JPS60252996A - Foods vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a magazine for a number of refrigerated or non-chilled portioned meals, a heating device, a transfer station, a transfer device and a selection station that operate between the magazine and the heating device, The present invention relates to a food vending machine in which a storage cabinet is provided and the storage cabinet is removable from a transfer cabinet comprising a heating device and a transfer station.

This type of food vending machine is described in British Patent No. 1,321,9
It is known from No. 61.

This known food vending machine has an insulated needle cabinet, which contains a cooling device. The storage cabinet is subdivided into a number of juxtaposed magazines, for example five, each magazine containing a predetermined type of food product. For each magazine, a switch is assigned on the front side of the vending machine that can be operated in close proximity to the user, and by means of this switch, the user can, for example, after inserting a suitable coin, select the desired magazine and therefore the predetermined one. Food can be selected. Furthermore, each magazine is associated with an adjustment device that is not accessible to the user, with which the heating time can be adjusted individually for each magazine. Thus, in the above-described example of a food vending machine, it is possible to provide five different food products, each of the same type of food contained in one magazine corresponding to the same predetermined heating time.

The storage cabinet of known vending machines is fixedly installed in a space. Inside it, besides the magazine, there is also a transport device. The first part of the transport device moves the vertical rack of the magazine in a vertical direction until the respective lowest food containers are within the range of a transport belt device which transports these containers to the rear region of the storage cabinet. . The containers are then passed onto a generally transverse conveyor belt and reach the heating device via an open door in the outer wall of the storage cabinet.

The heating device is constructed as a movable unit with a microwave oven, which unit can be pulled laterally into a connection in the housing of the storage cabinet.

The heating device does not include any conveying devices, except for the means necessary for passage through the microwave oven, which are usually constructed as chutes or the like.

The known food vending machines therefore have 2.30 significant deficiencies in operation. That is, for example, when it is desired to load food into a known food vending machine, the glass plate provided on the front side of the storage cabinet is swung upwards to completely open it, and then the food is individually placed into the respective booths. It must be placed separately. The vending machine cannot be used during this relatively long replenishment process.

A further drawback is that the magazine with the food product and the transport device are commonly located inside the storage cabinet and therefore have to be cooled together. This may cause hygiene problems.

This is because the conveying device contaminates the food and, moreover, when the conveying device is in operation, heat is constantly generated, which must also be removed by means of a cooling device.

After all, known food vending machines mostly work sequentially, in other words, only one process is processed from the first user's approach, through the selection, transport and heating of the food, to the delivery of the food. Therefore, the second user can operate the device only when the first usage process is completely completed.

In other known food vending machines, such as those known from DE 24 43 200, DE 2 529 870 and US 4 398 651, these aforementioned problems are still present to a greater extent. exist. This is because in these known food vending machines the entire device is mounted in a common housing.

Finally, from British Patent No. 707,405 a food vending machine is known, which has a rotatable and insulated food magazine on a turret-type vertical axis, from which the food can be dropped downwards. In this known food vending machine, the food can be taken out through the tube, and since the automatic machine that delivers the food, especially the ice cream, in a cooled state is a problem, it can only be solved by providing an extra heating device. Problem not resolved.

In contrast, the problem of the present invention is to
As mentioned at the outset, the stoppage times when accelerating the drawer and loading the magazine are reduced, and at the same time the cooling costs are kept as low as possible and, moreover, absolutely perfect sanitary conditions are met. The purpose is to configure a food vending machine.

This object is achieved in that the transfer station further includes a selection station and a transport device and is fixedly arranged in space, while the storage cabinet is constructed as a changeable unit.

This measure according to the invention completely solves the basic problem. This is because, because of the separately provided replaceable storage cabinet, this storage cabinet can be replaced as a whole in just a few operations, so that very short downtimes occur during magazine handling.

Moreover, since only the contents of the storage cabinet with the magazines and food products contained therein are cooled, and no extra equipment is cooled, the cooling power can be limited to that required for the feed. Separate storage cabinets, free of unnecessary units, furthermore guarantee to a particular degree that no contamination can enter the food.

This is because dangerous devices, in particular transport devices, are provided in other cabinets.

In the configuration of the invention, the storage cabinet and the delivery cabinet are configured as side-by-side cabinets.

This measure has the advantage that the storage cabinet can be moved particularly easily, regardless of the delivery cabinet, if the empty or almost empty storage cabinet is to be completely uncoupled and replaced by a full storage cabinet.

Furthermore, an embodiment is advantageous in which the storage cabinet and the transfer cabinet can be connected to one another via a plug-and-socket connection.

This measure has the advantage that it is particularly easy to attach and detach the delivery cabinet to the storage cabinet, and there is no need to loosen or tighten screw connections or the like.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the wall between the storage cabinet and the transfer cabinet is closed off to at least one transfer opening.

This measure has the advantage of completely decoupling both cabinets from each other to the minimum necessary for supply, so that on the one hand it is possible to guarantee the above-mentioned hygienic situation and on the other hand it is possible to effectively decouple the storage cabinets from each other against cooling losses. This makes it possible to achieve excellent insulation.

Particularly advantageous are embodiments in which the transfer opening is part of the transfer slide.

This measure has the advantage that a large number of positions along the path of travel of the transfer slider can be passed, either horizontally or vertically, with only a single minimal opening required to transport the food container.

If, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, the transfer slide is vertically movable, the food containers can be arranged one above the other with at least one removable container.

This measure allows all positions of the inspector to be occupied by the height-variable opening, and the removability of the barrel opens up other possibilities for loading this food vending machine. This is because individual inspectors can be replaced in place of entire storage cabinets.

Although multiple transfer slides, each with an opening, can be used to activate multiple inspectors arranged side by side, an embodiment in which the inspectors are rotatable in a turret is preferred.

This measure has the advantage that only a single opening of the transfer slide is required. Furthermore, this measure provides that the control of the predetermined position is carried out by two different drive mechanisms, on the one hand by the vertical movement of the transport device and on the other hand by the rotation of the turret. Since both movements can be carried out simultaneously, the overall time for controlling one position of one inspector relative to the other height position of the other cylinder is significantly reduced.

Furthermore, an embodiment is advantageous in which the drive for the turret (K) is provided in the transfer cabinet and is connected to the turret via an insertable drive coupling.

In this way, on the one hand, dangerous parts of the drive with regard to necessary hygiene can be provided in a separate delivery cabinet, but on the other hand, the insertable drive coupling allows easy removal of the storage cabinet from the delivery cabinet. This is achieved particularly easily so that removability is guaranteed.

A variant of this embodiment essentially uses a turret according to the so-called circulating conveyor type with an oval conveyor track instead of a simple turret with a circular conveyor track. The storage capacity of a magazine of this type is naturally significantly larger than that of a simple turret. This is because the turret conveyor in principle has a tangential section placed midway between the two.
It consists of a divided circular magazine. To the extent that this assembly fact is also tolerated and a large capacity of the magazine is desired, a circulating conveyor of this type can be used to advantage.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the delivery cabinet has a cooling device that is connected to the interior space of the storage cabinet via an insertable short tube.

This embodiment also has the above-mentioned advantage that the motor drive unit is provided in a separate transfer cabinet, thus separate from the food product, without losing the advantages of the plug-in connection between these cabinets.

In a further development of the invention, the conveying device has a vertically movable platform and a conveying slide that can be paid out from the platform, the platform having means for carrying the transfer slide.

This measure has the advantage that a separate drive means for the transfer slider is omitted. This is because the rolling slides are simultaneously moved by the drive of the conveying device.

Preferably, this platform is movable by means of at least one vertical spindle.

In a variant of the food vending machine according to the invention, the conveyor belts guiding the inspector, the conveyor device and the heating device are arranged in a line.

This measure has the advantage that the food containers can be removed from the transport slide in a constant direction of movement and transported in a single linear movement via the platform to the heating device.

However, in other embodiments of the invention, the transport unit as a whole may be configured as a swingable trap around a vertical axis, so that other degrees of freedom are possible during the transport of food containers. come.

For example, the conveyor belts leading to the inspector, the transport unit and the heating device can be arranged at an angle of 90° to each other, for example.

This measure has the advantage of a compact one-piece arrangement in the transfer cabinet, in which case the food container occupies a "trajectory of movement around the corner" by means of the swingable transport unit.

An embodiment of the food vending machine according to the invention is characterized in that the storage cabinet has an information and selection station and the transfer cabinet has a calculation station on the side close to the storage cabinet and a transfer station on the side remote from the storage cabinet. do.

This solution has the advantage that three users can operate the vending machine side by side with each other and in a logical sequence of operating sequences. That is, while the first user first considers the food card at the information and selection station and then makes his selection, the second user can pay for the already selected food, while at the same time the fifth user The person is waiting for the selection and payment method food to pass through the heating station.

Therefore, a kind of multiple operation is performed. This is because, in contrast to the known vending machine, the individual processes take place in conjunction with each other, and in the known vending machine the first
The user has a monopoly on this vending machine as long as he selects, pays and waits for the food to be heated. The interrelated operating method according to the invention results in a significant throughput improvement between the three selection-pay-delivery positions, and thus more rapid processing of the vending machine user. This results in, for example, faster food delivery during break times and thus a reduction in undesirable and particularly unfavorable waiting times before food delivery.

In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a central information and selection station and two transfer stations disposed laterally thereto, with an indicator pointing the way to each controlled transfer station.

This measure also has the advantage of increasing the delivery speed. Because the steps selection-payment-delivery are not separated sequentially as in the previous example, but are even split up, and the longest lasting step, namely the heating of the food, is doubled, so that overall: This is because the passing speed is extremely high.

In this case, it is advantageous to provide a payment station between the center and the transfer station.

This doubling of payment stations will also further accelerate food delivery.

Advantageously, the information and selection station can be constructed as a projecting operating panel, and the payment station can preferably be provided on the side of the operating panel.

This measure also derives advantages from the process of accelerating food delivery. This is because the flow of users in front of the control panel is divided laterally on the right and left sides, and for example when extensive menu selections are made on one side of the control panel, a long process is required while the other side of the control panel This is because it takes place that, for example, a large number of cold foods can be delivered one after the other within the same time period.

In another embodiment of the invention, the food vending machine is provided with a wall facing the cooking area, and the wall facing the cooking area is provided with a door for loading a storage cabinet.

This measure has the advantage of avoiding the known bottleneck between the kitchen and food delivery-work. This is because during storage, the yarn net acts as a buffer between the cooking area and the user. In contrast to traditional cafeterias where patrons first have to wait in line for food delivery and then at the register, this is an accelerated distribution process. This is particularly effective compared to cafeterias where food must first be dispensed by hand.

In another embodiment of the invention, if there is a demand for a suitable quantity of food products to be dispensed, a number of vending machines can be provided in a line next to each other.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to embodiments of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, a first embodiment of a food vending machine according to the invention is indicated at 11. 11 is a storage cabinet and 1 more
2 is a delivery cabinet. Cabinet 11.1
2 are coupled to each other as further explained below. The user of the food vending machine 10 first moves to the first position 1.
3, in which position the user can select an individual food item at the information and selection station 14 from a food card or from a menu consisting of a number of individual food items.

After the user has carried out the selection process, which may be carried out with a key or the like, he moves to the second position 15, in which he enters the amount to be paid in the amount indicator 16 and again in the number indicator 17. see the menu selected by him or the individual food items selected by him indicated. The user can now pay for the food selected by him or the menu selected by him only by means of a four-money slit 18 or a card slit 19 into which a credit card or the like can be introduced.

After completing the payment process, the user goes to the third position 20 □ and
In this position the user obtains the food or menu selected by him in the direction of delivery ports 21-22.

By juxtaposing positions 13, 15, and 20, long lines of users of food vending machine 10 can be smoothly passed, and by means further described below, selection, selection,
It is understood that the entire payment and delivery process is ensured to proceed quickly and therefore reasonably.

FIG. 2 shows the storage cabinet 11 with the side walls removed.

The food magazine is configured in the storage cabinet 11 as a turret 30, in which six radially arranged six inspectors 31. ! 51a, 3 l b, 51 c
, S 1 a, and 's 1 a, of which only the vertical cylinder 31 is shown for an overview. Inspector 31
31e are the upper rotary plate 32 and the lower rotary plate 33
It is understood that it is set between The entire turret 30 is rotatably supported around two first axes 57. Each of the inspectors 31 to 31e consists of a large number of booths arranged one above the other, and one of these booths is indicated by 38 in the inspector 31. In these booths 38,
As further shown below with respect to FIG. 7, individual dispensed food items are placed and may be removed from the booth 38 in the direction of the y-axis 39.

The storage cabinet 11 is provided with a side wall 40 on the side adjacent to the transfer cabinet 12 . The side wall 40 always uses a transfer slide 41 whose height and width are designed to match the inspector 31 facing the side wall 40 in each case. Transfer slide 41 is provided with a single opening 41, which opening is sized to just allow food to be removed from booth 38.

The transfer slides 41 and 43 are respectively rolled, so that the opening 42 can be moved through from the uppermost position of the inspector 31 to the lowermost position 1. For this purpose, as further explained with respect to FIG.
is used.

This is because, on the one hand, the temperature inside the storage cabinet 11 can be kept constant, since, overall, the storage cabinet 11 is sealed on all sides, except for a very small opening 42. , on the other hand, however, means that contamination of the food stored in the storage cabinet 11 is also excluded.

The countersunk intermediate wall 40 uses an opening 45 and another opening 46, with the opening 45 used as indicated by arrow 47 to connect the cooling device and the opening 46 connected to the turret 30.
It is used to pass the shaft 48 that drives the. This will be explained in further detail below with respect to FIG.

Finally, it can be seen from FIG. 2 that the storage cabinet 11 can be provided with rollers 51 on its underside.

Refilling the storage cabinet 11 can be done in three different ways.

On the one hand, this is done by means of separately provided openings, for example at the back of the storage cabinet 11, where the individual booths 38 can be subsequently filled manually if necessary.

On the other hand, the inspectors 31 to 31θ can each be removed as a whole and replaced.

Finally, the entire storage cabinet 11 can be rolled away by the rollers 51 and thus replaced by another storage cabinet, the turret 30 of which is completely filled with food. To implement this last possibility, a roller 51 and openings 45 and 46 are provided, which openings in the direction indicated by 50 in FIG. Connect to 12.

FIG. 5 appropriately schematically shows the interior of the delivery cabinet 12. As shown in FIG.

The first bin 6 is placed on the right wall of the delivery cabinet 12.
0 is recognized and this bin engages into the appropriate bushing of storage cabinet 11 in the direction indicated at 50 in FIG.

In the direction of the second z-axis 61 a transport device 62 acts, which device is equipped with two spindles 65 so that the platform 64 can be advanced in two directions. A transport slide 65 is provided on the platform 64 so as to be movable in the y direction.

The transport slide can enter into a cutout 66 which is provided in the side wall of the delivery cabinet 12 adjacent to the storage cabinet 11! Also, its outline corresponds to the transfer slide 41.

Furthermore, the platform 64 is provided with bins 67 which are secured to the pulleys 44 of the transfer slide 41. Therefore, when the platform 64 moves in two directions, the opening 42 of the transfer slide 41 is dragged along with it.

Furthermore, there is a heating device in the form of a microwave oven 70 in the transfer cabinet 12, as will be explained further below with respect to FIG.

It turns out that the food containers 79 which have been removed from the booth 58 by the transport device 65 are placed on the transport belt 80 or other linear transport unit and in a waiting position in front of the microwave oven 70. Door 8 of microwave oven 70
5.86 are now opened and closed in a synchronous manner so that the food container 79 reaches the thermal position 82 while inside the microwave oven 70. From the heating position, the food container 79 is transferred over the delivery edge to a transfer position 83, for example a chute with an inclined stop, and the photoelectric barrier is such that the transfer position 83 is occupied by the food container located there. Ensure that delivery can only be carried out if there is no such facility.

Figure 5 shows the storage cabinet 11 and the delivery cabinet 1.
This shows in detail the cooperation between the two. Both cabinets 11.1
2 can be easily removed from each other, the ends of the shafts of the drive devices 71 are configured, for example, as contoured ends 87, which can be firmly attached to the corresponding shafts 88 of the shafts 89. Fit together. The opposite end of the shaft 89 includes a worm gear 90 which meshes with teeth on the periphery of the lower rotating plate 35. However, it will be understood that this drive connection is to be understood only as an example, and that it is obvious that other power transmission means, clutch devices, etc. can be used, and that the drive of the rotating plate 33 is in no way limited to a worm drive. .

FIG. 5 further shows that since the opening 45 is of conical configuration, a suitable short tube 92 of the cooling device 72 can be fitted sealingly into this opening, so that cooling air or other cooling medium can be supplied. Shown to allow access to the interior of the storage cabinet.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the conveying device 62 from above the eaves.
It shows the cooperation of cabinets 11 and 12 in the range of . It will be seen that the food products are first removed from the corresponding booth of the inspector 31 in the direction of arrow 95 and then brought to the waiting position 81 in the direction of another arrow 96.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned arrangement can also be provided for reasons of space, so that the transport device 62 is arranged rotatably in the direction of the arrow 95', so that the waiting position is not on the left-hand side in FIG. , is understood to be below the transport device 62.

In this way a slightly more compact design can be achieved.

Finally, figures 7a and 7b show further details of the conveying device.

In FIG. 7a, the platform 64 is shown from the side as first advanced by a predetermined negative undercut amount d, at which point the transport slide 65 is extended.

As can be seen from FIG. 7b, the food container 97 is located only on the side edges of the appropriate strips 5sa, 38b of the booth 3B.
Since the transport slider 65 is not resting on the food container 97 from below, the food container 97 can be lifted from the booth 38 by moving the platform 64 upward by a dimension slightly larger than the dimension d.

The food container 97 is now brought over the platform 64 to the waiting position, as shown in FIG. placed.

In an arrangement with a standby position 81', which is shown differently in FIG. 6, for example two parallel rotating conveyor belts are used, which belts are installed according to the method of strips 38a, 3b of FIG. 7b. It is being

The following practical considerations apply to the operation of a food vending machine: the storage cabinet 11 consists of six inspectors 31 to 31e.
and 22X22X851 or 11X22X83
Alternatively, in a turret 30 having a large number of booths with a size of about 11 x 11 x 851, for example, 120 to 4
Can accommodate 800 food containers. It is understood that the stalls can be configured differently depending on whether the dish, dish or bowl is used as a food container.

Since it is important to ensure that the delivery of the food and, in some cases, the preparation of the food, progresses as quickly as possible, it is reasonable to give each of the six inspectors 51 to 31a a specific heating time, up to 6 Two different heating times are accommodated.

In this way, the turret 30 is advanced by the opening drive 71 already in the selection process to a certain position, in which position it faces the inspector of the transport device from which the food product is to be removed.

By appropriate programming of the food vending machine's control device when selecting the menu, the removal of the various foods on the menu can be performed using the turret 30 and/or the conveyor device 62.
It is possible to ensure that the route is always the shortest. For simplicity, all food items that are served, whether or not they have to be heated, travel through the conveyor belt 80. It is obvious that for food that is not heated, the microwave oven 7o is not turned on when the food is in the heating position 82. Furthermore, the control device can be programmed so that the unheated food is pushed out first, so that the time required by the user to remove the cold food from the transfer position 83 is the same time required to heat the heated food. used for.

This results in a significant reduction in the total time required for food selection and removal. This is because the time between selection and removal has already been used to advance the transport device to the preselected position. The transfer process will not occur unless the selected food product is cleared at the point where food removal from the turret 30 is concerned.

Figures 8 and 9a show storage according to the invention [=? Still another modification of Yabinet is shown. storage cabinet 1
It turns out that 00 is divided into two overlapping parts, an upper cooling part 101 and a lower low cooling part 102.

For this purpose, the turret 30 has a vertical axis 104, in the cooling part 101 the turret 50 is connected by two rotating plates 105 and in the low cooling part the turret 30 is connected by two rotating plates 105.
6. The shaft 104 is connected to the cooling section 10
1 and the low cooling part 102, the low cooling part 102 penetrates through the intermediate bottom 107 between the low cooling part 102 and the low cooling part 102.
It has 8.

The separate lower cooling requirements are not shown in Figures 8 and 9a for overview purposes. A low-cooling device can be provided in the delivery cabinet 12, such as a cooling device 72, for example.

With the arrangement according to Figures 8.9a and 9b, food from the low cooling zone can be transferred to the cooling zone during downtime. Downtime when food is not expected to be removed is also used to re-stack food.

For this reason, when the storage capacity of the cooling section 101 drops below a predetermined percentage, control is carried out to replenish the storage capacity. The low-cooled food is first passed through the cooling section 101 in the microwave oven 70.
that is, heated to a temperature that normally melts it.

Instead of the vertically subdivided storage cabinet 1000, two parallel storage cabinets are used.
They can be provided as shown in the figure, of which the first cabinet (11) serves as the entire cooling part and the second
(1091:+) is configured as a low cooling part. Between these two complete storage cabinets (11, 109b) there can then be provided another separate melting cabinet (109a), which is connected from the low-cooling storage cabinet (109b) to the cooling cabinet (11, 109b). ) Consider handing over at i. Since in this case the movements of the turrets of the low-cool storage cabinet (109b) and the cold storage cabinet (11) are synchronized, the transfer takes place between the buttocks of both cabinets (11, 109b) in a predetermined manner, respectively. This is done via a 7-year network.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of a food vending machine according to the invention, this embodiment being designated at 110. In this variant, a high sales rate is achieved by the compact design of the structure and by the provision of two delivery points at the same time.

The user of the vending machine 110 first selects the
Stand at position 111. After the user selects a food item or a menu consisting of multiple foods, the instruction section 114a or i
l:116 indicates to the user whether the food selected by the user can be dispensed on the left side or the right side of the vending machine 110. The user is now in the second position 115a,
i or 113b, in these positions the user can first insert into the money slot 18 or the like the amount to be paid at the laterally provided payment station. 1st
All parts 16 to 19 according to the figures can also be joined at this point.

These foods are now delivered through the respective delivery holes 21a to 2.
It can be taken out at 1b.

Figure 11 shows the internal structure of the food vending machine 110 seen from above. It will be understood that the storage cabinet 11a is provided in the rear region of this vending machine 110 with a barrel 30a and a buttock 38a and is essentially equivalent to the structure described in detail in FIG.

The delivery section 12a has a slightly different construction. This is because two microwave ovens 70a and 70b are provided side by side in order to process the delivery holes 21a and 21b side by side. A conveyance device 62a, which is provided intermediately between the two microwave ovens 70a and 70b, first accepts the food from the booth 38a and then rotates it by +90 or -90 degrees so that the control device can control the conveyance. and feed food into one of the ovens 70a or 70b, respectively, as specified via the instructions 114a or 114b.

In a variant of the embodiment according to FIGS. 10 and 11, shown in FIG. 12, a turret according to the type of carousel is used instead of the turret shown at 30a in FIG. As can be readily seen by comparing Figures 11 and 12, the storage capacity # of the turret 3ΩC is “
The capacity of the turret 30a according to FIG. 11 is greater than the capacity of the turret 30a according to FIG.

In the modification of this vending machine shown in FIG.
This is the design provided to 5. The rear wall facing the cooking area 116 is provided with a sliding door 118 so that the turret can be fed continuously from the rear in the direction of the arrow 117. From the magazine 3Db, in this case two transport devices 62b, 62C remove the food products and transfer them to two microwave ovens 70c or 70d. In this way the working speed can be further increased. This is because each furnace 70C, 70 (1) is associated with a unique conveyance device 62b, 62c.

In this case, the food in the saucer) 3Q acts as a buffer between the cooking area and the user, allowing the user to take out the food continuously.
It can be reloaded as needed in this direction, and therefore delivery to the user is not hindered.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing that the food vending machine 10 and other variants 110, 110a can be installed not only in a single position, but also in a row with other vending machines 10a, 10b. It shows. Since these storage cabinets 11 can be pulled out towards the front in the direction of the arrow 119 and can be completely reloaded, only a minimum of readiness time is required. In the arrangement according to FIG. 14, the user can move along the direction 120 to
10b, it is possible to ensure a much more continuous and rapid transfer cycle overall.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a food vending machine according to the invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially exploded and cutaway view from the front of an embodiment of a food vending machine according to the invention. perspective view,
FIG. 5 is a partially cut-away front perspective view of an embodiment of a delivery cabinet according to the invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a heating device according to the invention; FIG. 5 is a storage cabinet according to FIG. and a schematic diagram of the cooperation of the delivery cabinet according to FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the food vending machine seen from above according to FIG. 1, and FIG. Figures L and 7b are detailed views illustrating the method of operation of the transport device according to the invention, Figure 8 is a perspective view from the front of a further embodiment of the storage cabinet according to the invention, and Figure 9a is a diagram 8. FIG. 9b is a perspective view of a food vending machine with side by side storage cabinets; FIG. 1Ω is a perspective view from the front of another embodiment of a food vending machine according to the invention; 1st
1I-i Schematic view from above of the food vending machine according to FIG. 10; FIG. 12 is a top view of a variant of the embodiment according to FIGS. Schematic diagram, Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of another food vending machine provided for being built into the wall, viewed from above;
FIG. 14 is a perspective view from above of the row of food vending machines according to FIG. 1; DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11...Storage cabinet, 12...Delivery cabinet, 14...Selection station, 21...Delivery station, 62...Transportation device, 70...Heating device agent Hikaru Esaki Yoshiyoshi agent Jiang Mitsuru Saki The Purity of Drawings! (No change in content) 10 / 1z Fig, 2 Fig, 13 +1j Fig, 12 Procedural amendment (71e. Showa Doq, July 2 11 Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office 1 Kigun Tono 1, Indication of the case Showa 6theta Patent Application No. 7/320 2, Name of the Invention, Name of the Invention, 3, Relationship with the case of the person making the amendment, Applicant 4, Agent 5, Date of amendment order

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A magazine for a plurality of chilled or non-chilled dispensed foods, a heating device, a transfer station, a conveying device and a selection station operating between the magazine and the heating device, the magazine being a storage cabinet) ( 11) a transfer cabinet in which the storage cabinet includes a heating device (70) and a transfer station (21);
In a food vending machine which is removable from (12), the transfer station (21) also includes a selection station (14) as well as a conveyor device (62) and is provided fixedly in space, while the storage A food vending machine characterized in that the cabinet (11) is configured as an exchange unit. 2. Food vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage cabinet (11) and the delivery cabinet (12) are constructed as cabinets standing side by side. 5. The food vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage cabinet (11) and the delivery cabinet (12) are connectable to each other via a plug socket joint. storage cabinet (11) and delivery cabinet (
Food vending machine according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the wall (40) between the vending machine and the at least one delivery opening (42) is closed off to at least one delivery opening (42). . The food vending machine according to claim 4, characterized in that the search opening (42) is a part of the transfer slider (41). & The food vending machine according to claim 5, characterized in that the rolling slider (41) is vertically movable. 1. According to claim 6, the food containers (79, 97) are provided with at least one vertically removable vertical cylinder (31 or 1e) one above the other. food vending machine. a The vertical cylinder (31 to 31θ) is connected to the turret (30, 10
3) The food vending machine according to claim 7, wherein the food vending machine is rotatably provided. 9. Food vending machine according to claim 8, characterized in that the turret (30c) is constructed according to the type of circulating conveyor with an approximately oval conveyor track. 1α turret) (50,10!S) is provided in the delivery cabinet (12) and the delivery cabinet (12) [put turret] (1°10!
3) and insertable drive couplings (87, 8
8) The food vending machine according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the food vending machine is connected to a turret (30, 103) via a turret (30, 103). 11. Delivery cabinet) (12) has a cooling device (72) connected to the interior space of the storage cabinet (11) via an insertable short tube (92) The food vending machine according to one of items 1 to 10. 12. The conveyance device (62) is provided with a vertically movable platform (64) and a conveyance slider (65) that can be paid out from the platform (64), and means for the platform (64) to carry the transfer slider (41); (
44, 67), the food vending machine according to any one of claims 5 to 11. 13. Food vending machine according to claim 12, wherein the platform (64) is movable by at least one vertical spindle (66). 14. Claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the vertical cylinder (31), the conveying device (62), and the conveying belt (80) leading to the heating device are provided in the - row.
Food vending machines listed in section. 15. The food vending machine according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the conveying device (62) as a whole is swingable around a vertical axis (61). 16. The conveyor belt (80) that brings the vertical cylinder (31), conveyor device (62), and heating device
16. The food vending machine according to claim 15, wherein the food vending machine is provided in the form of a food vending machine. 17, a storage cabinet (11) has an information and selection station (14), a delivery cabinet (12) has a payment station on the side close to the storage cabinet (11) and a delivery station (21) on the side remote from the storage cabinet (11). ) A food vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that the food vending machine is equipped with: 1a a central information and selection station (14) and at least two transfer stations (11a, 21b) provided on the sides of said station, with an instruction section (114a, 11
4b) respectively controlled transfer stations (21
A food vending machine according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that it shows a route to (a), (21b). 19 Payment stations provide central information and selection services (14) Delivery stations (21a, 21
19. The food vending machine according to claim 18, wherein the food vending machine is provided between the food vending machine and the food vending machine. 2.alpha. Claim 18, characterized in that the information and selection station (14) is constructed as a projecting operating panel (112) and the payment station 7 is preferably provided on the side of the operating panel (112). Or the 19th
Food vending machines listed in section. 21. The food vending machine (110a) is the kitchen (116)
) K in the wall (115) and provided with a door (118) for loading the storage cabinet in the wall close to the cooking area. food vending machine. 22. Many vending machines (1o, 10a, 1ab)
22. The food vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the food vending machine is provided in the - row. 25. After operating the selection station, the transport device (62) and the turret (30, 103) advance directly and simultaneously to the selected position and from this position the food container (79, 9)
Food vending machine according to one of claims 8 to 22, characterized in that the withdrawal in step 7) takes place after operating the payment station (16 to 19).