FR2681835A1 - Device for storing and dispensing containers for automatic dispensers of consumable products - Google Patents

Device for storing and dispensing containers for automatic dispensers of consumable products Download PDF

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FR2681835A1
FR2681835A1 FR9112147A FR9112147A FR2681835A1 FR 2681835 A1 FR2681835 A1 FR 2681835A1 FR 9112147 A FR9112147 A FR 9112147A FR 9112147 A FR9112147 A FR 9112147A FR 2681835 A1 FR2681835 A1 FR 2681835A1
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Cerezo Patrick
Lacombe Jean Marc
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    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B43/42Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
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The subject of the present invention is a device for storing and dispensing containers for automatic dispensers of consumable products. It consists of the combination of two horizontal plates (1, 2) gripping two fixed jaws (3, 4) and two sliding jaws (5, 6), integral with one another, capable of occupying two positions which are predefined by stops, and of means making it possible to move the said movable jaws from one position to the other in a period of time which is less than the time taken by the stack of containers (11) to travel, through the effect of gravity, the distance separating the collars (12) surrounding the openings of two successive containers in this pile, the fixed jaw being, on one side, located above the movable jaw and below on the opposite side, so as to confer on the stack of containers a descending zig-zag movement and to release only one container at a time. It is intended for equipping automatic dispensers both for beverages and products in trays or using receptacles of any shape.

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DISPOSITIF DE STOCKAGE ET DE DISTRIBUTION DE
CONTENANTS POUR DISTRIBUTEURS AUTOMATIQUES DE PRODUITS
CONSOMMABLES
La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de stockage et de distribution de contenants pour distributeurs automatiques de produits consommables.
DEVICE FOR STORING AND DISTRIBUTING
CONTAINERS FOR VENDING MACHINES FOR PRODUCTS
CONSUMABLES
The present invention relates to a device for storing and distributing containers for automatic dispensers of consumable products.

Il est destine à equiper des distributeurs automatiques aussi bien de boissons, que de produits en barquettes ou utilisant des récipients de forme quelconque
Les distributeurs automatiques de boissons ou d'aliments tels que pommes de terre frites nécessitent un système de stockage et de distribution séquentielle pour les contenants recevant les consommables proposés à la vente. Ces systèmes se composent d'un réservoir ouvert à la base, de forme cylindrique pour les gobelets, parallèlépipèdiques pour les barquettes, maintenant en attente les contenants empilés les uns dans les autres pour limiter leur encombrement.
It is intended to equip vending machines both for drinks and for products in trays or using containers of any shape.
Vending machines for drinks or food such as fried potatoes require a sequential storage and distribution system for the containers receiving the consumables offered for sale. These systems consist of a tank open at the base, of cylindrical shape for the cups, parallelepiped for the trays, now waiting the containers stacked one inside the other to limit their bulk.

A la base de ce réservoir, est accouplé un système mécanique ou électromécanique, appelé parfois tourelle de distribution, et comportant une lumière d'une dimension légèrement plus importante que celle des contenants s adaptant à ltouverture du réservoir. At the base of this tank is coupled a mechanical or electromechanical system, sometimes called a distribution turret, and comprising a light of a dimension slightly larger than that of the containers adapting to the opening of the tank.

Les systèmes connus à ce jcur sont généralement constitués d'un cadre rigide en métal ou en matière plastique, maintenant en sandwich quatre ou six crochets articulés, eux-mêmes composés dergots métallIques et de vrs en matière plastique moulée, articulés sur un axe et mus par des ressorts de rappel.
L'ensemble des ergots est prisonnier de segments articulés reliés à une tirette ou a un électro-aimant,
La complexité de ces systèmes les rend onereux et d'une fiabilité limitée, ce qui a amené les constructeurs de distributeurs automatiques à ne fabriquer le plus souvent que des machines distributrices de café ou de boissons utilisant des gobelets de faible diamètre (5 à 7 centimètres).
The systems known at this time generally consist of a rigid metal or plastic frame, now sandwiching four or six articulated hooks, themselves composed of metal lugs and of molded plastic vrs, articulated on an axis and mus by return springs.
All of the pins are trapped in articulated segments connected to a pull tab or an electromagnet,
The complexity of these systems makes them expensive and of limited reliability, which has led manufacturers of automatic vending machines to most often only manufacture coffee or beverage dispensing machines using small diameter cups (5 to 7 centimeters ).

Le dispositif selon la présente invention supprime tous ces inconvénients. En effet, il permet d'obtenir des distributeurs de contenants utilisables pour les gobelets ou barquettes de toutes dimensions, simple et bon marché à fabriquer, de faible encombrement , et présentant une très grande fiabilité due au fait qu'il ne comporte qu'une seule pièce mobile qui se déplace linéairement
I1 est constitue par la combinaison de deux platines horizontales enserrant deux mâchoires fixes et deux mâchoires coulissantes solidaires l'une de l'autre pouvant occuper deux positions prédéfinies par des butées, et de moyens permettant de mouvoir lesdites mâchoires mobiles d'une position à l'autre dans un laps de temps
Inférieur au temps mis par la pile de contenants pour parcourir, sous l'effet de la gravité, la distance séparant les colerettes entourant les ouvertures de deux contenants successifs de cette pile, la mâchoire fixe étant d'un côté située au-dessus de la mâchoire mobile, et au-dessous du côté opposé, de manière à imprimer à la pile de contenants un mouvement descenaant en zig-zag et an ne libérer qu'un seul contenant à la fois.
The device according to the present invention eliminates all these drawbacks. In fact, it makes it possible to obtain dispensers of containers which can be used for cups or trays of all sizes, simple and inexpensive to manufacture, compact, and having very high reliability due to the fact that it comprises only one single moving part that moves linearly
I1 is constituted by the combination of two horizontal plates enclosing two fixed jaws and two sliding jaws integral with one another which can occupy two predefined positions by stops, and means making it possible to move said movable jaws from one position to the other. other in a short period of time
Less than the time taken by the stack of containers to travel, under the effect of gravity, the distance separating the flanges surrounding the openings of two successive containers of this stack, the fixed jaw being on one side located above the movable jaw, and below the opposite side, so as to give the stack of containers a descending zig-zag movement and to release only one container at a time.

Sur les dessins annexés, donné à titre d'exemple non limitatif, d'une des formes de réalisation de l'objet de l'invention
La figure 1 represente les mâchoires fixes et mobiles seules, vues de dessus.
In the accompanying drawings, given by way of nonlimiting example, of one of the embodiments of the subject of the invention
Figure 1 shows the fixed and movable jaws alone, seen from above.

La figure 2 est une coupe verticale transversale selon les flèches A-A de la figure 1
La figure 3, identique à la figure 2, montre le dispositif avec des contenants en position d'attente.
Figure 2 is a vertical cross section along the arrows AA of Figure 1
Figure 3, identical to Figure 2, shows the device with containers in the standby position.

La figure 4 représente dans les mêmes conditions le dispositif après déplacement des mâchoires mobiles et libération d'un contenant. Figure 4 shows under the same conditions the device after moving the movable jaws and releasing a container.

Le dispositif, figures 1 à 4, est constitué d'un châssis formé de deux plaques horizontales parallèles 1, 2, entre lesquelles sont montées deux mâchoires fixes 3, 4 et deux mâchoires coulissantes 5, 6 solidaires entre elles. The device, Figures 1 to 4, consists of a frame formed by two parallel horizontal plates 1, 2, between which are mounted two fixed jaws 3, 4 and two sliding jaws 5, 6 integral with each other.

Les mâchoires fixes 3, 4 sont fixees resPectivement l'une à la plaque supérieure 1 et l'autre à la plaque inférieure 2, les mâchoires coulissantes étant situées d'un côté au-dessous de la mâchoire fixe, et audessus de l'autre côté. The fixed jaws 3, 4 are fixed respectively to the upper plate 1 and the other to the lower plate 2, the sliding jaws being situated on one side below the fixed jaw, and above the other side.

Le dessin des mâchoires sera adapté à la forme des contenants 71 à distrinuer, forme concave ou angulaire pour les récipients ronds, forme rectiligne pour les récipients quadrangulaires tels que barquettes. Sur les fIgures jointes, les mâchoires sont dessinées pour des distributeurs de gobelets pour machines à frites. Elles enserrent le gobelet Il qui est retenu par sa partie évasée supérieure formant une colerette 12 biseautée
Les mâchoires coulissantes sont reliées à la tirette ou à la partie mobile 7 d'un électro-aimant 8, qui est lui-même fixé au châssis par l'intermédiaire d'un support 9.
The design of the jaws will be adapted to the shape of the containers 71 to be distinguished, concave or angular shape for the round containers, rectilinear shape for the quadrangular containers such as trays. In the accompanying figures, the jaws are designed for cup dispensers for French fries machines. They enclose the cup II which is retained by its upper flared part forming a bevelled rim 12
The sliding jaws are connected to the pull tab or to the movable part 7 of an electromagnet 8, which is itself fixed to the chassis by means of a support 9.

Au repos, la partie mobile est sortie , tiree par un ressort 10, ce qui repousse les mâchoires coulissantes 5, 6 vers la gauche. Le contenant 11 repose par sa colerette 12 sur les deux mâchoires supérieures, a gauche sur la mâchoire fixe 3, et à droite sur la mâchoire coulissante 6. Ces deux mâchoires enserrent le contenant situé à la base de la pile de stockage. La circonférence délimitée par les mâchoires a un diamètre sensiblement égal à celui des contenants, compte non tenu de la colerette
Sous 1 action de la partie mobile 7 de l'électro-aimant 8, les mâchoires 5, 6 se deplacent linéairement vers la droite (figure 4). Dans son mouvement, la mâchoire coulissante droite va progressivement s'effacer laissant apparaître la mâchoire fixe à droite.La mâchoire coulissante gauche 5 va quant à elle , en se deplaçant, repousser la pile de stockage vers la droite de telle sorte que la partie de la colerette qui reposait sur la mâchoire fixe gauche J va venir reposer sur ladite mâchoire coulissante gauche, alors que la partie droite de la colerette qui reposait sur la mâchoire coulissante droite , viendra, elle, reposer sur la mâchoire fixe droite 4. La pile de contenants descendra donc d'un cran correspondant à la première partie de la chicane constituée par ie decalage des mâchoires.
At rest, the movable part is extended, pulled by a spring 10, which pushes the sliding jaws 5, 6 to the left. The container 11 rests by its collar 12 on the two upper jaws, on the left on the fixed jaw 3, and on the right on the sliding jaw 6. These two jaws enclose the container located at the base of the storage stack. The circumference defined by the jaws has a diameter substantially equal to that of the containers, without taking into account the flange
Under 1 action of the movable part 7 of the electromagnet 8, the jaws 5, 6 move linearly to the right (Figure 4). In its movement, the right sliding jaw will gradually fade revealing the fixed jaw on the right, the left sliding jaw 5 will, as it moves, push the storage stack to the right so that the part of the flange which rested on the left fixed jaw J will come to rest on said left sliding jaw, while the right part of the flange which rested on the right sliding jaw will come to rest on the right fixed jaw 4. The stack of containers therefore descend by a notch corresponding to the first part of the baffle formed by the offset of the jaws.

Lfelectro-aimant 8 n'étant plus excité, la partie mobile 7 sera ramenée à gauche Vers sa position de doat sous l'effet du ressort 10. Dans ce mouvement la mâchoire coulissante droite 6 viendra s'engager sous la colerette du deuxième contenant de la pile en repoussant cette pile latéralement, la colerette reposant alors sur la mâchoire fixe gauche 3. Progressivement, la mâchoire coulissante gauche 5 revenant à la position de départ, le contenant 11 le plus bas ne sera plus soutenu à droite par la mâchoire fixe 4, ni à gauche par la mâchoire coulissante 5.11 aura donc dépasse la seconde partie de la chicane et tombera par gravité. Since the electromagnet 8 is no longer excited, the movable part 7 will be brought back to the left towards its position of doat under the effect of the spring 10. In this movement the right sliding jaw 6 will engage under the flange of the second container of the stack by pushing this stack laterally, the rim then resting on the left fixed jaw 3. Gradually, the left sliding jaw 5 returning to the starting position, the lowest container 11 will no longer be supported on the right by the fixed jaw 4 , nor to the left by the sliding jaw 5.11 will therefore exceed the second part of the baffle and fall by gravity.

Les mâchoires mobiles peuvent bien sûr être actionnees par d'autres moyens qu'un électro-aimant, par exemple par un système à excentrique ou à manivelle entraîné par un moteur, dans la mesure où ces moyens permettent d'assurer le mouvement de va-et-vient à la vitesse requise. The movable jaws can of course be actuated by other means than an electromagnet, for example by an eccentric or crank system driven by a motor, insofar as these means ensure the movement of back and forth at the required speed.

Le positionnement des divers éléments constitutifs donne à l'objet de l'invention un maximum d'effets utiles qui n'avaient pas été, à ce jour, obtenus par des dispositifs similaires  The positioning of the various constituent elements gives the object of the invention a maximum of useful effects which had not, to date, been obtained by similar devices

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REVENDICATIONS 10 Dispositif de stockage et de distribution de contenants pour distributeurs automatiques de produits consommables, destiné à equiper des distributeurs de produits en gobelets ou barquettes utilisant des recipients de forme quelconque, caractérisé par la combinaison, d'une part, de deux platines (1, 2) parallèles et horizontales formant châssis et enserrant deux mâchoires coulissantes (5, 6) solidaires l'une de l'autre pouvant occuper deux positions prédéfinies et deux mâchoires fixes (3, 4) et, d'autre part, de moyens permettant de mouvoir lesdites mâchoires coulissantes d'une position à l'autre dans un laps de temps inférieur au temps mis par la pile de contenants (11) pour parcourir, sous l'effet de la gravité, la distance séparant les colerettes (12) entourant les ouvertures de deux contenants successifs de cette pile, l'une des mâchoires fixes (3) étant d'un côté située au-dessus dtune mâchoire coulissante (5) et l'autre mâchoire fixe (4), du côté opposé, au-dessous de la mâchoire coulissante (6) correspondante, de manière à imprimer à la pile de contenants un mouvement descendant en zig-zag et de ne libérer qu'un seul contenant (11) à la fois. 10 Device for storing and distributing containers for automatic distributors of consumable products, intended to equip product distributors in cups or trays using containers of any shape, characterized by the combination, on the one hand, of two plates (1, 2) parallel and horizontal forming a frame and enclosing two sliding jaws (5, 6) integral with one another which can occupy two predefined positions and two fixed jaws (3, 4) and, on the other hand, means making it possible to move said sliding jaws from one position to another in a period of time less than the time taken by the stack of containers (11) to travel, under the effect of gravity, the distance separating the flanges (12) surrounding the openings of two successive containers of this stack, one of the fixed jaws (3) being on one side situated above a sliding jaw (5) and the other fixed jaw (4) on the opposite side , below the corresponding sliding jaw (6), so as to impart a downward zig-zag movement to the stack of containers and to release only one container (11) at a time. 2" Dispositif selon la revendicatIon 1, se caractérisant par le fait que les moyens permettant de mouvoir les mâchoires coulissantes (5, 6) sont constitués d'un électro-aimant (8) fixé à l'une des platines (1, 2) par l'intermediaire d'un support (9), les mâchoires coulissantes étant reliées à la partie mobile (7) dudit électro-aimant.  2 "Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for moving the sliding jaws (5, 6) consist of an electromagnet (8) fixed to one of the plates (1, 2) by means of a support (9), the sliding jaws being connected to the movable part (7) of said electromagnet.
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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FR2721735A1 (en) * 1994-06-27 1995-12-29 Cfm Electronique Sarl Automatic plate distributing machine for self-service restaurant
EP1336567A1 (en) * 2002-02-16 2003-08-20 Jörg von Seggern GmbH Apparatus for automatically closing conveyed containers
EP1471007A1 (en) * 2003-04-25 2004-10-27 Ideacorp AG Separating device for separating stacked elements
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