Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
  • G07F17/0064—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for processing of food articles
  • G07F17/0078—Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A21—BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS
  • A21B—BAKERS' OVENS; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING
  • A21B3/00—Parts or accessories of ovens
  • A21B3/07—Charging or discharging ovens
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A21—BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS
  • A21B—BAKERS' OVENS; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING
  • A21B7/00—Baking plants
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
  • G07F11/46—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
  • G07F11/58—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the articles being supported on or by endless belts or like conveyors
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
  • G07F17/0064—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for processing of food articles

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for transporting and dispensing baked goods from a device, which is preceded by a continuous baking oven, are promoted by the baked baked goods to this device.
• the invention also relates to such a device.
• Such a method is known, for example, from EP 1 617 385 A1.
• a customer selects from a plurality of different baked products by means of a button a specific product, which is then output to an output tray.
• several products of different types are kept in the device, which were previously baked or baked in an upstream oven.
• the transport of the baked goods from the oven to the baked goods before customer selection storing device is done automatically without intervention by an operator.
• a disadvantage of the known method and the known device is that the customer receives substantially little information about the baked goods to be selected by him.
• the advantages of the present invention are, in particular, that before the bakery products are handed out to the customer, they can be visually and actually reduced to at least at least a transparent presentation window.
• the customer will be shown exactly the baked goods, which he can then spend. He can therefore immediately get an impression of what the specially selectable baked good looks like, which he can or will acquire.
• the attractiveness and on the other hand the decision possibilities on the customer side are increased. The purchase decision is thus much more immediate and more personal, as the customer gets exactly the baked goods presented, which he can spend.
• exactly one baked good is presented by one or more types of baked goods. If, for example, several types of bakery products are kept in the apparatus according to the invention, it is particularly preferred to show exactly one bakery product of these bakery types, wherein these bakery products shown are preferably presented one above the other in a large or in a divided presentation window or in separate presentation windows.
• the offer is thus clearly shown to the customer, so that he gains a quick overview of the offer available to him and can select exactly the baked goods of a particular type of baked goods presented to him for issue.
• the customer is given the possibility of selecting a particular baked good of a plurality of identical baked goods of a particular type of baked goods presented to him by input via input means provided on the device, for example via a touch-sensitive screen or by means of a pushbutton.
• the customer is able to select a baked good of a particular type of baked goods via input means of said type in order to drive such a baked good behind the at least one presentation window and to show it to the customer there. It then makes sense to offer the customer to give the possibility to acquire exactly these baked goods by an appropriate selection, preferably using the same input means. Also, a rejection with possibly a new request for the presentation of another baked good of the same kind is advantageous.
• a corresponding further development provides that several baked goods, preferably a baked goods variety, are driven visibly behind the presentation window upon request by the customer and that then the customer can select at least one of these baked goods, which is then conveyed to the dispensing location.
• a single bakery product whose bakeryware has been previously selected for presentation, after being presented behind the presentation window, is automatically conveyed to a delivery location in or on the housing where it can be removed by the customer.
• the customer does not receive the possibility of a purchase rejection after presentation.
• the request to issue the baked good also includes the request for prior presentation.
• the baked goods can stand still or be transported at a lower speed compared to the speed of feed (also in an iridescent direction) or even rotated on their own axis.
• At least one mirror may be placed behind, below and / or above the baked good shown in the presentation window, i. be arranged behind, below and / or above the presentation point, so that the customer can also look at the back, bottom and / or top of the baked good (s).
• Especially preferred and a fast yet informative presentation and bakery issue is useful if at least one would be automatically promoted to the at least one presentation window when a previously presented there baked goods was issued due to a previous customer request. Thus, at least one baked good is always present in the at least one presentation window.
• baked goods are driven behind the presentation window at predetermined times or at unregulated times even without a customer request. Such a movement can attract the attention of customers in the vicinity of the device and thus contribute to sales success.
• baked goods are moved behind and along the front wall of the housing to the at least one presentation window.
• This embodiment takes up little space, which is contrary to a correspondingly small required footprint in a supermarket.
• the at least one presentation window can be subdivided by means of rungs, each subwindow advantageously being used to present a baked good.
• a plurality of spatially separated, preferably stacked presentation window can be provided in the front wall of the housing.
• the device according to the invention offers the advantage that the customer is aware of a bakery end product and thus gives him the purchase decision. easier, since the customer can convince himself visually of the quality and also of the size of the product itself - before the product falls or slips into an output shaft or the like.
• the presentation rides of the baked goods on the feed device and the discharge device are controlled by a control unit, which also processes the output commands and possibly previous presentation commands.
• the feed device and the discharge device are identical.
• the presentation window can be provided on a part of the conveyor line, wherein a baked good is then conveyed on the supply and discharge device from the non-visible area behind the presentation window, remains there and is further transported away on customer request on the supply and discharge device.
• a baked good is then conveyed on the supply and discharge device from the non-visible area behind the presentation window, remains there and is further transported away on customer request on the supply and discharge device.
• the feed device is preferably designed as a linear conveyor, for example in the form of a conveyor belt or a conveyor chain.
• the conveying direction is preferably horizontal, but may also be vertical according to an alternative.
• the baked goods pushes into the at least one presentation window, in this case preferably to the front wall of the housing.
• This embodiment is particularly suitable for elongated baked goods such as baguettes.
• the removal device advantageously comprises a linear conveyor, an elevator and / or a flap device with discharge downwards.
• the feed device and the discharge device are designed and arranged such that the feed direction and the discharge direction are identical, opposite or perpendicular to each other.
• the respective structural conditions can be taken into account.
• the device is advantageously designed as a storage device for holding a plurality of baked goods, which preferably revolve on carriers lying in the housing. From such carriers then the baked goods can be transferred to the Zuforder issued and driven to the presentation window. Also a direct promotion of the carriers in front of the at least one presentation window is possible.
• shelves for keeping baked goods in the storage device are provided, in which the conveying means, for example in the form of horizontally circulating conveyor belts, can be integrated.
• the conveying means for example in the form of horizontally circulating conveyor belts
• an elevator can take over transfer functions from these shelves in the direction of the at least one presentation window.
• the delivery of bakery goods can be realized by means of slides of the carriers or shelves.
• the feeder device and thus the Zuforcardi along the front wall of the housing Since the overall depth of the device is advantageously low and yet preferably a plurality of baked goods to be stored in the device, such a transport direction is advantageous. This is especially the case when the presentation window is on the way of the baked goods from the storage areas of the device to the issuing office.
• control device is designed and set up to execute at least one of the method steps mentioned in the method claims.
• the at least one presentation window is preferably designed as a Plexiglas disk. It is expedient here if it is inserted into a section of the front wall of the housing, wherein this front wall is preferably made of an opaque plastic and, if necessary, is covered with a coating and / or a film.
• Figure 1 is a schematic front view of a bakery conveying and dispensing apparatus according to the invention.
• Figure 2 is a schematic plan view of the system according to the invention with an indicated continuous baking oven and a downstream device for conveying and delivering baked goods (with the cover removed).
• a system with a continuous oven 40 (only partially indicated in Fig. 2) and a device 1 for conveying and delivering bakery products
• the device 1 comprises a housing 2 of opaque walls.
• the housing 2 has a front wall 3, a right side wall 4 (as seen from the front wall 3), a left side wall 5, a rear wall 6 and a cover 7.
• the housing 2 arranged and not visible from the front of the housing 2 forth parts (from a person who stands in front of the front wall 3) are shown in dashed lines.
• supports 10 (see Fig.
• the invention relates to a system that includes both the continuous oven 40 and the device 1 for conveying and delivering baked goods.
• a system that includes both the continuous oven 40 and the device 1 for conveying and delivering baked goods.
• the top carrier 10 directed to the continuous baking oven 40 preferably a plurality of circulating carriers 10-there are four loaves 14 side by side, while on the top carrier 10 facing the front wall 3 there are three rolls 13; the three rolls 13 located to the right next to it have already been pushed in the direction of the front wall 3 onto a feed device 15 (see below).
• the present under these carriers 10 carrier are not visible in this plan view.
• the device 1 serves as a storage device from which the desired type of baked goods in the desired number can be output when the customer calls.
• two feeders 15 in the form of horizontally stacked and endlessly circulating conveyor belts are provided by way of example in the exemplary embodiment shown. If a carrier 10 with rolls 13 or loaves 14 is brought to a halt at the level of one of these feeders 15 - controlled by a control device 50 - by means of juxtaposed horizontal slides 18 (see Fig. 2), also controlled by the control device 50 Bakery products 13, 14 are pushed by the corresponding carrier 10 onto this feed device 15. In FIG. 2, the right slide 18 has already pushed three rolls 13 onto the feed device 15. In this embodiment, therefore, a plurality of (by way of example), parallel to each other Zuommencing gear 15 are provided one above the other, each with the aid of sliders 18 with bakery products 13, 14 are fed to the carriers 10 (or other storage and transport facilities) store.
• a presently substantially rectangular presentation window 25 of preferably Plexiglas is arranged in the front wall 3 of the housing 2, behind which the feeders 15 can drive one or more bakery products 13, 14, so that this baked good 13, 14 can be viewed on the presentation site 24 from the front of the device 1 through the presentation window 25.
• a - possibly inclined - mirror 19 is provided behind the baked goods 13, 14, with the rear side and a part of the upper side can be considered. Further mirrors (for example arranged on the underside of the baked goods 13, 14) can be provided. The customer can thus look carefully at the baked goods 13, 14 to be selected by him, which creates confidence and makes the purchase decision much easier for him.
• the presentation window 25 is presently higher than wider and executed in such a way that always only a single baked good each of a variety, namely only a roll 13 and above or below (Fig. 2) a bread 14, on the respective level in the presentation window 25 of the Front of the housing 2 is visible from.
• the presentation window for example, 20 cm to 50 cm wide and 20 cm to 100 cm high.
• the presentation window 25 has a size that allows to view at least and preferably exactly one roll 13 and a bread 14 in full size. It is possible that the presentation window 25 is subdivided into smaller segments, so that, for example, the conveyors 15 and other technical elements accommodated in the housing 2 are barely visible in the presentation window 25, but essentially only the respective baked good 13, 14.
• baguettes 12 conveyed to a presentation point 24a can also be examined in a presentation window 25a, which is arranged below the presentation window 25.
• the previously described Zuforder wornen 15 are not suitable, since a lateral removal (to the right in FIG. 1) is out of the question.
• slides and more particularly the slides 18 which push the baguettes 12 from the carriers 10 in the direction of the front wall 3 onto a presentation point 24a behind their own presentation window 25a (see FIG ).
• the presentation window 25a can also form a correspondingly large shared presentation window with the described presentation window 25.
• the ancestor of a baked good 12, 13, 14 from the non-visible area 21 behind the presentation window 25 or 25a preferably takes place by selecting a customer via input means arranged on the device 1. These are presently designed as a pushbutton 31, which are grouped in a selection panel 30. This push-button 31 are preferably associated images of different baked goods, so that the assignment by the customer is easy. If the customer approaches the device 1, preferably there is already a bread roll 12, a bread 14 and at least one baguette 12 in the respective presentation window 25 or 25a. By appropriate selection of, for example, a roll 13 by means of the input means 31, the roll 13 visible in the presentation window 25 is, for example, conveyed away via the discharge device 16 into the non-visible region 22.
• the conveying device 15 and the removal device 16 are identical in the present case, as are the feed direction 15a and the discharge direction 16a.
• the supply and discharge device 15, 16 passes the bun 13 to a chute 33, on which it slides to a delivery point 35, here formed as a compartment, and can be removed there by the customer.
• two-part flaps serving as a discharge device 17 are arranged below the presentation points 24a in length.
• Each flap is responsible for the removal of a baguette 12.
• the respective flap opens down, whereupon the corresponding baguette 12 down in the conveying direction 17a by free fall in the Issue point 35 is issued.
• the endless chains 1 1, the delivery devices 15, 18, the delivery devices 16, 17 and other transport processes in the housing 2 are controlled by the already mentioned control device 50 (indicated only schematically in FIG. 1).
• This is preferably responsible for the entire control tasks and also processes, among other things, request commands from customers who can select via the input means 30, 31 type and number of held by the device 1 and output bakery products 12, 13, 14.
• the invention has been explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment. Within the scope of the claims alternative embodiments and modifications are readily possible. Thus, it is also possible, for example, that baked goods 12, 13, 14 are driven behind the presentation window 25 without a customer request at given times or at uncontrolled times.
• the baked goods in particular rolls 13 and loaves 14, can be picked up by means of an elevator to the dispensing point.
• the baked goods fed by the continuous baking oven 40 can be transported, for example by means of an elevator, into the corresponding shelf compartments and from there, for example, to the feeders 15.

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