ES1065455U - Vending machine of small toys lodged in spherical containers or balls (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Vending machine for small toys housed in spherical containers or balls, of the type that incorporate a transparent reservoir supplying said balls or spherical containers, also transparent, capable of emerging to the outside, unitarily, by actuation on a handle associated with a dispenser and a coin selector, characterized in that it incorporates a plinth, provided with a rear plateau on which it rests and to which the container container of the spherical containers is fixed, a plinth which, in addition to the aforementioned plateau, forms a tilted tray determining a board of pin-ball type game, to which effect it incorporates a pair of lower driving levers, assisted by respective lateral push-buttons, several intermediate bouncers and upper holes for the passage of the balls consisting precisely in the spherical containers, the inclined tray is accessed through of an opening of the postero-superior wall thereof, properly facing the outlet of the dispenser, located under the bottom of this inclined tray a collector that channels the balls from the above-mentioned upper holes towards an exit hole established on the front edge of the tray and assisted by a small collection receptacle of the ball or spherical container. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Small toy vending machine housed in spherical containers or balls.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a machine of the kind that sell small toys inside the breast of spherical containers, as practicable balls through a diametral piano

The object of the invention is to enhance the attractiveness of the machine against the possible users of it, thanks to its incorporation, as a support base, of a "pin-ball" structure extremely simple, which uses the packaging itself as a game ball spherical supplied by the machine or even the balls themselves of rubber that can supply the machine as a prize.

Background of the invention

They are known and widely disclosed Vending machines for small toys and other objects housed in spherical containers, usually plastic transparent.

In this type of machines there is a deposit container of said spherical containers, also of wall transparent to allow viewing of them, deposit topped off in a unit dispenser with the corresponding coin selector mechanism, so that each Once the corresponding currency or coins are entered, the manual actuation of the mechanism causes the exit of a ball or spherical container

The content of said spherical containers is usually be widely varied, so that the user of the machine, generally a child, can observe the content of the different existing containers in the warehouse, but do not know which of these packaging will be supplied by the machine when it is triggered after the corresponding payment.

Description of the invention

The vending machine that the invention proposes, starting from the basic structuring of any machine conventional of this type according to the description of the paragraph previous, enhances the attractiveness of said machine against the consumer by allowing the latter, once the ball or a spherical container has been removed from the aforementioned deposit, and before physically access it, perform a game similar to that of a conventional pin-ball type machine, which use as a game ball the spherical container obtained by the introduction of the coin or coins, as you will see more ahead.

For this and more specifically the machine that it is recommended to incorporate a socket, preferably materialized in a piece injected in plastic, in which a socket is defined for coupling and fixing the base of any vending machine conventional, extending said plateau in a kind of tray inclined, with an opening in its wall postero-superior, dimensionally suitable for allow access to the ball tray or spherical container from the vending machine, while in the background of said tray are set, specifically next to its opposite wall, ball drive levers, mechanically actuated by respective buttons, in the middle bouncing zone and in the zone upper holes of adequate diameter to allow passage to your through the balls and assisted by top protectors that prevent the entry of the balls except when they ascend driven by the lower levers.

This inclined tray closes superiorly using a transparent plate while below the tray is placed a collector for the balls, which communicates the mentioned access holes for them with a hole of exit to a small receptacle directly accessible, leaving this lower collector covered by a plate preferably metal, which closes the socket lower in its set.

In this way and each time the user removes a spherical container from the vending machine itself, instead of having direct access to it, said container accesses the game board defined in the inclined tray, acting as a game ball, which With a game system similar to that of a conventional but extremely simplified pin-ball, it allows the user to develop a game, which will undoubtedly make the vending machine more attractive, until it finally manages to introduce the ball through one of the aforementioned orifices. for that purpose, and collects it through the receptacle
gives.

A machine is thus obtained functionally optimal, with a reduced weight, of the order of three times less than similar pinball machines dimensions.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help better compression of characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as part member of that description, a set of drawings where with illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

Figure 1.- Shows, according to an overview in perspective, a vending machine for small games hosted in spherical containers, made in accordance with the purpose of the present invention

Figure 2.- Shows a perspective view of the socket that participates in the machine of the previous figure and on which the invention is fundamentally centered.

Figure 3.- Shows, finally, a view in lower floor of the assembly represented in figure 2.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures outlined you can observe how the machine that is recommended is constituted, as any conventional machine, from a tank (1), which in the chosen practical embodiment adopts a configuration spherical, but that can adopt any other configuration, without that this affects the essence of the invention, in any case transparent to allow the visualization of the containers spherical (2) housed inside, which are susceptible leaving unit of said tank (1), through a neck lower (3), and more specifically through a dispenser (4) actionable after the introduction of a coin or group of coins by means of a rotating handle (5).

Well, according to the invention, the Vending machine itself and through its neck (3), rest on a plateau (6) defined in the hind limb of a machine support base (7), plateau (6) provided of a groove (8) on its inner edge that facilitates coupling of said socket (7) to different types of vending machines of the market itself.

The rest of the socket (7) configures a kind of inclined tray (9), as seen especially in the figure 2, tray that in its rear wall (10) incorporates an opening central (11) duly facing the neck outlet (3), so that each time the user acts on the handle (5), after the introduction of the corresponding currency or group of coins, a spherical container (2) access the game board defined by the inclined tray (9) through said opening (eleven).

The inclined tray (9) incorporates level lower one pair of levers (112) ball thrusters (2) in upward direction, actuated by respective push-buttons (13) that by means of a pinion gear not represented in the figures, or by any other mechanical transmission system, transmit the movement to the levers (12), which drive the ball towards a pair of holes (14), in turn in diameter suitable to allow passage through the balls (2), which thus leave the playing surface, counting said transmission mechanical with a safety stop that prevents children from finger your fingers.

These holes (14) are provided with upper protectors (15), which only allow access to the ball when it comes from the area front-bottom of the tray (9), driven by the levers (12), while between the holes (14) and said levers (12) are placed a series of bouncers (16) that make access to the holes somewhat difficult (14).

Under the bottom of the tray (9) a collector (17) for the balls, based on a plate conveniently fixed to the underside of the tray (9) by screws (18) or by any other suitable means, plate on which a channel (19) that settling between the two holes (14) previously cited, goes to the area antero-inferior of the zócalo, where a outlet hole (20) towards a small receptacle and collection (21), directly accessible to the user.

The inclined tray (9) closes superiorly by a transparent plate (22) that prevents direct access to the play area, while said tray closes inferiorly by means of a plate not shown in the drawings, that copies the perimeter of the socket and that is fixed to the latter by screwing in the holes (24) of the tray itself (9).

Between this bottom plate and the inclined tray (9) said collector (17) is placed, provided with two large lateral expansions (25) in its anterior extreme zone, which they constitute the support for the means (26) of transmission of movement of the pushbuttons (13) to the levers (12) driving the ball.

Claims (5)

1. Vending machine for small toys housed in spherical containers or balls, of the type that incorporate a transparent tank that supplies said spherical balls or containers, also transparent, capable of emerging outwardly, by unit, by actuation on a handle associated with a doser and a coin selector, characterized in that it incorporates a socket, provided with a rear plateau on which it rests and to which the container container of the spherical containers is fixed, a socket that in addition to the said plateau configures an inclined tray determining a board Pin-ball type game, for which purpose it incorporates a pair of lower driving levers, assisted by respective lateral push-buttons, several intermediate bouncers and upper holes for passage of the balls consisting precisely of the spherical containers, which access the inclined tray through of an opening of the post-upper wall thereof, duly facing the outlet mouth of the dispenser, placing a collector under the bottom of this inclined tray that channels the balls from said upper holes to an outlet opening established at the front edge of the tray and assisted by a small collection receptacle of the ball or spherical container. 2. Vending machine for small toys housed in spherical containers or balls, according to claim 1, characterized in that a wide groove is established between the plateau and the inclined tray of the socket that allows the coupling to the same socle of vending machines themselves of different types , which are fixed in any case to the aforementioned plateau by screwing or by any other means. 3. Vending machine for small toys housed in spherical containers or balls, according to claim la, characterized in that the pushbuttons are related to the respective driving levers by means of a mechanical transmission that has a safety stop that prevents children from getting their fingers caught. 4. Vending machine for small toys housed in spherical ball containers, according to claim 1, characterized in that the collector, duly fixed to the bottom face of the bottom of the inclined tray, is embodied in a plate in which a channel is defined that relates the holes of the tray inclined with the front exit hole, said plate counting with wide lateral expansions in its anterior end zone, which act as a support for the mechanical transmission mechanisms between the push buttons and the driving levers. 5. Vending machine for small toys housed in spherical containers or balls, according to previous claims, characterized in that the inclined tray is closed superiorly by a transparent plate, while the socket as a whole is closed inferiorly by another plate, preferably metallic, fixed by screwing to the socket, like the transparent one.