WO1991006076A1 - Distributeur automatique - Google Patents

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WO1991006076A1
WO1991006076A1 PCT/US1989/004578 US8904578W WO9106076A1 WO 1991006076 A1 WO1991006076 A1 WO 1991006076A1 US 8904578 W US8904578 W US 8904578W WO 9106076 A1 WO9106076 A1 WO 9106076A1
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articles
carton
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vending machine
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PCT/US1989/004578
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Tsuneo Takada
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The Mead Corporation
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Priority to KR1019910700605A priority patent/KR920702892A/ko
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
    • G07F11/24—Rotary or oscillatory members
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/28—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are inclined
    • G07F11/32—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are inclined two or magazines having a common delivery chute
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs

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  • This invention relates to an automatic vending machine of a type in which desired articles such as cans or bottles containing drinks can be dispensed one by one through the article outlet and more particularly to an improvement in the system for loading and storing of such articles in the machine.
  • Automatic vending machines are well known in which various types of articles such as cans and bottles containing various kinds of drinks are stored in groups within respective stock storage areas. ' Articles of the desired kind are dispensed one by one to the dispensing outlet by putting coins in the coin slot and pushing a push-button corresponding to the desired kind of articles.
  • Various types of stock storage arrangements for automatic vending machines are known. Examples include the vertical column type, in which the articles are accumulated in the form of vertical columns; the sloping shelf type, in which the articles are arranged in rows in inclined directions; the serpentine type, in which the articles are arranged along serpentine guiding members; the heaped-up type, in which the articles are heaped in random order; and the suspending type, in which the articles are suspended and supported by guide rails.
  • the articles are separately stored one by one.
  • the loading of the articles into the storage area thus comprises a first step of taking out the articles one by one from a carton containing a number of the articles, and a second step of putting the articles one by one into the storehouses located in the upper portion of the automatic vending machine.
  • Such a loading operation comprises a repetition of the same action, which is tedious labor, particularly during hot days in summer when the demand for drinks is increased considerably over other season, resulting in more frequent loading of articles and more intensive labor.
  • This invention helps to eliminate the above- described disadvantages by loading and storing within the machine cartons of the articles as such for easier loading of the articles as well as for more efficient utilization of the storage space.
  • an automatic vending machine of a type in which articles stored in an article storage area are dispensed one by one through an outlet, characterized in that the storage area is constructed such that a carton containing articles therein can be loaded into the machine and that the machine comprises an article takeout mechanism which takes out the articles one by one through an opening provided in the carton and supplies the articles thus taken out to the dispensing outlet.
  • means for storing articles is constructed so as to mount therein a carton of such articles and so that the articles can be taken out one by one by the takeout mechanism through an opening provided in the carton for supply to the article outlet.
  • Fig. 1 is a frontal partially diagrammatic view of the upper portion of the interior of the machine with the doors cut away,
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the storage means of the machine shown in Fig. 1
  • Figs. 3A and 3B are diagrammatic side views showing respectively the carton-loading step and the article- dispensing step.
  • FIG. 1 a frontal, partially diagrammatic view of an automatic vending machine is illustrated according to the invention showing its interior construction with the outer and inner doors cut away.
  • the automatic vending machine shown has nine storage locations 2 therein forming laterally and vertically three rows respectively.
  • Each storage location 2 has a pair of guide rails 3A and 3B separated laterally by a certain distance as shown in greater detail in Figs. 2, 3A and 3B.
  • Both guide rails 3A and 3B are arranged at an inclination so that their front ends are positioned at a higher level.
  • the front-end portions are provided with guide lugs 4A and 4B for loading use, the lugs being inclines so that the top ends are somewhat lowered for loading cartons.
  • the guide rails 3A and 3B support thereon a tray 5 located between and adapted to move longitudinally along the guide rails 3A and 3B.
  • the tray 5 comprises a bottom wall 5A, side walls 5B, and a front-end wall 5C with a rear-end opening 7 communicating with an upper opening 6.
  • the bottom surface of the bottom wall 5A of the tray 5 has pivotally attached thereto one end of an L-shaped stopper 8 adapted to close the rear-end opening 7 of the tray 5 with a closing plate portion 8A.
  • Closing plate portion 8A is normally urged to its closed position by means of a spring (not shown) .
  • the closing plate 8A of the stopper 8 is moved to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 by means of a cam mechanism (not shown) , thereby opening the rear-end opening 7 of tray 5.
  • the rear ends of guide rails 3A and 3B are provided with a rectangular frame-shaped stopper 9 for preventing a carton 20 mounted on tray 5 from sliding down through the rear-end opening 7 of tray 5.
  • This stopper 9 is shaped to correspond approximately with an opening 22 provided in the lower portion of the terminal wall 20A of carton 20 so that the articles contained therein such as cans 21, can be exhausted one by one.
  • a pair of wire guide rods 10A and 10B are connected at one end to the lateral ends of the lowermost member of stopper 9, and a can 21 which has rolled by its own weight out of the opening 22 of carton 20 will be supported by guide rods 10A and 10B so as to continue its rolling movement downwards.
  • Guide rods 10A and 10B are inclined so that the ends on the side of stopper 9 are positioned at a higher level.
  • closing plate 8A of stopper 8 can pass through between guide rods 10A and 10B located in the extension of rear opening 7 of tray 5.
  • 11B are connected at one end to the lateral ends of the lowermost member of stopper 9 for the purpose of guiding by both ends a can rolling on the first pair of guide rods 10A and 10B.
  • the second pair of guide rods 11A and 11B are fixed at the same inclination as the first pair of guide rods 10A and 10B and in parallel thereto.
  • a third pair of wire guide rods 12A and 12B are connected at one ' end to the lateral ends of the uppermost member of stopper 9 for the purpose of guiding by the circumference a can rolling on the first pair of guide rods 10A and 10B.
  • the third pair of guide rods 12A and 12B are fixed at the same inclination as the first pair of guide rods 10A and 10B and in parallel thereto.
  • Column chutes 13 are fixed respectively to the extension of corresponding guide rods 10A and 10B and are adapted so as to communicate with the machine dispensing outlet (not shown) .
  • conventional article takeout mechanisms such as rotational star wheels 14, are located at the downstream end of column 13.
  • Star wheels 14 have circumference claws 15 for engaging cans 21 falling through column 13.
  • Star wheels 14 are rotated at a pre ⁇ determined angle by a conventional driving means (not. shown) governed by a control unit (not shown) so as to allow the first can 21 stopped by the corresponding claw 15 of the star wheel 14 to drop by its own weight and be fed to the dispensing outlet while stopping the next falling can 21 with the next claw.15.
  • openings 22 as shown in Fig. 2 are formed in the respective terminal walls 20A of cartons 20 containing respectively a number of cans in rows. For ease of this opening operation, cut-lines and the like may be imprinted upon the cartons 20.
  • the star wheel 14 corresponding to the storage location 2 containing the specific can 21 is rotated by a pre-determined angle in anti-clockwise direction so that the first can 21 drops by its own weight and is fed to the dispensing outlet (not shown) .
  • Such a dropping of the first can 21 frees the following can 21 to drop successively into the column chute 13 or to be introduced from the carton 20 onto the guide rods 10A and 10B so that the second can is caught by the next claw 15 of the star wheel 14 and stopped.
  • the loading operation of articles, such as cans 21, into the storage locations 2 is completed simply by making the specified opening 22 in a carton 20, mounting the carton 20 on a tray 5 of the storage location 2, and pushing the tray 5 forwards.
  • the loading operation of cans 21 into the storage location 2 thus can be carried out easily, winter or summer.
  • the carton 20 itself is mounted in the storage location 2, more cans 21 can be mounted on the tray 5 resulting in a more efficient utilization of the given space.
  • the present invention is not limited to the above description, and various modifications are possible as required.
  • each storage location 2 is provided in the upper portion of the automatic vending machine 1 in such a way that the cartons 20 must be lifted a comparatively long distance to load the cartons 20 with their contents onto trays 5 positioned at high levels; however, the cartons 20 could be otherwise located in a lower portion of the automatic vending machine 1 and the articles supplied one by one to the column chute by means of a takeout mechanism utilizing well-known robots.
  • the articles are not limited to cans 21 but may include other types of container such as glass bottles or plastic containers which can be handled in an automatic vending machine according to the invention.
  • the cartons containing the articles to be dispensed are stored as such within the machine, and the articles can be supplied from the carton to the dispensing outlet with practical advantages such as easy loading of articles into the storage location and efficient utilization of storage space.

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Abstract

Distributeur automatique dans lequel les articles contenus dans le distributeur sont distribués un par un par un orifice de sortie, et qui se caractérise par le fait qu'une boîte en carton (20) contenant des articles (21) peut être chargée directement dans le distributeur et que le distributeur comprend un mécanisme d'extraction (14) qui sort les articles un par un par une ouverture (22) située dans le carton et dirige les articles ainsi sortis vers l'orifice de sortie.
PCT/US1989/004578 1989-10-12 1989-10-12 Distributeur automatique WO1991006076A1 (fr)

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US8833601B2 (en) 2012-02-24 2014-09-16 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system with staggered perforations
US8851302B2 (en) 2012-04-16 2014-10-07 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system with container-product interaction
US8985346B2 (en) 2011-09-08 2015-03-24 Meadwestvaco Corporation Multi-deck product dispensing system with rear guide
US9090390B2 (en) 2010-09-27 2015-07-28 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system
US9096345B2 (en) 2013-08-22 2015-08-04 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system with reinforced weakening features
US9096361B2 (en) 2010-09-25 2015-08-04 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing container, system and method with priming area
US9174785B2 (en) 2011-02-23 2015-11-03 Westrock Mwv, Llc Product dispensing system with panel guide
US9320365B2 (en) 2012-08-31 2016-04-26 Westrock Mwv, Llc Product dispensing system with sound reducing features
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US4331259A (en) * 1978-11-17 1982-05-25 Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd. Apparatus for controlling discharge of like articles from a plurality of containers
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US4194647A (en) * 1978-01-30 1980-03-25 Spurrier Harry A Cooler chest and dispenser structure
US4331259A (en) * 1978-11-17 1982-05-25 Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd. Apparatus for controlling discharge of like articles from a plurality of containers
US4869395A (en) * 1987-05-19 1989-09-26 Aktiebolaget Electrolux Vending machine with interchangeable magazines

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US9790013B2 (en) 2009-11-23 2017-10-17 Westrock Mwv, Llc Dispensing system and package for use therewith
US9096361B2 (en) 2010-09-25 2015-08-04 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing container, system and method with priming area
US9102456B2 (en) 2010-09-25 2015-08-11 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing container, system and method with priming area
US9090390B2 (en) 2010-09-27 2015-07-28 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system
US9174785B2 (en) 2011-02-23 2015-11-03 Westrock Mwv, Llc Product dispensing system with panel guide
US9359106B2 (en) 2011-07-18 2016-06-07 Westrock Mwv, Llc Product dispensing system with multiple dispensing decks
US8985346B2 (en) 2011-09-08 2015-03-24 Meadwestvaco Corporation Multi-deck product dispensing system with rear guide
EP2570054A1 (fr) * 2011-09-15 2013-03-20 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Conteneur de marchandises
US8833601B2 (en) 2012-02-24 2014-09-16 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system with staggered perforations
US8851302B2 (en) 2012-04-16 2014-10-07 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system with container-product interaction
US8657126B1 (en) 2012-08-27 2014-02-25 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system with dispenser door
US9320365B2 (en) 2012-08-31 2016-04-26 Westrock Mwv, Llc Product dispensing system with sound reducing features
US9096345B2 (en) 2013-08-22 2015-08-04 Meadwestvaco Corporation Product dispensing system with reinforced weakening features
CN110796787A (zh) * 2019-12-05 2020-02-14 武汉极翼筑梦科技有限公司 一种智能售货柜的出货装置

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