FR2977878A1 - MEDIUM-ELEVATING DEVICE FOR DELIVERING OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR DRUG BOXES, IN A PHARMACY - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device (10) for delivering objects (2), this device comprising: a storage line arranged for storing objects (2), this line comprising a rear end (7) and a front end (6) ; a stop (9) arranged to block one of the objects (22) at the front end; means (39) for generating a mechanical ejection pulse, and means (15, 16, 17, 11, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58) for transmitting the mechanical pulse to the blocked object (22) .

Description

"Elevator device for delivering objects, in particular boxes of drugs within a pharmacy"

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a device for delivering objects. The field of the invention is more particularly that of the distribution of drugs within a pharmacy. It also relates to a delivery facility comprising a plurality of delivery devices according to the invention. Such an installation may in particular comprise a medicine storage cabinet comprising several delivery devices according to the invention, and be arranged for dispensing from the medicine storage cabinet to a pharmacy dispensary according to a medical prescription. being treated by the pharmacist.

STATE OF THE PRIOR ART Examples of object delivery devices and delivery system examples comprising several of these devices are known according to the state of the prior art, and make it possible: to manage a stock of products pharmaceutical or para-pharmaceutical stored in the facility, and - to automatically deliver these stored pharmaceutical or para-pharmaceutical products, which avoids the pharmacist or the seller wasting time looking for the product or products and allowing the pharmacist or the seller to spend more time giving practical or medical advice on these products. Very often, this type of device or installation has the following drawbacks: each device of the installation has a relatively large thickness, the installation then being bulky; - According to the power supply system of each of the devices, external metal parts accessible to the touch of a user can be put to different electrical potentials; the risk of electrocution or burns of a user or the creation of an electrical short circuit is important; when ejection of a pharmaceutical or para-pharmaceutical product to deliver this product, the delivery device emits a noise that can be loud and annoying for a person in the vicinity of said device; this noise nuisance becomes extremely important for a person working near a delivery facility comprising a large number of delivery devices and arranged to deliver up to several pharmaceutical or para-pharmaceutical products per second, - each device of the installation transmits permanently an infrared identification signal, via a diode readable by an optical pen, which wastes energy because this identification signal is really useful only very occasionally.

For example, the device described in EP 1 155 978 A2 is known. The object of the present invention is to solve at least one of the aforementioned drawbacks, in particular: reducing the thickness of a delivery device or the bulk of a delivery installation, and / or reducing the risk of electrocution of a user or the risk of creating an electrical short circuit, and / or - reducing the noise nuisance of a delivery device or a delivery installation, and / or - decreasing the energy consumption of a delivery device or a delivery facility, and / or - facilitate the use, installation or maintenance of a delivery device or a delivery facility. relates to a device for delivering objects, this device comprising: - a storage line arranged for storing the objects, this line comprising a rear end and a distinct front end of the rear end, - means for generating a mechanical ejection pulse, and - means for transmitting the mechanical pulse to one of the objects blocked by a stop at the front end.

The abutment can: - either be part of the device according to the invention: in this case, the device according to the invention comprises the stop which is arranged to block one of the objects at the front end, or - either be part of a delivery device and / or a cross member (preferably a front cross member) to which is fixed the device according to the invention.

According to a first advantageous aspect of the device according to the invention, the means for generating the mechanical pulse are preferably located at the rear end and the transmission means preferably comprise means for transmitting the mechanical pulse from the generation means and towards the front end. The generating means may comprise means for converting electrical energy into mechanical energy to generate the mechanical ejection pulse. The generation means are preferably arranged to generate, as an ejection pulse, at the rear end, a purely mechanical pulse devoid of electrical energy component.

The pulse generating means may comprise an electromagnet. Preferably, the storage line is rectilinear and extends along a longitudinal direction.

The transmission means may comprise a longitudinal hollow body and a longitudinal member, the member being preferably arranged to slide inside the hollow body to transmit the mechanical pulse by a movement of the member within the hollow body. According to the variant considered: - the member is preferably provided with grooves which are not in contact with the hollow body and / or bumps or reliefs which are in contact with the hollow body, and / or - the hollow body may be provided with grooves which are not in contact with the longitudinal limb and / or bumps or reliefs which are in contact with the longitudinal limb. Preferably, the longitudinal member is in contact with the hollow body only by lines or points of contact, with no contact surface between the hollow body and the member. The hollow body may have a cylindrical shape and the member may have a polygonal shape. The member is preferably of a lightweight material such as a plastic material, or a composite material such as fiberglass or carbon fiber which is stronger but more expensive than plastic. The device according to the invention may furthermore comprise connection means for connecting the rear end to a delivery installation. The connection means may comprise clipping means arranged to attach the rear end to the delivery facility and means for electrically connecting the rear end to the delivery facility. Preferably, the connection means are offset longitudinally with respect to the generation means.

The device according to the invention may have, at the location where the connection means are located, a thickness less than the thickness of the device at the location where the generation means are located. The means for electrically connecting the rear end to the delivery facility may comprise a plurality of flexible tabs arranged to conduct an electrical signal and arranged to be deformed in a connection state to the delivery facility with respect to a non-connected state. the rescue facility. Preferably, the device according to the invention does not include means for connecting the front end to the delivery facility. The device according to the invention may comprise electrical means for receiving an electrical control signal and for controlling the generation means as a function of said signal.

The transmission means may comprise, at the front end, a lifting means arranged for, under the action of the ejection pulse, raise relative to the stop the blocked object. In particular, according to an advantageous aspect of the device according to the invention, the transmission means may comprise a lifting means movably mounted relative to the stop, the lifting means being arranged for, under the action of the pulse of ejection, have a movement having a component raising relative to the stop the blocked object and a component advancing towards the stop the blocked object.

The device according to the invention may further comprise means arranged to exert on the lifting means a return force of direction opposite to the ejection pulse, pushing or pulling on the lifting means. The means for exerting the return force preferably comprises a spring.

The elevator means is preferably rigid and non-flexible. The generating means is preferably arranged to generate the pulse so that the pulse is directed from the rear end to the front end, and the transmission means may include means for transforming the directed ejection pulse. towards the front end in the movement of the lifting means. The lifting means may comprise: - a pivoting part, pivotally mounted relative to the stop, preferably pivotally mounted about a fixed rotation axis relative to the stop, and / or - a movable part arranged for, under the action of the ejection pulse, move into a position for which the movable portion has an increasing slope towards the stop. In the case where the device according to the invention comprises the pivoting part and the mobile part: in the case where the pivoting part is pivotally mounted about an axis immobile rotation relative to the stop, the axis of rotation is preferably closer to the stopper than the moving part, and / or - the movable part and the pivoting part are preferably secured via a pivot. The device according to the invention may furthermore comprise, for a fixing end of the front end and the rear end: fastening means for fixing the fixing end to a delivery installation, said fastening means comprising preferably fastening end positioning means arranged to be positioned in an indexed manner in the delivery installation, so as to leave only a discrete number of possible positions of the fastening end in the installation of delivery, and / or - an indexing mark arranged to form a marker of a position of the attachment end in the delivery facility. The positioning means of the fixing end preferably comprise a protuberance. The fastening means preferably comprise deformable clipping means arranged to attach the fastening end to the delivery facility. The deformable clipping means and the indexing mark may be integral, the clipping means preferably being arranged for, if the device is attached to the delivery device via the clipping means, be deformed under the effect of a pressure exerted on the indexing mark to allow clearance of the device relative to the delivery facility. The indexing mark may be arranged to, if the device is attached to the delivery facility via the fastening means, be visible and accessible to a person using the device.

The attachment end is preferably the rear end. The fastening means may be offset longitudinally with respect to the generating means. The device according to the invention may have, at the location where the fastening means are located, a thickness less than the thickness of the device at the location where the generating means are located. The device according to the invention may comprise, for the other end that the fixing end of the front end and the rear end, means for positioning this other end in the delivery installation, this other end being called positioning end. The positioning of the positioning end may be arranged to rest the positioning end on a cross.

The positioning means of the positioning end may comprise at least one protuberance extending in the longitudinal direction of the device. The positioning end is preferably the front end. The device according to the invention may further comprise means for transmitting discretely at the output of the device an identification signal comprising an address of the device. The transmitting means may comprise means for manually controlling a discrete transmission of the identification signal. The manual control means may comprise a push button or a switch. The manual control means are preferably located at the rear end. The transmitting means are preferably arranged not to transmit the identification signal if the control means are not actuated. The transmitting means may be arranged to transmit the identification signal on a bi-directional contact, arranged to carry or receive data or signals entering the device and to carry or transmit data or signals leaving the device.

Of course, the invention also relates to a block or a set of several devices according to the invention integral with each other.

According to another particularity of the invention, there is provided a delivery installation, characterized in that it comprises several devices according to the invention. The delivery device according to the invention may comprise: several devices according to the invention as previously described, comprising means for fixing and / or positioning, and at least one fixing crossbar comprising means complementary to the means securing these devices, for securing each attachment end of the devices to the delivery facility. The means complementary to the fixing means are preferably arranged to leave only a discrete number of predetermined positions of each fastening end on the at least one fixing crossbar. The predetermined positions of each fastening end may be aligned substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the delivery devices whose fixing ends are fixed on the at least one fastening cross. In the case where the means for positioning the attachment end of the devices preferably comprise a protuberance, the means complementary to the fixing means preferably comprise grooves complementary to the protuberance, each groove defining a discrete position of the end of the protrusion. fixing a device in the installation. Each mounting beam may further be provided with an indexing scale arranged to indicate the position of each fastening end fixed to this fastener. The indexing scale of each attachment crossbar may be arranged so that, when a delivery device is fixed to this fastening crossbar, the indexing scale of this fastening crossbar and the indexing mark of this fastener device are superimposed. The indexing scale of each fastening crossbar may be arranged so as not to be obscured by a delivery device fixed to this fastener. The delivery system according to the invention may further comprise at least one positioning crossmember comprising means complementary to the positioning means of the positioning end of the devices according to the invention. The means complementary to the positioning means of the positioning end are preferably arranged to leave only a discrete number of predetermined positions of each positioning end on the at least one positioning cross. The predetermined positions of each positioning end may be aligned substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the delivery devices whose positioning ends are positioned on the at least one positioning cross.

Each positioning crossbar may be provided with an indexing scale arranged to indicate the position of each positioning end on this positioning crosspiece. The indexing scale of each positioning beam can be arranged not to be obscured by a delivery device positioned on the positioning beam. The positioning and fixing crosspieces may be arranged in pairs, and for each pair of sleepers: the positioning crossbar and the fastening crossbar of this pair preferably extend substantially parallel, and / or the projection of the indications or graduations of the indexing scale of the fastening crossbar of this torque on the indexing scale of the positioning beam of the same pair can be superimposed. The delivery device according to the invention may comprise several devices according to the invention as previously described, comprising means for transmitting an identification signal, each of the devices being arranged to transmit an identification signal which is specific to it and different from the identification signals of other devices. The delivery facility may comprise several devices in addition to management means arranged to: - receive an identification signal comprising an address of one of the devices and issued by this device, and - receive information relating to a type or a reference of objects, and - memorize that the device whose identification signal has been received is intended to store this type or object reference. The management means may comprise: input means, for example a keyboard, for receiving the information relating to a type or an object reference, and / or bar code reading or DATAMATRIX code reading means. , to receive information relating to a type or reference of objects. The management means may be arranged to take account of the received information relating to a type or an object reference only for a predetermined time from the reception of the identification signal.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES AND EMBODIMENTS Other advantages and particularities of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description of implementations and non-limiting embodiments, and the following appended drawings: FIG. 1 is a view schematic profile section of two delivery devices according to the state of the prior art superimposed one above the other, - Figure 2 is a schematic profile sectional view of two delivery devices according to the invention is superimposed one above the other, - Figure 3 is a more detailed sectional view of the front end and the rear end of a delivery device according to the invention, the front end resting on a front cross member of a delivery device according to the invention and the rear end resting on a rear crossmember of the delivery device according to the invention, - Figures 4 to 6 illustrate three variants according to the invention of means of mechanical transmission of the ejection pulse, connecting means for generating the pulse to a lifting means, - Figure 7 is a schematic plan of electronic means of a device according to the invention. 8 and 9 are three-quarter views of the front end of a first variant of a device according to the invention, - Figures 10 and 11 are sectional views of the profile of the front end of the first variant of a device according to the invention, - Figures 12 and 13 are views of three quarters of the front end of a second variant of a device according to the invention, - Figures 14 and 15 are profile sectional views of the front end of the second variant of a device according to the invention; - FIGS. 16 and 17 are three-quarter views of the front end of a third variant of FIG. a device according to the invention, - Figures 18 and 19 are views of sudden In the profile of the front end of the third variant of a device according to the invention, FIG. 20 illustrates a delivery installation according to the invention comprising several devices according to the invention. FIG. principle of connection between management means and each of the devices according to the invention belonging to the delivery installation of FIG. 20, - FIG. 22 illustrates part of a rear crossmember of a delivery installation according to the invention and the rear end of a device according to the invention not attached to the rear crossmember, - Figure 23 is an enlargement of the window B shown in Figure 22, - Figure 24 illustrates part of a rear crossmember a delivery device according to the invention and the rear end of a device according to the invention attached to the rear crossmember; - FIG. 25 is an enlargement of the window A represented in FIG. FIG. 26 illustrates a portion of a front cross member of a delivery device according to the invention and the front end of a device according to the invention not positioned on the front cross member; FIG. 27 illustrates part of a front cross member of a delivery device according to the invention and the front end of a device according to the invention positioned on the front cross member, and - Figure 28 illustrates an alternative arrangement of hollow body and longitudinal member of a device according to the invention, - Figure 29 illustrates an alternative location of the stop.

Firstly, with reference to FIG. 1, a delivery device 1 according to the state of the prior art will be described. The device 1 makes it possible to store an object 2 and to deliver this object 2. The device 1 has the shape of a rectilinear aluminum slide 3 and comprises a front end 6 and a rear end 7. The front end 6 of the device 1 is arranged to rest on a front cross member 4 and the rear end 7 of the device 1 is arranged to rest on a rear cross member 5, so that the rear end 7 is raised relative to the front end 6 to slide under the action of gravity object 2 towards the front end 6 until this object is blocked by a stop 9. An electromagnet 39 is located at the front end 6 and is provided with a flexible blade 35. The flexible blade 35 is located at the front end 6, and is further arranged to, under the action of the electromagnet, deform and bend so as to come into contact with the object 2 blocked by the stop 9, the object 2 was It is then raised with respect to the stop 9 and able to cross this stop 9 thanks to the gravity. For the supply of the electromagnet 39, the rear crossmember 5 is set to a positive electrical pole and the slide 3 is set to a negative electric pole. The rear crossmember 5 is separated from the slideway 3 by an electrical insulating layer 18. Within a delivery installation according to the state of the prior art, the total thickness of a device 1 and the space required for the ejection of an object 2 is equal to the sum of: - the thickness of the front cross member 4, - the thickness of the slide at the front end 6 which is at least equal to thickness of the electromagnet 39 and the flexible blade 35, the thickness 19 of the stop 9 and the thickness 12 of the object 2. In addition, the flexible blade ejection system 35 is noisy because the deformation of the steel blade 35 which bends under the action of the electromagnet 39. Finally, the thickness of the insulating layer 18 is relatively thin, we see that it is quite easy for a user to provoke a short circuit or electrocution by disposing of a conductive surface of electricity (metal strip, finger, screw ...) at the rear end 7, an area of a few square millimeters being sufficient to electrically connect the slide 3 and the rear cross member 5.

A preferred embodiment of the device 10 according to the invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7.

As illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, the device 10 comprises a rectilinear storage line 3, 33 extending along a longitudinal direction 8, and is arranged to store objects 2; this line comprises a rear end 7, a front end 6 distinct from the rear end, and means for guiding the objects from the rear end to the front end. These guide means comprise: - a longitudinal slide 3 whose length extends in the longitudinal direction 8 and arranged to serve as a support for the objects 2, and - a longitudinal flange 33 whose length extends in the longitudinal direction 8 and arranged to prevent the objects 2 from leaving the slide 3. The device 10 further comprises a stop 9 arranged to block one of the objects 22 at the front end 6. The front end 6 of the device 10 is arranged to rest on a front cross member 4 and the rear end 7 of the device 10 is arranged to rest on a rear cross member 5, so that the rear end 7 is raised relative to the front end 6 to slide under the action of gravity the objects 2, 22 towards the front end 6 until one of the objects 22 is blocked by the stop 9. The device 10 further comprises: - means 39 for generating a mechanical pulse of e jection located inside the slide 3 and at the rear end 7, and - means 15, 16, 17, 11, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58 for transmitting the mechanical ejection pulse to the object 22 blocked by the stop, arranged for this object 22 to cross the stop under the action of the mechanical ejection pulse. Mechanical impulse means a pulse creating a mechanical movement of at least one part or part of the device 10.

Means of Generation The generation means 39 are electrically powered and electrically controlled, and comprise means for converting this electrical energy into mechanical energy to generate the mechanical ejection pulse. More specifically, the means 39 for generating the pulse comprise an electromagnet 39. The generating means are arranged to generate at the rear end 7 as an ejection pulse a purely mechanical pulse, without any component of electrical energy: thus, there is no electrical signal that circulates along the line 3, 33 of the rear end 7 to the front end 6, and it eliminates the risk of electrocution or of course circuit. The means 39 for generating the mechanical pulse are located at the rear end 7, that is to say closer to the rear end 7 than the front end 6. Thus, the thickness of the 6 front end is low, which minimizes the size of the device 10. The distance 13 between the rear end 7 and the generating means 39 is at least twice smaller than the distance 14 between the front end 6 and the generation means 39, more exactly more preferably at least three times smaller, and even at least seven times smaller. For the location of the generation means 39 and the estimation of these distances 13, 14 we consider the place where the electrical energy is converted into mechanical energy, that is to say the place where the purely mechanical pulse is born. Note that, the distance 13 between the rear end 7 and the generating means being at least seven times smaller than the distance 14 between the front end 6 and the generating means 39, the central portion of the device 10 between the rear end 7 and the front end 6 is not shown in Figure 3, so as to better discern the details of these ends.

Means of transmission The transmission means comprise means for transmitting the mechanical pulse, from the generation means 39 and to and up to the front end 6. The means for transmitting the mechanical pulse are arranged to transmit the pulse. mechanical pulse from the generation means 39 located at the rear end 7 and towards the front end 6 in mechanical form but without electrical energy component, especially without the use of electric current from the generating means 39 to the front end 6. Thus, it minimizes the risk of electrocution or creation of course circuit, for example a short circuit by a screw, a finger of a user or by a liquid such as a syrup escaping from a box of syrup that leaks. The means for transmitting the mechanical pulse are arranged to transmit the mechanical pulse in the form of a force which pushes towards the front end and the stop 9.

More specifically, the transmission means comprise: - at the front end, a lifting means 11 located inside the slide 3 in its rest position and arranged for, under the action of the pulse of ejection, come into contact with the object 22 blocked by the stop 9 and raise this object 22 relative to the stop 9, and - at least one rod 15 connecting the generating means 39 to the elevator means 11 and transmitting the mechanical pulse in the form of a force that pushes towards the front end and the stop 9. The rod 15 is located inside the slide 3. The rod 15 comprises a longitudinal hollow body 16 and a longitudinal member 17 which extend along the longitudinal direction 8. The member 17 is: - at its first end, integral with the portion of the electromagnet 39 generating the mechanical ejection pulse, and - at its second end, in contact of the lifting means 11 located in the calf of the front end 6. The member 17 is arranged to move and slide inside the hollow body 16 in the longitudinal direction 8 to transmit the mechanical pulse generation means to the front end 6 by a movement of the member 17 inside the hollow body 16. The contact between the member 17 and the hollow body 16 is limited so as not to lose too much energy by friction between the member 17 and the hollow body 16 and not to diminish the pressure. efficiency of the ejection pulse.

Figures 4 to 6 are sectional views, in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 8, of different variants of the member 17 and the hollow body 16. According to the variant considered: - the member 17 is provided with splines 20 which do not are not in contact with the hollow body 16, as shown in Figure 4, or - the member 17 is provided with bumps 21 or reliefs which are in contact with the hollow body 16, as shown in Figure 5, or - the hollow body 16 a, in a section plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 8, a cylindrical shape and the member 17 has, in the same sectional plane, a polygonal shape, the body 16 and the member 17 being in contact by the angles 23 of the polygon formed by the member 17, as shown in Figure 6. The polygon is a regular polygon. More precisely, the polygon is a hexagon. Thus, the member 17 is in contact with the hollow body 16 only by lines of contact parallel to the longitudinal direction 8 or by contact points, with no contact surface between the hollow body 16 and the member 17. Thus, minimizes the friction and improves the effectiveness of the transmission of the ejection pulse to the lifting means 11. The device 10 comprises means for wedging and mechanically stabilize the hollow body 16 with respect to the slide 3, it is that is to say to prevent the movement of the hollow body 16 with respect to the slide 3. More exactly, the hollow body 16 is stabilized with respect to the slide 3 with the means of fins 71 connecting the body 16 to the slide 3. In a manufacturing method according to the invention, the device 10 is manufactured by inserting the hollow body 16 in the slide 3. The fins 71 are also inserted into the slide 3 to wedge the hollow body 16 in the slide 3. This method is advantageous. x with respect to the case where the hollow body 16 and the slideway would be made in one piece, for example in the same aluminum profile: indeed, in the latter case, the hollow body 16 would be crushed during the cutting of the profile aluminum, while according to the invention is cut the profile of the slide 3 and then inserted the hollow body 16 which is wedged by the fins 71. The longitudinal slide 3 and the longitudinal flange 33 forms a single piece of aluminum. On the other hand, the member 17 is made of plastic material and is manufactured by molding plastic material. Thus, the member 17 is lightened, and the efficiency of the transmission of the ejection pulse to the elevator means 11 is improved.

Means of connection As shown in Figure 3, the device 10 further comprises connection means 25, 26 for connecting the rear end 7 to a delivery installation 24 which comprises at least a pair of front cross member 4 and rear cross member 5. The connection means comprise: - mechanical connection means 25, more specifically clipping means 69, 70, arranged to attach the rear end 7 to a rear crossmember 5 of the delivery installation 24, said means of clipping 69, 70 comprising a tongue 69 disposed on the rear end 7 and arranged to attach indexed in grooves 72 of the rear cross member 5, and - means 26 for electrically connecting the rear end 7 to the installation 24. Thus, the mechanical and electrical connection functions are combined only at the rear end 7, and the device 10 is more compact. The means for electrically connecting the rear end 7 to the delivery device 24 comprise a plurality of flexible tabs 26, more exactly three tabs 26.

Each of these tabs 26 is metallic and electrically conductive, is arranged to conduct an electrical signal, and is arranged to form an electronic connection contact 41, 42 or 43. Each of these tabs is electrically connected to electrical means 27 described thereafter. In addition, each of these tabs 26 is arranged to be deformed in a state connected to a rear crossmember 5 (as shown in FIG. 3) with respect to a state not connected to a rear crossmember 5. In their connected state, each tongue is held crushed against a metal contact 28 carried by the rear cross member 5. Finally, the connection means 25, 26 are offset longitudinally with respect to the generating means 39, that is to say that the connection means 25, 26 and the generating means 39 are offset relative to each other along the longitudinal direction 8. Due to this shift, the connection means 25, 26 and the generating means 39 are not superimposed, which makes it possible to to minimize the thickness of the device 10. The device 10 has, at the location where the connection means 25, 26 are located, a thickness less than the thickness of the device 10 at the location where the device is located. The means of generation 39 are measured. The thicknesses of any component are measured perpendicular to the direction 8 and in the plane of FIG. 3. The device 10 does not include means for directly connecting the front end 6 to the cross member. before 4 of the delivery installation 24, in particular no means for electrically connecting or fixing the front end 6 to the front cross member 4. The front end 6 is simply based on the front cross member 4. Thus, advantageously, any the maintenance of the installation 24, especially with regard to the mounting and dismounting device 10 is only one side of the installation 24, which greatly facilitates the maintenance of the installation 24 , especially if the installation 24 is against a wall so that its front face is inaccessible. In addition, the fact of not having an electrical connection at the front end 6 simplifies the entire electrical circuit which is compactly clustered on the side of the rear end 7.

With reference to FIG. 2, it is noted that within a delivery installation 24 according to the invention, the minimum space between two devices 10, that is to say the total thickness of a device 10 plus the space required for the ejection of an object 2 is equal to the sum of: - the thickness of the front cross member 4, - the thickness of the slide 3 at the front end 6 which is at least equal to the thickness of the lifting means 11, but which is less than the thickness of the electromagnet 39, the thickness of the stop 9 and the thickness of the object 22 to be ejected. Thus, the invention allows a considerable gain in the size of the device 10, and therefore allows to place more delivery devices 10 in a delivery facility 24. Typically, the minimum space between two rows of devices 10 superimposed the one on the other is decreased by about 1.3 centimeters, a thickness gain of about 15%. As seen in Figure 2, the thickness of the slide 3 at the front end 6 is more critical than the thickness of the slide 3 at the rear end 7 because it is at the level of the front end 6 that there is a need for additional space between two devices 10 to allow the object 22 to cross the stop.

Electronic means FIG. 7 is a schematic plan of the electrical means 27 of the device 10, arranged on the rear end 7 side of the device 10. The electronic means 27 comprise a printed circuit 40 provided with a plurality of input and output contacts 41 , 42, 43. In particular, the electronic means 27 comprise three distinct contacts: a mass contact 41, arranged to be connected to a ground GND, that is to say to a zero electric potential, a contact 42, power supply, arranged to receive an electrical signal supplying the electronic means 27, this supply signal having a voltage of about 24 or 12 volts, - a bidirectional data contact 43, arranged to receive and send data DATA.

The electronic means 27 further comprise a component 46 for controlling the DATA data sent and received by the device 10, directly connected to the data contact 43 and GND ground. A microcontroller or a dedicated identification component is preferably used as component 46, such as for example the ATMEL company component whose reference is ATmega48A. The component 46 is in particular arranged to control a generation of a mechanical ejection pulse by the generating means 39 as a function of the DATA data received by the device 10.

The generation means 39 are electrically connected to the printed circuit 40. Finally, the electronic means 27 further comprise a light-emitting diode (LED) 44 and an identification switch or push-button 45 mounted on the printed circuit board 40. 45 is located at the rear end 7, and is therefore accessible to a user on the side of the rear end 7. The switch 45 has a passing position (or depressed position) in which it electrically connects its two terminals and a non-conducting position (or non-depressed position) in which it does not electrically connect its two terminals. The switch 45 is arranged to change the logic state of the input 62 as a function of its state, the logic state "0" corresponding to the passing position and the logic state "1" corresponding to the non-conducting position. The supply contact 42 electrically supplies the component 46, the LED 44, and the electromagnet 39. The component 46 comprises three terminals 60, 61, 62 respectively connected to the LED 44, to the electromagnet 39 and to the switch 45. The electrical signal at each of these terminals depends on the data DATA and the position or not of the button 45. When in its operative position, the switch 45 connects the terminal 62 GND ground. The component 46 of the device 10 has in memory an address of the device. This address is a code or set of data that identifies the device and distinguishes it from other devices that have other addresses.

The component is arranged to implement the steps described below: if the component 46 receives, from the data contact 43 via its terminal RX, an electric ejection control signal comprising the address of the device 10, it generates on its terminal 61 a signal to the electromagnet 39 to control the electromagnet which then generates a mechanical ejection pulse. Otherwise, if the component 46 does not receive, from the data contact 43, a signal controlling an ejection with its address, the component 46 generates on its terminal 61 no signal to the electromagnet. - If a user presses the switch 45 to put it briefly in its passing position without maintaining it in its passing position, so that the terminal 62 is connected briefly (typically one second) to GND ground, the component 46 generates and emits discretely at the output of the device 10 via its terminal TX and to the data contact 43 an electrical or electronic identification signal comprising the address of the device 10. Otherwise, if a user does not press the switch or 45 to put it in its passing position, the component 46 does not generate and does not emit an identification signal to the data contact 43. The switch or button 45 is arranged to allow manual control of a device. discrete transmission of the identification signal. Discrete emission means an isolated emission, limited in time and due to the actuation of the control means 45, that is to say not a continuous emission in time of a constant or periodic signal such as a flashing an LED for example. Thus, energy is saved compared to the state of the art in which a signal readable by an optical pen is continuously transmitted, and the use of the device is simplified because an optical pen is no longer necessary. if the component 46 receives, from the data contact 43, a display signal comprising the address of the device 10, it generates on its terminal 60 a signal and the LED 44 lights up and emits light at least one moment. Note that the data contact 43 of the device is bidirectional; it is arranged in effect to be able to carry both: - data or signals entering the device 10 such as the electrical ejection control signal or the visualization signal comprising the address of the device 10, and - data or signals leaving the device as the identification signal comprising the address of the device 10.

Elevating means With reference to FIGS. 2 and 8 to 19, different variants of the lifting means 11 included in different variants of the device 10 will now be described. Firstly, with reference to FIGS. 2 and 8 to 19, the common characteristics of the different variants of the lifting means 11 illustrated in Figures 8 to 19. In these variants, the transmission means comprise the lifting means 11 which is movably mounted relative to the stop 9 and the guide means 3, 33 including relative to the slide 3. The elevator means 11 is arranged for, under the action of the ejection pulse, to raise the blocked object 22 relative to the stop 9. Thus, the elevator means 11 is arranged to transmit the mechanical impulse to this object blocked by the stop 9 at the front end, to allow this object to pass over the stop and pass this stop 9. More specifically, the means elé 11 is arranged for, under the action of the ejection pulse, be in contact with the object 22 blocked to eject and have a movement bringing the elevator means 11 into an ejection position, this movement having: an upward component (that is to say in the direction of the height of the abutment 9) raised relative to the stop 9 the blocked object 22, and - a component directed towards the stop, parallel to the direction longitudinal 8, and advancing said object 22 in the direction of the stop, this component to the stop being arranged, alone and in particular without contribution of gravity (for example in a perfectly horizontal situation), so that the face of the object 22 initially blocked by the stop 9 crosses and goes beyond the stop 9; the component directed towards the stop advances the object 22 beyond abutment 9. these two components upwards and towards the stop being perpendicular to each other.

The component directed towards the abutment facilitates the passage of the object beyond the stop 9, and thus improves the delivery of the object 22. In addition, thanks to the component directed towards the stop, the importance of the gravity is less for the ejection of the blocked object: thus, in the delivery installation 24 according to the invention, the inclination relative to the horizontal devices 10 contained in this installation 24 may be less compared to the state of the prior art, which allows to put more devices 10 in the installation 24. The device 10 further comprises means 56 comprising a spring and arranged to exert on the lifting means 11 a force or a restoring force opposite direction to the ejection pulse. These means for exerting a restoring force are arranged to return the elevating means to an initial rest position occupied by this elevating means before it is subjected to the action of the ejection pulse. Thus, the elevator means 11 has only two positions: the ejection position when it is subjected to the action of the ejection pulse, and for which the elevating means raises relative to the stop 9 the blocked object 22, and - the rest position, when it is not subjected to the action of the ejection pulse, and for which the lifting means does not raise relative to the stop 9 the blocked object 22. In this way, the lifting means 11 is particularly compact and the thickness of the device according to the invention 10 is reduced, in particular with respect to a device as described in EP 1 155 978 comprising a wheel for which it is necessary to eject four objects through three intermediate positions of the wheel before it returns to its original position. In the ejection position of the elevator means 11, the spring 56 is compressed. In the rest position of the lifting means 11, the spring 56 is relaxed.

In addition, the elevator means 11 is rigid and non-flexible. By non-flexible means that to move from its rest position to its ejection position under the action of the ejection pulse, the means 11 does not flop or does not flex continuously. Thus, the elevator means 11 is distinguished from a thin steel strip which bends continuously in its length. The elevator means 11 may comprise a single rigid piece or several rigid pieces interconnected by one or more junctions. Thus, the noise emitted by the lifting means 11 and therefore its noise nuisance is reduced with respect to the slamming of a flexible blade that deforms and flexes, which is very important, particularly in the case of a delivery installation 24 comprising several hundreds of devices 10 which distribute in parallel several objects per second, in particular in a pharmacy. In addition, the generating means 39 are arranged to generate the pulse so that the pulse is directed from the rear end 7 towards the front end 6 in the longitudinal direction 8 of the device 10 (toward the stop 9). and the transmission means comprises means for transforming the ejection pulse directed towards the front end into the movement of the elevator means. Thus, the transformation means are arranged to transform a translation of the rod 15 parallel to the longitudinal direction in the movement of the ejection means 11 directed upwards and forwards. The means for exerting the return force comprises a spring 56.

A first variant of the lifting means 11 will now be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11. FIG. 8 is a view of three quarters of the front end of a first variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in his rest position. Figure 9 is a three-quarter view of the front end of the first variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its ejection position. Figure 10 is a sectional sectional view of the front end of the first variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its rest position. Figure 11 is a sectional sectional view of the front end of the first variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its ejection position. In this first variant, the lifting means 11 comprises a pivoting part 53, pivotally mounted relative to the stop 9.

In this first variant, the means for transforming the ejection pulse directed towards the front end into the movement of the lifting means comprise a groove 58 secured to the pivoting part 53, a stop 59 secured to the member 17 being arranged to slide to inside this groove 58.

When the lifting means is in its ejection position, the pivoting portion 53 has a decreasing slope towards the stop 9 as illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 11. The rod 15, in particular the member 17, is in contact with the pivoting portion 53, the spring 56 being arranged to maintain a pressure on the pivoting portion 53 and thus maintain contact between the pivoting portion 53 and the member 17. The means 56 are arranged to exert on the lifting means 11 a force or force of return of direction opposite to the ejection pulse by pushing on the lifting means.

The groove 58 is arranged: - to guide the pivoting part 53 from the rest position of the lifting means to the ejection position of the lifting means, under the action of the rod 15 and in particular of the member 17 moving in the direction longitudinal 8 towards the front end 6, the member 17 being in contact with the portion 53 and moving under the action of the mechanical ejection pulse, and - to guide the pivoting portion 53 of the ejection position of the elevator means to the rest position of the elevator means under the action of the restoring force of the return means 56 when the elevator means 11 ceases to be subjected to the mechanical ejection pulse. A second variant of the lifting means 11 will now be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 15. FIG. 12 is a view of three quarters of the front end of a second variant of the device 10, the lifting means 11 being in his rest position. Figure 13 is a view of three quarters of the front end of the second variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its ejection position. Figure 14 is a sectional sectional view of the front end of the second variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its rest position. Figure 15 is a sectional sectional view of the front end of the second variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its ejection position. In this second variant, the elevator means 11 comprises a movable part 52 arranged for, under the action of the ejection pulse, to place the lifting means in its ejection position for which the mobile part 52 has an increasing slope ( possibly curved) in the direction of the abutment 9 as illustrated in FIGS. 13 and 15. In this way, the ejection and the delivery of the object 22 with respect to the first elevating means variant according to the invention are facilitated. This slope is said to increase because, as illustrated in FIG. 15, following the movable part 52 along the longitudinal direction 8 of the rear end 7 towards the front end 6, the moving part is higher and higher, the height of the moving part being defined in the direction in which the stop 9 points and protrudes from the slide 3.

In this second variant, the means for transforming the ejection pulse directed towards the front end into the movement of the lifting means comprise a groove 57 integral with the slideway 3 and the stopper 9, the movable part 52 being arranged to slide inside this groove 57.

The rod 15, in particular the member 17, is in contact with the moving part, the spring being arranged to maintain pressure on the movable part 52 and thus maintain contact between the movable part 52 and the member 17. The groove 57 is arranged: - to guide the mobile part 52 from the rest position of the lifting means to the ejection position of the lifting means under the action of the rod 15 and in particular of the member 17 moving in the longitudinal direction 8 towards the front end 6, the member 17 being in contact with the part 52 and moving under the action of the mechanical ejection pulse, and - to guide the movable part 52 of the ejection position of the elevator means to the position resting the lifting means under the action of the restoring force of the return means 56 when the lifting means 11 ceases to be subjected to the mechanical ejection pulse.

A third variant of the lifting means 11 will now be described with reference to FIGS. 16 to 19. FIG. 16 is a view of three quarters of the front end of a third variant of the device 10, the lifting means 11 being in his rest position. Figure 17 is a view of three quarters of the front end of the third variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its ejection position. Figure 18 is a sectional sectional view of the front end of the third variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its rest position. Figure 19 is a sectional sectional view of the front end of the third variant of the device 10, the elevator means 11 being in its ejection position. In this third variant, the elevator means 11 comprises two rigid parts connected to each other: a pivoting part 53, pivotally mounted about a rotation axis 54 stationary with respect to the stop 9, and a movable part 52, arranged for, under the action of the ejection pulse, move to a position for which the movable portion 52 has an increasing slope towards the stop. The axis of rotation 54 is closer to the stop 9 than the moving part 52. In other words, among the axis of rotation 54 and the moving part 52, it is the axis of rotation 54 that is closest to the stop 9. The movable part and the pivoting part are secured via a pivot 55. The rod 15, in particular the member 17, is in contact with the movable part 52, the spring 56 being arranged to maintain pressure on the moving part 52 and thus maintain contact between the movable portion 52 and the member 17. The pivot 55 is the junction between the movable portion 52 and the pivoting portion 53, and is arranged: - to locally bend the elevator means 11 at this pivot 55, so as to guide the lifting means 11, 52, 53 from its rest position to its ejection position under the action of the rod 15 and in particular of the member 17 moving in the longitudinal direction 8 towards the end before 6, the member 17 being in contact with the portion 52 and moving so the action of the mechanical ejection pulse, and - to guide the lifting means 11 from its ejection position to its rest position under the action of the restoring force of the return means 56 when the lifting means It ceases to be subjected to the mechanical ejection pulse.

Delivery Device FIG. 20 illustrates the delivery facility 24 according to the invention which comprises: - several devices 10 as described above, and - several pairs of front cross member 4 and rear cross member 5 Each pair of front cross member and transom rear door several devices 10 arranged substantially parallel. Each of the devices 10 is arranged to emit an identification signal which is specific to it and different from the identification signals of the other devices 10.

To simplify FIG. 20, only twenty-one devices 10 have been shown. In reality, the installation 24 comprises between five hundred and five thousand devices 10. The installation 24 typically comprises fifteen pairs of front cross member and cross member. back, each pair typically carrying two hundred devices 10.

The installation 24 further comprises a rolling liner 47 arranged to collect the objects distributed by each of the devices 10. If the objects are pharmaceutical or para-pharmaceutical products, the treadmill 47 conducts the delivered objects 2 to the office d 'a pharmacy. All the forward ends of the devices 10 are oriented on the same side, towards the treadmill 47. For each device 10, its rear end 7 is raised above its front end 6, so that gravity drives the objects 2 towards the front end.

The installation 24 further comprises electrical and / or computer means 48 for managing and coordinating the controls of all the devices 10 of the installation 24. The management means 48 are furthermore arranged to operate the installation 24, to manage the inventory and the nature of objects contained in the devices 10, etc. FIG. 21 is a block diagram of connection between the management means 48 (or "HOST"), and - each of the devices 10 : carried by a pair of rear cross members 4 and 5 before the installation 24, and o comprising a switch 45 an LED 44 and an electromagnet 39 as previously described. Each device 10 of the installation 24 is associated with a specific address which is different from the addresses associated with the other devices 10, and which is stored within the component 46 of this device. As illustrated in Figures 3 and 21, each rear cross member 4 comprises at least two conductive lines. More specifically, each rear crossmember 4 comprises three conductive lines including: - a conductive data line 49 arranged to electrically connect the management means 48 in contact with data 43 of each of the devices 10 carried by this crossbar 4, - a conductive line of power supply 50 arranged to electrically connect the management means 48 to the power contact 42 of each of the devices 10 carried by this crosspiece 4, and - a conductive ground line 51 (not shown in Figure 21 but seen in profile on the FIG. 3) arranged to electrically connect the management means 48 to the ground contact 41 of each of the devices 10 carried by this crosspiece 4. Each device 10 of the installation 24 stores a single type or a unique object reference, named by following example X, Y or Z. The various devices 10 of the installation 24 store all different types or different object references. The management means 48 are arranged to memorize which device 10 of the installation 24 stores what type or reference of objects.

The management means 48 are arranged to: - receive a request for an object of type X, for example a request from a pharmacy dispensary requiring the delivery of an object of type X, in particular by means of a manual entry on a computer keyboard or a reading of bar code or DATAMATRIX code of the object of the type X, and - to issue according to this request an electrical command ejection signal as described above, including the address the device 10 in which are stored objects of type X; this control signal is sent on the data conducting line 49 of each of the rear cross members 4, is received by the data contact 43 of each device 10, but is only recognized as an ejection control signal by the component 46 with which this address is associated, that is to say that by the device 10 in which are stored objects of type X and comprising the component 46 in which is stored this address and; this component 46 then generates a signal to the electromagnet to control the electromagnet which then generates a mechanical ejection pulse ejecting an object of type X from the device 10 in which are stored the objects of type X. The management means 48 are further arranged to implement a "BAR CREATION" mode, that is to say that they are arranged to: - receive an identification signal generated and issued by a device 10 which has been turned on 45 in the traveling position, if a user presses the switch 45 of one of the devices 10 to put it briefly in its passing position, the component 46 of the device 10 then generating this identification signal to the data contact 43 which is transmitted to the management means 48 via the data line 49; in response to this identification signal, emitting an LED ignition signal comprising the address of the device generating this identification signal; the ignition signal is emitted until the receipt of information relating to a type or an object reference described below, and at most for a determined time typically equal to 10 minutes; in the "BAR CREATION" mode, the LED of the device 10 generating this identification signal is arranged to emit light (for example continuously) from the moment the ignition signal is received by this device 10 and during the determined time typically equal to 10 minutes; thus, the management means 48 are arranged to take account of the received information relating to a type or an object reference only during the determined time of 10 minutes from the reception of the identification signal. receive information relating to a type or a reference of objects, for example of a type Y object, notably by means of a manual entry on a computer keyboard or a reading of a barcode or DATAMATRIX code of a object of type Y; this information relating to a type or a reference of objects must be received during the time typically equal to 10 minutes, otherwise this information is not taken into account and the mode "CREATION OF BAR" stops there without passing to the next step of memorization; memorize that this device 10 from which the identification signal has been received is intended to store Y type objects. Thus, within the memory of the management means 48, associations between the devices 10 and different types can be modified. or object references 2. The management means 48 are furthermore arranged to implement an "INFORMATION" mode, that is to say that they are arranged to: - receive an identification signal generated and transmitted by a device 10 of which the switch 45 has been placed in the driving position, if a user presses the switch 45 of this device 10 to put it briefly in its passing position, the component 46 of this device 10 then generating this signal of identification to the data contact 43 which is transmitted to the management means 48 via the data line 49; - Search in an internal memory means 48 which type or object reference stores this device 10, and - display on a screen this type or reference of objects stored in this device 10. Thus, we can know which product is in a device 10 if the button of this device 10 is pressed.

Finally, the management means 48 are arranged to implement a "LOADING" mode, that is to say they are arranged to: - receive information relating to a type or an object reference for example d an object of type Z, in particular thanks to a manual input on a computer keyboard or a reading of bar code or DATAMATRIX code of the object of type Z, and - to transmit according to this information a signal of visualization as previously described, comprising the address of the device 10 in which the Z-type objects are stored; this display signal is sent on the data conductive line 49 of each of the rear cross members 4, is received by the data contact 43 of each device 10, but is only recognized as a visualization signal by the component 46 with which it is associated this address, that is to say that the device 10 in which are stored objects of type Z; this component 46 then generates a signal for controlling a light emission by the LED 44 of the device 10 in which the Z-type objects are stored, the LED being arranged to emit in this case light in a different way from the "CREATION OF BAR "(eg flashing).

Thus, a user can quickly locate in which devices 10 are stored the type Z objects, in particular to fill the device 10 in case of reduction of the stock. This mode "LOADING" is the default mode compared to the "CREATION OF BAR" mode. Thus, if the "LOADING" mode is implemented in a device 10, it blocks any possibility of simultaneously implementing the "CREATION OF BAR" mode on the same device. Prior to this "LOADING" mode, the management means 48 may implement a "EMPTY" mode, that is to say that they are arranged to turn on the LEDs of each of the devices 10 for which no type or reference of objects is associated in his memory. Thus, it can be proposed to indicate to the user the empty devices. In this mode, the computer 48 can offer the devices 10 that are available for example module by module (cabinet per cabinet) (otherwise the current may be too important for the entire machine if all the devices 10 are empty) in illuminating all the devices 10 that do not have a product yet: eg cabinet 1, 10 LEDs for 5 seconds then cabinet 2, 17 LEDs for 5 sec, etc .... The LEDs light up without blinking. This allows the user to choose more easily without searching for the empty devices.

Means of attachment For each device 10, among the front end 6 and the rear end 7, the rear end is provided with fixing means 25 to be fixed to the delivery device 24. In this embodiment of the invention, invention, the rear end is also called fixing end. Each rear crossmember 5 of the installation is thus also called crossbar 5. Similarly, for each device 10, from the front end 6 and the rear end 7 of this device 10, the front end 6 is provided with means 64 to be positioned on the delivery installation 24. In this embodiment of the invention, the front end is also called the positioning end 6. Each front crossbar 4 of the installation is also called crosses positioning 4.

Referring now to FIGS. 22 to 27, the fixing means 25 for fixing the fastening end 7 to a fastening crosspiece 5 and the positioning means 64 for positioning the positioning end 6 on 4. On the side of the fixing end 7, each device 10 comprises an indexing mark 63 arranged to form a reference mark of a position of the fixing end 7 in the delivery device 24. By a reference of a position of the fixing end 7 is meant means for reading or determining a position of the fixing end 7 in the delivery device 24, for example with respect to a graduation.

The indexing mark 63 typically comprises a portion on which is inscribed a cursor or a hatched area. The fixing means 25 comprise: deformable clipping means arranged to fix the fixing end 7 to the delivery device 24; these clipping means comprise a flexible and flexible tongue 69 provided with a lug 70 forming an abutment arranged to block the device 10 clipped inside the crossbar 5. - Rear positioning means 74 arranged to position itself indexed manner in the rear crossmember 5, as a rear protrusion 74 arranged to be positioned indexed in one of the grooves 72 of the rear cross member 5. Thus, it leaves only a discrete number of possible positions of the rear end 7 on a rear crossmember 5.

By discrete number of possible positions of the rear end 7 on a rear cross member 5, it means a finite number of positions that are not continuous with each other but distant in a step of preferably constant; the distance between these positions is in particular equal to the distance between the grooves 72. Each groove 72 defines one of the discrete positions of the protuberance 74 and therefore of the rear end 7 in the installation 24. The clipping means confer many advantages over other fastening means such as screws: - it is much faster to fix a device 10 by clipping than by a pair of screws, - moreover, it avoids incorrectly mount a device 10 in the 24 installation forgetting screws. The deformable clipping means 69, 70 and the indexing index 63 are integral. The clipping means 69, 70 are arranged, when the device 10 is attached to the delivery device via the clipping means, to be deformed under the effect of a pressure exerted on the indexing index 63 to allow a release of the device 10 from the delivery facility. In addition, the indexing mark 63 is arranged for, when the device is attached to the delivery facility via the fastening means 25, be visible and accessible to a person using the device. On the side of the positioning end 6, the device 10 comprises the means for positioning 64 its positioning end in the delivery installation 24. The front positioning means 64 are arranged to simply rest the positioning end 6 on the positioning cross-member 4 without attachment to the positioning cross-member 6. The positioning means 64 comprise at least one protuberance 64, preferably several protuberances 64, each of these protuberances being disposed on the front end 6 and extending according to the longitudinal direction 8 of the device, each protuberance disposed on the front end 6 being arranged to be positioned indexed in grooves 67 of the front cross member 4. Thus, only a discrete number of possible positions of the end 6 on a front cross member 4. By discrete number of possible positions of the positioning end 6 on a front cross member 4, it means a finite number of positions that are not continuous with each other but distant in a step of preferably constant; the distance between these positions is in particular equal to the distance between the grooves 67. Each groove 67 defines one of the discrete positions of the protuberance (s) 64 and therefore of the front end 6 in the installation 24. now describe, again with reference to FIGS. 22 to 27, the fastening and positioning crosspieces 4 of the delivery installation 24 which comprises several devices 10 according to the invention. Each fastener crosspiece 5 comprises complementary means 65 to the fastening means 25 of these devices mounted in the installation, for fixing each fixing end 7 of the devices 10 to the delivery installation. The complementary means 65 to the fastening means 25 are arranged to leave only a discrete number of predetermined positions of each fastening end 7 on the at least one fastening crosspiece 5. These predetermined positions of each fastening end 7 are aligned. substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 8 of the delivery devices 10, the attachment ends 7 are fixed on the at least one cross member 5. The complementary means 65 to the fixing means 25 comprise: - means 73 of complementary shape to the deformable clipping means, such as for example a bar 73 arranged to lock the lug 70 of the device 10 clipped inside the crossbar 5, and - means 72 of complementary shape to the rear positioning means 74, arranged to position the rear positioning means 74 in an indexed manner in the rear crossmember 5, so as not to sser a discrete number of possible positions of the rear end 7 on the rear cross member 5; for example, if the rear positioning means 74 comprise a rear protrusion 74, the means of complementary shape to the rear positioning means 74 comprise grooves 72 arranged to position the protrusion 74 indexed in the rear crossmember 5, so as not to leaving a discrete number of possible positions of the protrusion 74 and therefore of the rear end 7 on the rear crossmember 5. Each crossmember 5 is further provided with an indexing scale 66 arranged to indicate the position of each fastening end 7 fixed to this fastening crosspiece 5. This indexing scale 66 comprises for example a graduation or indications (for example a series of increasing or decreasing numbers or a series of letters or symbols classified according to a determined order ). The indexing scale 66 of each fastening cross-member 5 is arranged so that, when a delivery device is attached to this fastening crosspiece 5, the indexing scale 66 of this fastening crosspiece 5 and the reference mark indexing 63 of this device are superimposed. The indexing scale 66 of each fastening cross member 5 is arranged so as not to be obscured, even partially, by a delivery device 10 fixed to this fastening crosspiece 5. In addition, each positioning cross member 4 of the installation delivery means further comprises complementary means 67 to the positioning means 64 of the devices 10. These complementary means 67 to the positioning means 64 are arranged to leave only a discrete number of predetermined positions of each positioning end 6 on the The predetermined positions of each positioning end 6 are aligned substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 8 of the delivery devices 10 whose positioning ends 6 are positioned on the at least one positioning cross-member 4.

Each positioning crosspiece 4 is provided with an indexing scale 68 arranged to indicate the position of each positioning end 6 on this positioning crosspiece 4. This indexing scale 68 comprises for example a scale or indications (for example a series of increasing or decreasing numbers or a series of letters or symbols classified in a particular order). The indexing scale 68 of each positioning cross member 4 is arranged so as not to be obscured, even partially, by a delivery device 10 positioned on this positioning crosspiece 4.

The positioning and fixing crosspieces 4 are arranged in pairs, and for each pair of crosspieces 4, 5: the positioning crosspiece 4 and the crossbar 5 of this pair extend substantially parallel, and indications or graduations of the indexing scale 66 of the fastening crossbar 5 of this pair on the indexing scale 68 of the positioning beam 4 of the same pair are superimposed. Thus, to correctly mount each device 10 in the installation 24, it is sufficient to ensure that the fixing end 7 and the positioning end 6 of each device have a position corresponding to the same indication or graduation at a time on the indexing scale 66 of the attachment cross-member 5 on which this device is mounted, and on the indexing scale 68 of the positioning cross-member 4 on which this device is mounted.

This avoids mounting a device 10 at an angle or crosswise. For example, with reference to FIGS. 25 and 27, mounting end 7 and positioning end 6 are mounted at the same scale corresponding to the number 16. or at the interval between 15 and 17. Note that, for the projection of the graduations or indications of the indexing scale 66 of the crossbar 5 are superimposed with the graduations or indications of the scale of indexing 68 of the positioning crossbar 4, the graduations or indications of the indexing scale 66 are numbers increasingly ranked whereas the graduations or indications of the indexing scale 68 are these same numbers classified in a decreasing manner .

Of course, the invention is not limited to the examples which have just been described and numerous adjustments can be made to these examples without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in a variant of any one of the embodiments previously described, the means 56 comprise, in place of a spring, the electromagnet 39 and means for securing the member 17 and the means elevator, so that the electromagnet is arranged to exert on the elevator means 11, after the ejection pulse, a force or a restoring force opposite to the ejection pulse by pulling the elevator means via member 17. However, this variant is more complicated and expensive to implement. In a variant of any one of the embodiments described above, the data line 49 is replaced by wireless communication means such as a Wi-Fi system. In a variant illustrated in FIG. Any of the embodiments described above, it is rather the hollow body 16 which is provided with grooves which are not in contact with the longitudinal member and / or bumps or reliefs 21 which are in contact with the longitudinal member 17, so that the longitudinal member 17 is in contact with the hollow body 16 only by lines or points of contact, with no contact surface between the hollow body and the longitudinal member. Finally, in a variant illustrated in FIG. 29 of any of the embodiments previously described, the stop 9 is not part of the device according to the invention but is part of the installation 24, more specifically of the front cross member. 4 to which is fixed the device according to the invention 10. The device 10 is then arranged to be fixed to the installation so that the stop 9 blocks at the front end 6 one of the objects stored in the device 10. As previously, the elevator means 11 is arranged to transmit the mechanical pulse to this object blocked by the stop 9 at the front end, to allow this object to pass over the stop and pass this stop 9.

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REVENDICATIONS1. Device (10) for delivering objects (2), this device comprising: - a storage line arranged for storing the objects (2), this line comprising a rear end (7) and a front end (6) distinct from the rear end, - a stop (9) arranged to block one of the objects (22) at the front end, - means (39) for generating a mechanical ejection pulse, and - means (15, 16, 17, 11, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58) for transmitting the mechanical pulse to the object (22) blocked by the stop (9), the device being characterized in that the transmission means comprise a lifting means (11). , 52, 53) movably mounted with respect to the stop (9), the elevator means being arranged for, under the action of the ejection pulse, to have a movement having a component which is raised relative to the stop ( 9) the object (22) blocked and a component advancing towards the stop (9) the blocked object (22), the device further comprising means (56) arranged to exert on the lifting means (11, 52, 53) a steering return force opposite to the ejection pulse. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lifting means (11) is rigid and non-flexible. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the generating means (39) are arranged to generate the pulse so that the pulse is directed from the rear end (7) towards the front end ( 6), and in that the transmission means comprise means (55, 57, 58) for converting the ejection pulse directed towards the front end (6) into the movement of the lifting means (11, 52, 53). ). 2977878 - 41 - 4. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the means (56) for exerting the return force comprise a spring. 5 5. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lifting means (11) comprises a pivoting portion (53) pivotally mounted about a rotation axis (54) stationary relative to the stop. 10 6. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lifting means (11) comprises a movable part (52) arranged for, under the action of the ejection pulse, to be placed in a position for wherein the movable portion (52) has an increasing slope towards the stop (9). 15 7. Device according to claim 6 as dependent on claim 5, characterized in that the axis of rotation (54) is closer to the stop (9) that the movable portion (52). 20 8. Device according to claim 6 as dependent on claim 5 or claim 7, characterized in that the movable portion (52) and the pivoting portion (53) are secured via a pivot (55). 25 9. Dispensing installation (24), characterized in that it comprises several devices (10) according to any one of the preceding claims.