US3594052A - Vending machine for cooled articles especially for ices - Google Patents

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US3594052A
US3594052A US788529A US3594052DA US3594052A US 3594052 A US3594052 A US 3594052A US 788529 A US788529 A US 788529A US 3594052D A US3594052D A US 3594052DA US 3594052 A US3594052 A US 3594052A
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0064—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for processing of food articles
    • G07F17/0071—Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a cold condition, e.g. ice and ice cream
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled

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  • the empty magazine is made accessible at least at its front and at both sides.
  • the compartments are downwardly inclined onto the center of the magazine and in any position of the latter the cooled space is separated by empty magazine parts from the noncooled space within the housing.
  • the invention relates to an automat from which cooled articles are made available, especially a coin-actuated vending machine for ices, wherein a magazine for the articles is arranged in a housing so as to be movable to successive articledelivering positions.
  • FIG. 1 shown a vertical section along the line I-I in FIG. 2 through a vending machine, in which two magazines for the articles are accommodated, one of which being represented in an elevational view and the'other in section along the line Ia-Ia of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 2 a horizontal cross section alongthe line ll-ll of FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 3 a vertical section along the line III-III of FIG. 2, the bearing and moving parts of the magazine, however, being not shown in this figure.
  • the embodiment relates to a coin-actuated vending machine for ices, the coin-activated switching devices for switching on an electromotor'l, for each of the two magazines 2 and 3, being not represented, since these parts are not essential for the clarification of the invention.
  • Each of the magazines 2, 3 is arranged for stepwise rotating movement and simultaneous movement in the vertical direction as is'known per se for a coin-actuated vending apparatus iof cooled articles from British Pat. specification 380,926.
  • the lower part 9 of the housing is executed as a refrigerating space, wherein the cooling circulation'takes'place between about the level of the line lI-II in FIG. 1 and the bottom of the housing.
  • the top structure denoted by l0, contains the aforementioned driving parts lto'8,but it is not a part of the cooling circuit. 9
  • Each magazine contains a plurality of compartments such as 11, in which the ices are located as represented inFIG. 3 for an ice 12 with a steml3.
  • the empty compartments 11 enter successively into the noncooled space 10.
  • the compartments filled with ices however stay always in the cooled space.
  • the magazine will be empty.
  • the cap 10 By removing the cap 10 or by opening a door for the upper part of the housing, the magazine can swiftly be refilled, as all the compartments at the front side are made admissible around about half the circumference of the magazine.
  • the filling can be started at the lower compartments and the filled compartments will enter successively and without delay into the refrigerated space 9 by the rotation of the magazine during the filling operation.
  • the refrigerator space 9 is at any time screened from the upper space 10 by means of the empty compartments 11 above the level corresponding with the line IIII in FIG. 1, so that the temperature in the refrigerated space is hardly influenced by the temperature in the top space 10.
  • the cooling economy is very favorable because the cooled part of the housing is only the lower part thereof, and is limited to the space necessary to house the magazine in its lowest position.
  • the temperature at'the bottom of the refrigerated space 9 is 35 and at the location of the ice 12 in FIG. 3 still some degrees below the permissible limit of approximately l8. Since the situation remains unchanged until the entire contents of the magazine have been sold, on the understanding that the temperature of the lower ices rises gradually to approximately I8 in the process of raising the magazine no difficulties are encountered as to crystallization in the ices.
  • the supporting face for the articles is constructed so as to be downwardly inclined from the delivery side.
  • the ice always sinks toward the colder area but the end by which it is taken out, in the present case with a stem 13, reaches up to the flap 14.
  • insulation spaces 20 and 21 are created in the border area between the refrigerating space 9 and the upper space 10 of the housing, thanks to the downward inclinement of the supporting faces such as 18.
  • Another advantage thereof is that the displacement of the ices owing to accidental shocks or external violence is prevented.
  • the driven hollow shaft 8 is split, so that the angle strips 27 28 supporting the magazine can move upwards through these slits.
  • the rope pulley 6, driving the shaft 8 is fixed in position on the threaded end 23 by the nut 22.
  • a ball bearing 24 supports the hollow shaft 8 on a hollow stationary spindle 25. This bearing will not give rise to difficulties on account of freezing moisture from the air, since it is not in the refrigerating space.
  • main ball bearing 31 for movably supporting the magazine 3 is situated in the proximity of the partition line Il-ll between the refrigerating space 9 and the other part 10 of the housing, that is to say, at a location whereat low temperatures prevail but where those have nevertheless the highest values in the refrigerating space so that the risks for this hearing with a view to the lubrication are made also not very critical.
  • a nut 26 is provided connected with the magazine 3 via the angle strips 27, 28.
  • the nut 26 cooperates with a thread guide 29 in the central stationary spindle 25, so that the magazine is moved in an axial direction just for the difference of height of two successive compartments for the articles with a rotation step of the magazine by which one compartment 11 behind the flap [4 is replaced by a following compartment.
  • the compartments themselves are helically arranged about the shaft with the same pitch as the thread guide 29.
  • the cylindrical inner wall 30 of the magazine 3 and the ball bearing 31 by which it is guided on the hollow driving shaft 8 have wide dimensions.
  • heating spirals like those indicated by the dotted lines 34 and 35, can be built in the hollow spindle in order to prevent any risk of disturbance for the bearings under exceptional circumstances especially when a lower bearing 32 for the magazine would be provided.
  • the wall of the flap 14 which is now hatched in FIG. 3 can be restricted to a thin hinged wall on the outside, the port against which this flap l4 fits being provided with a heater to prevent freezing of moisture within this port.
  • a coin-actuated vending machine for cooled articles comprising a housing having a lower refrigerating space and an upper nonrefrigerated space, an article delivery opening in said housing adjacent the level separating said refrigerating space from said nonrefrigerated space, and a magazine having a plurality of compartments therein situated within said housing, said magazine being progressively movable from said refrigerating space into said nonrefrigerated space to successively position each of the article compartments in juxtaposition to said delivery opening for removal of the cooled articles therefrom, said magazine further being progressively movable from said nonrefrigerated space into said refrigeration space during refilling of the article compartment, whereby at all times all compartments containing cooled articles will be disposed substantially within said refrigerating space and all empty compartments will be disposed substantially within said nonrefrigerated space.
  • a housing having a lower refri eratin s ace and an upper nonrefrigerated space; a centra threa e spindle within said housing and extending longitudinally through both of said spaces; a rotatable article magazine mounted on said spindle for longitudinal and rotational movement relative thereto between an uppermost position wherein said magazine is fully received within said nonrefrigerated space, and a lowermost position wherein said magazine is fully received within refrigerating space, said article magazine having a plurality of article compartments disposed helically about the circumference thereof and being mounted on said spindle by means of a nut threaded on said spindle and a pair of crossarms extending through slits in a hollow drive shaft and secured to said nut and said housing; and bearing means rotatably supporting said magazine upon the hollow drive shaft adjacent a level separating lower refrigerating space from said upper nonrefrigerated space.
  • a coin-actuated vending machine as defined in claim 4 further comprising heating means for said central threaded spindle below the separating level, whereby the formation of frost adjacent to said spindle in said refrigerating space is substantially prevented.

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EP1770662A1 (en) * 2005-09-27 2007-04-04 DAMIAN S.r.l. Products vending machine
CN115116180A (zh) * 2022-06-29 2022-09-27 青岛海容商用冷链股份有限公司 一种自动售货冷柜及冷藏柜的防凝露方法

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US1025978A (en) * 1911-07-22 1912-05-14 Willie H Herman Bottle-vending machine.
GB380926A (en) * 1931-09-05 1932-09-29 Thomas Scott Lucas Improvements in or relating to coin actuated vending apparatus
US2435177A (en) * 1944-08-12 1948-01-27 Bastian Blessing Co Article dispensing device

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US1025978A (en) * 1911-07-22 1912-05-14 Willie H Herman Bottle-vending machine.
GB380926A (en) * 1931-09-05 1932-09-29 Thomas Scott Lucas Improvements in or relating to coin actuated vending apparatus
US2435177A (en) * 1944-08-12 1948-01-27 Bastian Blessing Co Article dispensing device

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EP1770662A1 (en) * 2005-09-27 2007-04-04 DAMIAN S.r.l. Products vending machine
CN115116180A (zh) * 2022-06-29 2022-09-27 青岛海容商用冷链股份有限公司 一种自动售货冷柜及冷藏柜的防凝露方法

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