 has a front panel 2, which has a dispensing opening 3.
  • the dispensing device 1 also has a rotatable dispensing carousel 4, which is designed and provided for dispensing goods at the dispensing opening 3.
  • the dispensing device 1 also has a closure panel 5 which is designed and provided to close the output opening 3 in the illustrated closed position of the closure panel 5 in such a way that the output carousel 4 is not accessible from the outside through the output opening 3.
  • the closure panel 5 is designed and provided in such a way that the dispensing opening 3 is exposed in an open position of the closure panel 5, so that the output carousel 4 is accessible from the outside through the output opening 3.
  • FIG. 11 shows a schematic plan view of the output device 1 according to FIG Fig. 1 in an open position of the shutter 5 and a dispensing position of the dispensing carousel 4.
  • the shutter 5 is offset relative to the dispensing opening 3, ie displaced behind the front panel 2 so that the dispensing opening 3 is freely accessible from the outside.
  • the dispensing carousel 4 is moved or rotated in such a way that in this position it provides goods stored in the dispensing carousel 4 for removal from the outside through the dispensing opening 3.
  • a transmission element 7 is provided which engages in a guide 9 of the shutter 5 and thereby effects the adjustment of the shutter 5.
  • the adjustment is a rotation.
  • the output carousel 4 is also driven by the transmission element 7, the transmission element 7, for example, having a toothing which engages a corresponding toothing for driving a drive axle of the output carousel 4.
  • Other kinematic couplings for example via a belt drive, a chain, or the like, are also conceivable.
  • the translation element 7 is thus constantly kinematically coupled to the output carousel 4. However, the translation element 7 is only temporarily coupled to the closure panel, that is to say only when the translation element 7 engages in the guide 9. As long as the translation element 7 does not engage in the guide 9, the translation element 7 can move independently of the shutter 5. Separate movements of the dispensing carousel 4 and the closure panel 5 are thus possible, that is to say the output carousel 4 can move, at least in certain positions, without the closure panel 5 being displaced in the process.
  • the dispensing carousel and the shutter can also be driven synchronously. In particular, a counter-rotating drive is not possible. Nevertheless, the output carousel 4 and the shutter 5 are both driven separately via the transmission element 7.
  • the transmission element 7 is driven by means of a drive 6, for example by means of an electric motor.
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a dispenser.
  • the output carousel 4 has two compartments.
  • the two compartments are preferably provided with a different size.
  • these are cup holders of different sizes, a first cup holder 28 being provided for receiving a cup of a first size and a second cup holder 27 being provided for receiving a cup of a second size. This is below in relation to that Figures 12 A to D explained in more detail.
  • the output carousel 4 is mounted on a drive axle 8.
  • the drive axle 8 of the output carousel 4 is driven by means of a toothing 19 which is coupled to a toothing 20 provided on the transmission element 7.
  • the same toothing 20 of the step-up element 7 is also used to drive the step-up element 7.
  • a motor 36 and a step-up gear 37 including drive pinion 38 are provided, which together form a drive 6 that drives the step-up element 7 via the toothing 20.
  • the closure panel 5 has a panel wall 16 which is used to close an output opening 3 of a front panel 2, which is not shown here for the sake of clarity.
  • the shutter 5 is rotatably mounted on a rotation axis 10.
  • the axis of rotation 10 coincides geometrically with the drive axis 8, but the drive axis 8 and the axis of rotation 10 are not firmly connected to one another. Instead, the output carousel 4 and the closure panel 5 can be adjusted or rotated separately from one another.
  • FIG. 14 shows a cross-sectional view of the dispensing device 1 of FIG Fig. 3 .
  • this cross-sectional view only the shutter 5 and a drive disk 17, which represents part of the drive shaft 8, are shown in dashed lines in their sectional areas.
  • the cut surfaces of the output carousel 4 and of the translation element 7 are shown without hatching for better clarity or to better distinguish the parts.
  • the drive shaft 8 lies geometrically in the center of a central pin 18 on which the drive disk 17 is mounted.
  • the drive pulley 17 has a toothing 19. This meshes with a corresponding toothing 20 of the transmission element 7 and can thus be driven via the transmission element 7.
  • the transmission element 7 is mounted on a transmission axis 14 which is arranged offset to the drive axis 8 and to the axis of rotation 10 and which lies geometrically in the center of a short pin 22.
  • the cutting plane also extends through a drive motor belonging to the drive 6 of the dispensing device.
  • the drive pulley 17 is connected to the output carousel 4 in a rotationally secure manner. A rotation of the drive disk thus leads to a rotation of the output carousel 4 about the drive axis 8.
  • the shutter 5 can be rotated separately from the output carousel 4 about an axis of rotation 10, which geometrically coincides with the drive axis 8.
  • the shutter 5 leads off on a smooth outer surface 21 of the drive disk 17.
  • the shutter 5 points in the area of the axis of rotation 10 has a likewise smooth recess 20 which is slipped over the outer surface 21 of the drive pulley 17.
  • the drive disk 17 and the shutter 5 can be rotated relative to one another.
  • Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the underside of a shutter 5.
  • FIG. 6 Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the top of the shutter.
  • a shutter 5 is also referred to as a “shutter”.
  • the shutter 5 has a control section 15 in which the smooth recess 20, two guides 9 and a running surface 12 are arranged.
  • the closure panel 5 also has a bridging section 23 which connects the control section 15 to the panel wall 16.
  • the entire closure panel 5 is designed in one piece, preferably as an injection-molded part.
  • Both the control section 15 and the bridging section 23 and the diaphragm wall 16 each have an opening angle relative to the axis of rotation 10, the opening angles of the control section 15, the bridging section 23 and the diaphragm wall 16 overlapping or being congruent.
  • the bridging section 23 is arranged at a lower end 24 of the region of the panel wall 16, which is slightly offset from the panel wall 16, and has stiffening ribs to increase the stability of the closure panel 5.
  • the control section 15 and the bridging section 23 together have an approximately circular segment-like shape when viewed from above.
  • the diaphragm wall 16 runs perpendicular to this and is tangential to the axis of rotation 10, ie curved like a segment of a cylinder jacket surface in the area of the entire opening angle.
  • the curvature of the diaphragm wall 16 is accordingly like a segment of a circle.
  • the closure panel 5 has a shape which, apart from the details of the control section 15 and the slight shoulder of the lower end 24, approximately resembles the shape of a segment of a pot.
  • Fig. 7 shows a perspective view of the underside of a translation element 7.
  • the transmission element 7 has a circular disk-shaped base 25, on the underside of which the toothing 20 is provided.
  • the toothing 20 is provided as external toothing and extends from the underside of the base 25 and offset radially inward from the edge of the base 25.
  • a hollow shaft-like shaft section 26 is provided, which runs on the short pin 14.
  • Fig. 8 shows a perspective view of the top of a translation element 7.
  • a pin 13 is provided on the top of the translation element 7. This is designed like a circular cylinder and protrudes from the base 25 in the axial direction.
  • a running cam 11 protruding from the base 25 is provided.
  • the running cam 11 engages in the running surface 12 of the control section 15 of the shutter 5.
  • the running cam 11 is in an angular range in which the pin 13 does not enter the guides 9 of the control section of the shutter 5 engages, formed like a segment of a circle.
  • the running cam 11 slides off the running surface 12, so that the translation element 7, when moving into positions of the dispensing carousel, which are used for cup dispensing (cup dispensing position) or filling a cup (filling position), the closure panel 5 not adjusted. In other words, the shutter 5 remains in the closed position.
  • FIG. 11 shows a plan view of a horizontal section through the dispensing device 1 according to FIG Fig. 3 in a blocked position. The position shown corresponds to an initial position.
  • the diaphragm wall 16 lies outside the sectional plane shown. Their position is therefore only symbolized with dashed lines for illustration.
  • the shutter 5 In the blocked position shown, the shutter 5 is closed and blocked. This is achieved in that the cam 11 with its segment of a circle engages positively in the running surface 12. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the circle segment section describes an angle of approximately 300 °. If the circle segment section engages positively in the running surface 12, the control section 15 and thus the closure panel 5 are blocked in every position of the transmission element 7 or the running cam 11.
  • the circular segment of the cam 11 has an interruption which describes an angle of approximately 60 °.
  • the interruption is designed in such a way that the control section 15 is not hindered or blocked by the running cam 11 in the area of the journal.
  • the interruption for this purpose is formed as a recess in the form of a segment of a circle in the cam 11.
  • the control section 15 has two guides 9. Both guides 9 are arranged in such a way that at their open end they run tangentially to the segment of a circle of the cam 11. This ensures that the pin 13 can engage in the guides 9 harmoniously, in particular without jolts and without jamming, when the transmission element 7 is in a corresponding position.
  • the guides 9 are arranged at an opening angle to one another or include an opening angle.
  • the opening angle of the guides corresponds approximately to an opening angle described by the course of the diaphragm wall 16.
  • the control section 15 covers a sector of a circle in relation to the axis of rotation 10, the opening angle of which likewise corresponds approximately to the opening angle described by the course of the diaphragm wall 16.
  • the guides 9 each have a slightly curved course, the curvature of the guides 9 running radially inward towards the axis of rotation 10.
  • Fig. 10 shows a plan view of a horizontal section through the dispensing device 1 when it is being moved into a first open position.
  • the mechanism shown is in the position shown moving.
  • the shutter 5 rotates about the axis of rotation 10 counterclockwise into a first open position.
  • the drive 6 drives the transmission element 7 in such a way that it rotates clockwise.
  • the translation element has already rotated about 180 ° clockwise in the position shown.
  • the pin 13 engages in a first guide 9 of the control section 15, so that the pin 13 causes a rotation of the control section 15 and thus the entire shutter 5. This is also illustrated by the misaligned orientation of the symbolized alignment of the diaphragm wall 16 shown in dashed lines.
  • the translation element 7 rotates about another 30 ° to 45 ° clockwise so that the shutter 5 also rotates again about 30 to 45 ° counterclockwise and the output opening 3 of the front panel 2, not shown here, is completely free gives.
  • the drive pulley 17, which is in engagement via the teeth 19, 20, rotates counterclockwise around the drive axis 8.
  • the output carousel 4, which is connected to it in a rotationally fixed manner, also rotates Toothings 19, 20 can be selected directly with 1 to 1, for example.
  • Fig. 11 shows a plan view of a horizontal section through the dispensing device 1 when it is being moved into a second open position.
  • the drive 6 has been hidden in this illustration.
  • the adjustment into a second open position works by turning the translation element 7 in the opposite direction, that is to say counterclockwise. As symbolized by the arrows, the mechanism is in motion in the position shown.
  • the shutter 5 moves through a clockwise rotation about the axis of rotation 10 into the first open position, which, however, has not yet been reached in the position shown.
  • the translation element 7 has already rotated 180 ° counterclockwise. Furthermore, the pin 13 engages in the second guide 9 of the control section 15, so that the pin 13 causes the control section 15 and thus the entire shutter 5 to rotate clockwise, which is also illustrated here by the misaligned orientation of the symbolized alignment of the shutter wall 16 shown in dashed lines is.
  • the translation element 7 rotates about another 30 ° to 45 ° counterclockwise so that the shutter rotates again about 30 to 45 ° clockwise and the output opening 3 of the front panel 2, not shown here, is completely free gives.
  • Figure 12A shows a perspective view of a dispensing device 1 in a closed starting position.
  • the dispensing opening 3 of the front panel 2 is closed by the closing panel 5.
  • the shutter 5 is blocked, ie it the translation element 7 and the control section 15 are in a position as shown in FIG Fig. 9 is shown.
  • the corresponding positions of the locking cam 11, the pin 13 and the shutter 5 are shown in FIG Figure 15A isolated illustrated.
  • a first cup holder 28 and a second cup holder 27 are provided on the dispensing carousel 4. In the starting position, the two cup holders 27, 28 are in a position facing away from the dispensing opening 3. In particular, the cup holders 27, 28 each have a different size.
  • Figure 12B shows the output device 1 according to FIG Figure 12A in a closed position, the dispensing carousel 4 having a rotated position relative to the starting position.
  • the output carousel has rotated about 150 ° counterclockwise compared to the starting position.
  • the shutter 5 has not yet moved compared to the starting position.
  • the pin 13 of the transmission element 7 is just at the entry into the guide 9.
  • the associated positions of the locking cam 11, the pin 13 and the shutter 5 are shown in FIG Figure 15B illustrated.
  • a filling device 29, as in FIG Fig. 13 may be provided for filling a cup held within the first cup holder 28.
  • the position shown is thus, for example, a first filling position of the output carousel 4.
  • a Cup magazine 31, 32 (not shown) can be provided for corresponding cups of different sizes. If necessary, a cup can be dispensed from the cup magazine 31, 32 into a corresponding cup holder 27, 28 of the dispensing carousel 4. In this case, the position shown would be a cup dispensing position of the dispensing carousel 4.
  • FIG. 3 shows the output device according to FIG Figures 12A and 12B , in an intermediate position during the adjustment of the shutter 5 into an open position.
  • the position shown corresponds approximately to a position of the control section 15 and the translation element 7 according to FIG Fig. 10 .
  • the translation element 7 is now rotated by about 180 ° compared to the starting position and the pin 13 is in engagement with the first guide 9.
  • the output carousel 4 and the control disk 17 are also rotated by about 180 ° compared to the starting position.
  • the shutter 5 has been rotated counterclockwise by about 30 ° compared to the starting position, but has not yet reached the open position.
  • the guide is designed in such a way that the closure panel rotates in overlap with a second cup holder 27, while the first cup holder 28 is released to be accessible from the outside through the closure panel 3.
  • Figure 12D shows the output device 1 according to FIG Figures 12A to 12C in an open position of the shutter 5 and a dispensing position of the output carousel 4.
  • the corresponding positions of the locking cam 11, the pin 13 and the shutter 5 are shown in FIG Figure 15C illustrated.
  • the shutter 5 and the output carousel 4 are in comparison to FIG Figure 12C or.
  • Fig. 10 rotated again by about 30 ° counterclockwise, so that the dispensing opening 3 is now completely exposed.
  • the first cup holder 28 is accessible from the outside through the dispensing opening 3 in this position.
  • the second cup holder 27 and the closure panel 5 are now completely hidden behind the front panel 2.
  • a cup located in the first cup holder 28 can now be removed from the outside through the dispensing opening 3.
  • a control device 35 (not shown) which controls the drive 6 in such a way that, starting from the blocking position, a maximum adjustment angle of the transmission element 7 is specified.
  • This maximum adjustment angle is in the in Figure 12D Reached the position shown and dimensioned such that the shutter 5 is completely hidden behind the front panel 2 and the pin 13 is still guided in the guide 9. It is thus possible to return the shutter 5 by rotating the transmission element 7 in the opposite direction.
  • the maximum adjustment angle of the transmission element is in the range from 200 to 240 °, preferably 210 ° to 225 °. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the maximum adjustment angle is approximately 210 °.
  • Fig. 13 shows a vending machine 30 with a dispensing device 1 according to the invention.
  • the vending machine has a main body 34 and a door 33.
  • the door 33 of the vending machine is shown open.
  • the output device 1 is preferably provided mounted on the door 33. Furthermore, a first and a second cup dispensing magazine 31, 32 are provided, which are also preferably mounted on the door 33. A filling device 29 for filling cups accommodated in the dispensing carousel of the dispensing device 1 is provided within the main body 34.
  • a control device 35 is provided on the main body 34 and is designed in such a way that a user can request and pay for a product, in this case a drink, in a known manner.
  • a control keypad and a coin insertion and dispensing unit are provided for this purpose.
  • the control device 35 controls the output device or its drive.
  • Fig. 14 shows the vending machine 30 according to FIG Figure 13 with the door 33 closed.
  • the dispensing device 1 is integrated into the door 33 in such a way that the front panel 2 is flush with the door 33, the dispensing opening 3 being accessible from the outside. In the position shown, the shutter 5 is closed.
  • filling positions and / or cup dispensing positions can also be provided. This means that a different position can be provided for filling with different product components and / or for dispensing different cups. For example, a first filling position for filling with coffee, a second filling position for filling with milk, a third filling position for filling with sugar and / or a fourth filling position for filling with hot water can be provided.
  • a cup dispensing position can be provided for dispensing large and small cups.
  • the angles of the different positions can differ from one another by a predetermined angular amount relative to the starting position.
  • the different filling positions can also be provided on different sides of the output carousel, so that the output carousel is partially rotated first in the opposite direction and then back again in order to approach individual filling positions in order to reach the output position.
  • the front panel does not necessarily end flush with the door.
  • the front panel could also protrude from the surface of the door

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  1. Dispositif de distribution (1) pour un distributeur automatique, en particulier pour un distributeur automatique de boissons, comportant
    un panneau frontal (2) qui présente une ouverture de distribution (3),
    un carrousel de distribution rotatif (4),
    un panneau de fermeture (5) qui est séparé du carrousel de distribution (4) et qui peut être déplacé entre une position ouverte, dans laquelle il donne accès de l'extérieur au carrousel de distribution (4) à travers l'ouverture de distribution (3), et une position fermée, dans laquelle il ferme l'accès au carrousel de distribution (4), dans lequel le panneau de fermeture (5) présente un axe de rotation (10) autour duquel il tourne pour le déplacement entre la position ouverte et la position fermée ; et
    un entraînement commun (6), dans lequel, en fonctionnement, l'entraînement commun (6) entraîne continuellement une rotation du carrousel de distribution (4) et dans lequel, lorsqu'une distribution doit avoir lieu à travers l'ouverture de distribution (3), l'entraînement commun (6) entraîne en plus temporairement un déplacement du panneau de fermeture (5) séparément de la rotation du carrousel de distribution (4) et le panneau de fermeture (5) n'est pas entraîné dans les positions dans lesquelles aucune distribution ne doit avoir lieu,
    dans lequel il est prévu un élément de transmission commun (7) qui transmet les mouvements de rotation de l'entraînement (6) à un arbre d'entraînement (8) du carrousel de distribution (4) et s'engage temporairement dans un guide (9) prévu sur le panneau de fermeture pour déplacer le panneau de fermeture (5) .
  2. Dispositif de distribution selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'élément de transmission (7) présente une came de roulement (11) et le panneau de fermeture (5) une surface de roulement (12) de forme correspondante, l'élément de transmission (7) présentant une position de blocage dans laquelle la came de roulement (11), dans la position fermée du panneau de fermeture (5), s'engage dans la surface de roulement (12) et bloque ainsi le panneau de fermeture (5).
  3. Dispositif de distribution selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'élément de transmission (7) présente un tenon (13) qui, lors de la rotation de l'élément de transmission (7) autour d'un axe de transmission (14), dans la position fermée du panneau de fermeture (5), s'engage dans le guide (9) du panneau de fermeture (5) lorsque la came de roulement (11) et la surface de roulement (12) sont désengagées.
  4. Dispositif de distribution selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le panneau de fermeture présente une partie de commande (15) et une paroi de panneau (16), en particulier accouplée de manière fixe à la partie de commande, le guide (9) et la surface de roulement (12) étant prévus sur la partie de commande (15).
  5. Dispositif de distribution selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la paroi de panneau (16) s'étend tangentiellement à l'axe de rotation (10), en particulier à la manière d'un segment de cercle.
  6. Dispositif de distribution selon l'une des revendications 2 à 5 précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le panneau de fermeture (5) présente deux guides (9) et la surface de roulement (12) est disposée entre les deux guides (9), le panneau de fermeture (5) présentant deux positions ouvertes et l'élément de transmission (7) s'engageant dans le premier guide (9) pour déplacer le panneau de fermeture (5) dans une première position ouverte et s'engageant dans le deuxième guide (9) pour déplacer le panneau de fermeture dans une deuxième position ouverte.
  7. Dispositif de distribution selon l'une des revendications 4 à 6,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la surface de roulement (12) présente un contour qui décrit un segment de cercle coupant la partie de commande (15) .
  8. Dispositif de distribution selon les revendications 4 à 7,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la partie de commande (15) présente une forme qui, hormis le ou les guides (9) et la surface de roulement (12), couvre un secteur circulaire par rapport à l'axe de rotation (10) et/ou qu'un angle d'ouverture formé par les deux guides (9) ou un angle d'ouverture du secteur circulaire de la partie de commande (15) est approximativement égal à un angle d'ouverture couvert par la paroi de panneau (16), en particulier de manière à coïncider.
  9. Dispositif de distribution selon l'une des revendications 2 à 8,
    caractérisé en ce
    qu'il est prévu un dispositif de commande (35) qui commande l'entraînement (6) de telle sorte que, à partir de la position de blocage, un angle de déplacement maximal de l'élément de transmission (7) est prédéfini, l'angle de déplacement maximal étant dimensionné de telle sorte que le panneau de fermeture (5) prend une position ouverte à l'angle de déplacement maximal de l'élément de transmission (7).
  10. Distributeur automatique (30), en particulier distributeur automatique de boissons,
    comportant un dispositif de distribution (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes.
  11. Distributeur automatique selon la revendication 10,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le carrousel de distribution (4) est conçu pour recevoir et distribuer des gobelets, au moins un magasin de gobelets (31, 32) et au moins un dispositif de remplissage (29) étant prévus dans la zone du carrousel de distribution (4).
  12. Distributeur automatique selon la revendication 11,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'élément de transmission (7) est conçu pour déplacer le panneau de fermeture (5) de la position fermée dans la position ouverte lors de la rotation du carrousel de distribution (4) dans une position dans laquelle un gobelet doit être distribué par le distributeur automatique (30).
  13. Distributeur automatique selon la revendication 11 ou 12,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'élément de transmission (7) est conçu de telle sorte qu'il se trouve dans la position de blocage dans les positions du carrousel de distribution (4) dans lesquelles un gobelet est prélevé du magasin de gobelets (31, 32) ou dans lesquelles un gobelet est rempli au niveau du dispositif de remplissage (29) .
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