EP3140819B1 - Unité de manipulation améliorée pour distributeurs automatiques et distributeur automatique comprenant une ou plusieurs desdites unités de manipulation - Google Patents

Unité de manipulation améliorée pour distributeurs automatiques et distributeur automatique comprenant une ou plusieurs desdites unités de manipulation Download PDF

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EP3140819B1
EP3140819B1 EP15726720.4A EP15726720A EP3140819B1 EP 3140819 B1 EP3140819 B1 EP 3140819B1 EP 15726720 A EP15726720 A EP 15726720A EP 3140819 B1 EP3140819 B1 EP 3140819B1
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  • the present invention concerns an improved handling unit suited to be installed in automatic vending machines for the distribution of items on sale.
  • the invention concerns also the automatic vending machine comprising one or more of said handling units.
  • the type of automatic vending machines that is currently most used and widespread comprises a storage compartment substantially in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and divided in lanes by means of horizontal shelves and, if necessary, vertical walls.
  • each one of said walls is configured in such a way as to accommodate, one after the other, a plurality of items of the same type or of different types.
  • These lanes are usually provided with an opening defined in the front part of the automatic vending machine for loading and dispensing the item on sale.
  • said type of automatic vending machines comprise, for each lane, a handling unit that makes it possible to transport said selected item over a predefined length, until it reaches, usually owing to gravity, a collection shelf provided in the front part of the same vending machine. Said collection shelf is usually shared by all the lanes and, once the selected item has been released, the user can access said shelf to collect the item itself.
  • handling units According to the known art they are mainly available in three different types that are described here below.
  • a first type of handling unit comprises spiral-shaped elements, each one of which is arranged at the level of one of said lanes.
  • Each one of said spiral-shaped elements defines a plurality of sectors, in each one of which an item on sale is arranged.
  • a second alternative type of handling unit comprises at least one conveyor belt for each lane.
  • the items on sale are arranged on said conveyor belt and the advance of the latter causes the items to advance towards the front part of the automatic vending machine device.
  • said sectors are defined by partitions fixed to the conveyor belt at a predefined distance from one another.
  • the partition that is behind each item contributes to transporting the latter towards the front part of the automatic vending machine.
  • the advance movement of the conveyor belt is predefined, in such a way as to allow exclusively the first item located on the conveyor belt to be released onto the collection shelf.
  • both of said types of handling unit pose the drawback that they cannot effectively contain several types of items, even considerably different from one another in terms of shape, size and characteristics of the package.
  • These types of handling unit therefore, cannot fully meet the need for automatic vending machine that, given the same volume of the storage compartment, are capable of dispensing increasingly various types of items.
  • said handling units of the known art do not allow the automatic vending machine to be comfortably and rapidly adapted for the distribution of types of items that are different from those previously sold.
  • the conveyor belts provided with said partitions do not allow the size of the sectors where the various items on sale are to be arranged to be changed in a comfortable and rapid manner, either, since said partitions are fixedly coupled with the conveyor belt.
  • this second type of handling unit poses the further drawback of being more complex to construct, since actuator means configured to set said conveyor belt moving are needed.
  • the third type of handling unit comprises a pushing element suited to push the line of items arranged in sequence from the back and so that they rest on one another within a single lane.
  • Said pushing element is configured in such a way that it stops when the first item in the line has been released onto the collection shelf.
  • This type of handling unit is not provided with partitions between an item and the immediately adjacent ones and therefore does not pose the drawbacks described above with reference to the other two types of handling units.
  • this last type of handling unit disadvantageously needs a detection system suited to detect the moment when the first item is released onto the collection shelf.
  • the need for said detection system therefore, increases the complexity of the handling unit and, furthermore, it is more difficult to adjust said system in order to prevent it from failing to dispense the selected item or from dispensing more than one item at the same time.
  • Document EP 1 970 867 discloses a unitary extractor system of products for dispensing machines, whose products are to be found stored in compartments of the different trays, the extractor system comprising a toothed belt fitted in the open central part of the base of each compartment, to which belt, with its teeth provided with respective holes, a diversity of separator pieces for the products is joined, in such a way that the traction belt incorporates a plurality of small pieces, with a slight inclination towards the rear part, joined to respective teeth, and a support body for the last product to dispense, with its support surface slightly inclined towards the rear part, the body being secured to the teeth of the traction belt as it advances, and in such a way that it is pulled on the lateral surfaces making up the base of the duct.
  • Document US 3 759 417 discloses a handling unit suited to be installed in an automatic vending machine for the distribution of items on sale, of the type comprising at least one conveyor belt closed so as to form a ring and suited to support said items and transport them towards a collection shelf defined in the automatic vending machine, one or more partition elements suited to be fixed along the external surface of the conveyor belt, each one of said partition elements comprising a base with at least one partition developing on a first side thereof.
  • Such a handling unit provides that the external surface of the conveyor belt and the second side of the base, opposite the first side, of each one of the partition elements are respectively made from a first material and a second material configured in such a way as to allow the materials to be mutually coupled together in a rapid and reversible manner and to allow each one of the partition elements and the conveyor belt to be fixed together in a rapid and reversible manner.
  • the present invention intends to overcome the drawbacks of the known art that have been described above.
  • the invention includes also the automatic vending machine for the distribution of items on sale according to claim 12.
  • the handling unit of the invention according to a preferred embodiment is shown in Figures 1a and 1b , where it is indicated as a whole by 1 , in an isolated configuration, and then it is shown in Figure 2 , installed in an automatic vending machine 100 for the distribution of items on sale.
  • the handling unit 1 comprises a conveyor belt 2 that is closed so as to form a ring. Said conveyor belt 2 is suited to support and transport the items on sale towards the collection shelf defined in the front part of an automatic vending machine.
  • the handling unit 1 may comprise a plurality of said conveyor belts 2 arranged parallel to one another, as shown for example in Figure 3 , where there are ten conveyor belts 2 .
  • each conveyor belt 2 belonging to the handling unit 1 of the invention defines a lane on which it is possible to position in sequence a plurality of items to be put on sale.
  • the handling unit 1 of the invention comprises, furthermore, one or more partition elements 3 suited to be fixed along the external surface 21 of the conveyor belt 2 .
  • each one of said partition elements 3 is provided with a base 31 , on a first side 31a of which two partitions 32 preferably but not necessarily develop in diverging directions in such a way as to define between them a housing 33 suited to accommodate one or more items on sale, as is clearly explained below.
  • said partition elements 3 may comprise a single partition or more than two partitions that develop in a substantially orthogonal direction with respect to said base 31 .
  • the external surface 21 of the conveyor belt 2 and the second side 31b of the base 31 , opposite said first side 31a , of each one of the partition elements 3 are respectively made from a first material 4 and a second material 5 , configured in such a way that they can be mutually coupled together in a rapid and reversible manner.
  • the use of said first and second material 4 and 5 makes it possible to fix each one of the partition elements 3 to the external surface 21 of the conveyor belt 2 in a rapid and reversible manner.
  • rapidly coupling means the coupling of two elements, in this case of two materials, without the aid of external tools.
  • reversible coupling instead, means the coupling of two elements or materials that can be separated with the same rapidity.
  • This characteristic advantageously makes it possible to comfortably and rapidly arrange a plurality of partition elements 3 on said conveyor belt 2 and to define, between each pair of adjacent partition elements 3 , a sector 6 whose size is suitable for accommodating a specific item to be put on sale.
  • the handling unit 1 of the invention makes it possible to define, on said conveyor belt 2 , several sectors 6 having different sizes, in such a way as to accommodate items that have different shapes, sizes and types of package on the same conveyor belt 2 , and therefore on the same lane of the automatic vending machine. Furthermore, thanks to the reversible nature of said coupling between the partition elements 3 and the conveyor belt 2 , it is advantageously possible to rapidly modify the composition of the previously defined sectors 6 , in such a way as to adapt the specific lane or the entire automatic vending machine to different sales needs.
  • first and said second material 4 and 5 with which the external surface 21 of the conveyor belt 2 and the second side 31b of the base 31 of each partition element 3 are respectively made, according to the preferred embodiment of the invention they respectively comprise a strip of hairy fabric provided with the so-called “loops”, and a strip of fabric provided with the so-called “hooks”, which make up the material known as Velcro®.
  • the first material 4 may be provided with the hooks and the second material 5 may be provided with the loops of the Velcro.
  • different types of materials may be used to make said external surface 21 of the conveyor belt 2 and the second side 31b of the base 31 , provided that said materials are configured in such a way that they can be coupled together and, therefore, so as to allow each one of the supporting elements 3 and the conveyor belt 2 to be fixed together in a rapid and reversible manner.
  • said first material 4 and said second material 5 may respectively comprise a magnetic material, like for example a permanent magnet, and a ferromagnetic material.
  • the handling unit 1 furthermore comprises a supporting plate 7 around which the conveyor belt 2 is wound so as to form a ring.
  • Said supporting plate in particular, has its two opposite ends 71 and 72 , on which the conveyor belt 2 is wound as a ring, in a substantially rounded shape.
  • This characteristic advantageously allows the conveyor belt 2 to slide around said supporting plate 7 with no need to provide or use more complex moving mechanisms.
  • the supporting plate 7 is made in a single piece, with its two ends 71 and 72 folded in such a way as to define said rounded shape.
  • said supporting plate 7 may comprise two rollers that are revolvingly hinged at the level of said ends 71 and 72 . Even adopting said solution, in fact, the two ends 71 and 72 assume said rounded shape.
  • this last alternative embodiment allows the conveyor belt 2 to rotate together with the rollers, thus reducing the friction that is inevitably generated between the same conveyor belt 2 and the supporting plate 7 according to the preferred embodiment just described above.
  • the supporting plate 7 is configured so that it can be rested on and fixed in a stable manner to one of the shelves 101 of the automatic vending machine 100 .
  • it is provided, at the level of its underside 73 , with first coupling means 74 that are clearly shown in Figures 1a and 1b and are suited to cooperate with second coupling means 102 provided on said shelf 101 , in such a way as to guarantee that they can be coupled together in a stable manner.
  • Said first coupling means 74 advantageously make it possible to simply and rapidly release the handling unit 1 of the invention from the automatic vending machine 100 .
  • the supporting plate 7 corresponds to one of the shelves 101 of the automatic vending machine 100 .
  • the handling unit 1 of the invention comprises several conveyor belts 2 arranged as a closed ring around said shelf 101 /supporting plate 7 and positioned so that they are parallel to one another, as shown in Figure 3 .
  • the handling unit 1 that is the subject of the invention furthermore comprises operating means 8 configured in such a way as to move said conveyor belt 2 in order to dispense the item selected by the user.
  • said operating means 8 are provided with a powered wheel 81 whose perimeter surface 81a is made from said second material 5 .
  • said second material 5 corresponds to said hooks of the Velcro, which can be coupled in a rapid and reversible manner with the first material 4 , in particular the loops, from which the external surface 21 of the conveyor belt 2 is made.
  • said powered wheel 81 is configured in such a way that it rests on the external surface 21 of the conveyor belt 2 belonging to the same handling unit 1 , at least when the user selects an item located on the conveyor belt 2 .
  • the rotation of the powered wheel 81 resting on the same conveyor belt 2 causes the latter to move, with very limited dispersion of the moment of the force generated by it.
  • the handling unit 1 should comprise more than one conveyor belt 2 , this may be provided with a single powered wheel 81 configured so as to be moved at the level of the specific conveyor belt 2 on which the item to be dispensed is located.
  • the handling unit 1 of the invention may comprise a powered wheel 81 for each one of said conveyor belts 2 .
  • the powered wheel 81 arranged at the level of the conveyor belt 2 on which said item is located is operated.
  • said operating means 8 can be different from said powered wheel 81 , provided that they can transfer a rotary motion to the conveyor belt 2 .
  • the handling unit 1 of the invention may not be provided with said operating means 8 .
  • these may belong to the automatic vending machine 100 .
  • said vending machine 100 is configured in such a way as to position, with a movement along the horizontal and/or vertical axis, said operating means at the level of the conveyor belt 2 of the handling unit 1 of the invention where the item to be dispensed is located.
  • the invention includes also the automatic vending machine 100 , shown as a whole in Figure 5 , for the distribution of items on sale, of the type comprising one or more handling units 1 of the invention, according to the preferred embodiment of the invention or according to any of the variant embodiments just described above.
  • the operator who has to load the items to be sold through the automatic vending machine 100 of the invention evaluates, for each one of the handling units 1 of the invention, in particular for each conveyor belt 2 , what type of items can be arranged therein. Based on said evaluation, for each one of the conveyor belts 2 present in the vending machine 100 , the same operator positions or modifies the position of said partition elements 3 , in such a way as to define for each pair of adjacent partition elements 3 a sector 6 suited to accommodate that specific type of item.
  • the items to be placed on the conveyor belt 2 are rather thin, for example in the case of freeze-dried soup packets, they can be introduced in the housing 33 defined in each partition element 3 between the two diverging partitions 32 , according to the preferred embodiment described above.
  • the various partition elements 3 can be coupled with the conveyor belt 2 one after the other, with no solution of continuity.
  • the operator in the case of the handling unit 1 according to the preferred embodiment shown in Figures 1a and 1b , may simply remove or add from/to the shelf 101 one or more of said handling units 1 .
  • the operator can simply change the position of the conveyor belts 2 along the direction defined by said ends 71 and 72 and, when needed, can add one or more conveyor belts 2 making them adhere to said supporting plate 7 , or can remove one or more conveyor belts 2 withdrawing them from the same supporting plate 7 .
  • the invention achieves the object to provide a handling unit for the distribution of items to be sold through an automatic vending machine that makes it possible to accommodate and dispense different types of items that differ from one another in terms of shape, size and type of package.
  • the invention also achieves the object to provide a handling unit that can be adapted for the distribution of a wide range of different items in a more comfortable and rapid manner compared to the handling units of the known art.
  • the invention achieves the object to provide a handling unit that makes it possible to simplify and reduce the operations necessary to modify the size of the sectors where the items to be dispensed need to be placed.
  • the invention also achieves the object to provide a handling unit that requires a smaller number of mechanical and electrical components compared to the handling units of the known art.
  • the invention also achieves the object to provide a handling unit that is considerably more economic than the handling units belonging to the known art.

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  1. Groupe de manutention (1) apte à être installé dans un distributeur automatique (100) pour la distribution de produits en vente, du type comprenant:
    - au moins une bande transporteuse (2) fermée de manière à former un anneau et apte à supporter et à transporter lesdits produits vers un rayon de recueil défini dans ledit distributeur automatique (100);
    - un ou plusieurs éléments séparateurs (3) aptes à être fixés le long de la surface extérieure (21) de ladite bande transporteuse (2), chacun desdits éléments séparateurs (3) comprenant une base (31) avec au moins une cloison (32) se développant sur un premier côté (31a) de celle-ci,
    où ladite surface extérieure (21) de ladite bande transporteuse (2) et le deuxième côté (31b) de ladite base (31), opposé audit premier côté (31a), de chacun desdits éléments séparateurs (3) sont réalisés respectivement avec un premier matériau (4) et avec un deuxième matériau (5) configurés de manière à consentir un accouplement réciproque de type rapide et réversible et à consentir la fixation entre chacun desdits éléments séparateurs (3) et ladite bande transporteuse (2) d'une manière rapide et réversible;
    caractérisé en ce que ledit premier et ledit deuxième matériaux (4, 5) constituent les boucles et les crochets d'un Velcro.
  2. Groupe de manutention (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une plaque de support (7) autour de laquelle ladite bande transporteuse (2), fermée en anneau, est enroulée, ladite plaque de support (7) présentant les deux extrémités opposées (71, 72) avec une forme essentiellement arrondie.
  3. Groupe de manutention (1) selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite plaque de support (7) est réalisée en une seule pièce avec lesdites deux extrémités (71, 72) repliées sur elles-mêmes de façon à prendre ladite forme arrondie.
  4. Groupe de manutention (1) selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite plaque de support (7) comprend deux rouleaux qui sont fixés à charnière de manière pivotante à hauteur desdites deux extrémités (71, 72).
  5. Groupe de manutention (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications de 2 à 4, caractérisé en ce que ladite plaque de support (7) est configurée de manière à être appuyée contre et fixée sur un des rayons dudit distributeur automatique (100).
  6. Groupe de manutention (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications de 2 à 4, caractérisé en ce que ladite plaque de support (7) correspond à un des rayons (101) dudit distributeur automatique (100).
  7. Groupe de manutention (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier matériau (4) constitue les boucles du Velcro et ledit deuxième matériau (5) constitue les crochets du Velcro.
  8. Groupe de manutention (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier matériau (4) constitue les crochets du Velcro et ledit deuxième matériau (5) constitue les boucles du Velcro.
  9. Groupe de manutention (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que chacun desdits éléments séparateurs (3) comprend deux parois (32) qui se développent divergeant dudit premier côté (31a) de ladite base (31) de manière à définir entre elles un logement (33) apte à accueillir un ou plusieurs desdits produits.
  10. Groupe de manutention (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des moyens d'actionnement (8) dotés d'une roue motorisée (81) dont la surface de périmètre (81a) est réalisée avec ledit deuxième matériau (5), ladite roue motorisée (81) étant configurée pour être appuyée contre ladite bande transporteuse (2) et la mettre en mouvement.
  11. Distributeur automatique (100) pour la distribution de produits en vente, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un ou plusieurs groupes de manutention (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
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