WO2002030346A1 - Method for the automatic supply of sanitary items - Google Patents

Method for the automatic supply of sanitary items Download PDF

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WO2002030346A1
WO2002030346A1 PCT/IB2001/001860 IB0101860W WO0230346A1 WO 2002030346 A1 WO2002030346 A1 WO 2002030346A1 IB 0101860 W IB0101860 W IB 0101860W WO 0230346 A1 WO0230346 A1 WO 0230346A1
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automatic supply
sanitary
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sanitary towels
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Daniele Cignani
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F15/00—Auxiliary appliances for wound dressings; Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages
    • A61F15/001—Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets, sponges, swabsticks or towels
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/18—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for washing or drying persons

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  • the distribution may obviously be promotional or carried through an advertising campaign or even charge free to a feminine audience in professional meetings.

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Abstract

The purpose of this method is to supply single-packaged internal and external sanitary towels through automatic vending machines to meet sudden and unexpected feminine hygienic needs.

Description

METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC SUPPLY OF SANITARY ITEMS.
FIELD OF THE ART
The present inventions is related to the automatic supply of sanitary items.
STATE OF THE ART
Several supply systems of items from different fields are already known. The problem still to be solved is the automatic distribution of sanitary items for the specific sudden needs of women hygiene.
The method object of the present invention solves this problem by providing machines for the automatic supply of sanitary towel, specifically packaged for single supply.
DESCRIPTION
This invention is herein described by unrestricted exemplification. The proposed method concerns sanitary towels and refers to single packaging for each external and internal towel to be sold by vending machines. The machines should be strategically placed in premises mainly designed for women. In case of a sudden and unexpected need for a sanitary towel, a person can immediately get it without having to look for a pharmacy or a supermarket. The case usually occurs in the night or generally within the shop closing time as well as on Sundays or holidays. The method proposed by this invention enables to locate these automatic machines in strategic premise because they are structurally and functionally conceived to meet both practical needs and marketing requirements with reference to the sanitary towel packaging and the kind of instrument. The machines, as for its set up and look, may obviously be adjusted to any kind of premises and furnishing. The machine may naturally be fixed on the wall as a hanging small piece of furniture or movable as a moving pillar easy to displace.
To make a choice easier for the location of these instruments these instruments the following premises are suggested: motorway restaurants and snack bars, gasoline stations, companies, public and private offices, insurance companies, restaurant and bars, discotheque, bathing establishment, hotels, railways stations, commercial centers, gymnasiums, hairdressers' and beauty parlors, spas, airports.
The distribution may obviously be promotional or carried through an advertising campaign or even charge free to a feminine audience in professional meetings.
The invention safeguard will include those methods for the sanitary towel automatic supply and instruments that basically have the same features of this invention as above described and according to the specific following claims.

Claims

1) The purpose of this method is to supply single-packaged internal and external sanitary towels through automatic vending machines to meet sudden and unexpected feminine hygienic needs.
2) Method for the automatic supply of sanitary towels through which each internal and external sanitary towel is in a wrapper to facilitate the automatic supply.
3) An instrument for the automatic supply of internal and external sanitary towels according to the method claimed in 1 and 2 through which a recharge of fresh sanitary towels in wrappers is provided and automatically released.
PCT/IB2001/001860 2000-10-13 2001-10-08 Method for the automatic supply of sanitary items WO2002030346A1 (en)

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IT2000BO000596A ITBO20000596A1 (en) 2000-10-13 2000-10-13 METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF HYGIENIC ITEMS

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Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1722230A (en) * 1925-12-30 1929-07-23 Doehler Die Casting Co Vending machine
US1913843A (en) * 1931-07-03 1933-06-13 West Disinfecting Co Package vender
US2359398A (en) * 1941-04-02 1944-10-03 Int Cellucotton Products Vending machine
FR2598534A1 (en) * 1986-05-09 1987-11-13 Vezain Gerard Product-release control member for coin-operated dispensers
US4759468A (en) * 1987-07-16 1988-07-26 Tachi S Co., Ltd. Dispensing mechanism
US5016778A (en) * 1987-05-19 1991-05-21 Four D, Incorporated System for low cost dispensing of soft packaged articles
US5167345A (en) * 1991-07-25 1992-12-01 Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. Dual dispenser
DE29819738U1 (en) * 1998-11-05 1999-02-18 Wilczek, Sandra, 08062 Zwickau Universal box to hold panty liners / sanitary napkins for distribution by means of cigarette machines

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1722230A (en) * 1925-12-30 1929-07-23 Doehler Die Casting Co Vending machine
US1913843A (en) * 1931-07-03 1933-06-13 West Disinfecting Co Package vender
US2359398A (en) * 1941-04-02 1944-10-03 Int Cellucotton Products Vending machine
FR2598534A1 (en) * 1986-05-09 1987-11-13 Vezain Gerard Product-release control member for coin-operated dispensers
US5016778A (en) * 1987-05-19 1991-05-21 Four D, Incorporated System for low cost dispensing of soft packaged articles
US4759468A (en) * 1987-07-16 1988-07-26 Tachi S Co., Ltd. Dispensing mechanism
US5167345A (en) * 1991-07-25 1992-12-01 Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. Dual dispenser
DE29819738U1 (en) * 1998-11-05 1999-02-18 Wilczek, Sandra, 08062 Zwickau Universal box to hold panty liners / sanitary napkins for distribution by means of cigarette machines

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