WO2024134340A1 - Distributeur automatique pour distribuer de l'eau de secteur filtrée et des boissons - Google Patents

Distributeur automatique pour distribuer de l'eau de secteur filtrée et des boissons Download PDF

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WO2024134340A1
WO2024134340A1 PCT/IB2023/062313 IB2023062313W WO2024134340A1 WO 2024134340 A1 WO2024134340 A1 WO 2024134340A1 IB 2023062313 W IB2023062313 W IB 2023062313W WO 2024134340 A1 WO2024134340 A1 WO 2024134340A1
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Francesco GUARRIELLO
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Biodiversity S.r.l.
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    • 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
    • G07F13/10—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with associated dispensing of containers, e.g. cups or other articles
    • 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
    • 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
    • G07F13/06—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof
    • G07F13/065—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof for drink preparation

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  • the present invention generally relates to beverage vending machines and more particularly it relates to a vending machine for dispensing filtered mains drinking water as well as filtered mains drinking water-based beverages .
  • the invention falls within the field of urban and social ecology for addressing environmental issues and it sets out to provide a drinking water dispenser capable of meeting the needs in an eco-sustainable and functional f shion .
  • Document WO2015/053837A2 discloses a beverage vending machine and comprising a cabinet containing a vertical column multiple loader for flexible containers having an empty configuration that is substantially flattened and stacked horizontally in the loader.
  • the dispenser includes a delivery station which can be connected to the water mains through a filtering device and including a dispensing nozzle, and a handling unit for picking up the bottle arranged at the base of the multiple loader, its rotation from the horizontal condition to a vertical condition and its suspension below the dispensing nozzle for the filling thereof.
  • the vending machine further includes a vertical column multiple loader for bottle closing caps, and a unit for removing the cap arranged at the base of the cap column.
  • This prior art dispenser cannot guarantee the required safety in relation to the absence of bacteria in the mains water dispensed to the containers.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser of the type indicated above capable of guaranteeing better safety in relation to the absence of bacteria in the mains water dispensed to the containers.
  • the vending machine according to the invention is characterised in that it includes an anti-contamination closure front door which can be opened for picking up the filled bottle, with the relative cap, and a UV-C LED sterilisation and debacterisation device associated with the dispensing nozzle.
  • the dispenser according to the invention may further comprise a refill module consisting of a secondary cabinet arranged adjacent to said cabinet and configured for a new filling of said containers for reuse following the emptying thereof.
  • the refill module comprises a delivery station also provided with an anticontamination closure front door and a UV-C LED sterilisation and debacterisation device.
  • the multiple cap loader there may be associated a second handling unit for applying the cap picked up by the aforementioned removal unit to the neck of the filled bottle, before the picking up thereof.
  • the second handling unit may include a screwing device.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic front perspective view of a vending machine according to the invention
  • FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of the vending machine
  • figure 3 is a view analogous to figure 1 which schematically shows some internal components of the vending machine
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view of the delivery step carried out by the vending machine
  • figures 13-15 are elevational schematic views which show, from inside the dispenser, the loader and the cap removal unit
  • figures 16-24 are perspective schematic views which show a variant of the bottle handling unit in the various operating steps
  • figure 25 is a view analogous to figure 1 which shows a variant of the vending machine according to the invention.
  • the vending machine configured for dispensing filtered drinking water as well as filtered drinking water-based beverages, consists in a cabinet 1 provided - at the front part - with a multifunctional display 2, a multifunctional payment system 3, an openable closure door 4, a possible opening 5 for the release, where provided for, of caps T, and a lower compartment 6 for recovering any change in case of payment by cash.
  • the closure door 4 may be motor-driven and in the closing position shown it defines an anti-contamination sealed closure.
  • the cabinet 1 is provided with an aeration grid 7, a fitting 8 for the inflow of drinking water supplied from the water mains, a socket 9 for connecting to the power mains, a discharge outlet 10 and with a connector 11 for possible Internet connection.
  • a vertical column multiple loader 12 for flexible containers which will be addressed hereinafter and a delivery station generally indicated with 13, accessible by opening the hatch 4 and connected to the fitting 8 for the inflow of the water through a filtering device 14 of the conventional type.
  • a water cooling and gassing system 15 with associated carbon dioxide 16 cylinder and a software and hardware unit 17 with integrated and remote control Wi-Fi module.
  • a system for periodically sanitising the delivery station 13 by filing it with ozone whose oxidising properties notoriously allow to disintegrate the molecular structure of the pathogenic agents causing the suppression (bacteria) or the inactivation (virus) thereof, so as to nullify the effects .
  • the multiple loader 12 is configured to contain paper or bioplastic bottles B having an empty configuration that is substantially flattened and stacked horizontally.
  • the bottles B can for example be of the type shown in the Italian model or drawing n° 402021000002039 on behalf of the Applicant.
  • the bottles B are introduced from above into the multiple loader 12.
  • the delivery station 13 shown in greater detail in figures 12 and 4 to 11, essentially comprises a water dispenser 18 arranged vertically above the gripping member 19 configured for the suspension of a single bottle B picked up - whenever required - at the base of the multiple loader 12, as described below.
  • the dispensing nozzle 18 is operatively associated with a UV-C LED sterilisation and debacterisation device generally indicated with 20 in figure 12.
  • the device 20 may for example be annular and surround the nozzle 18: it allows to carry out the sterilisation and debacterisation of the final area of the water dispensing circuit, and a similar UV-CV LED device may also be advantageously associated with the outlet of the cap loader, which will be addressed hereinafter.
  • a handling unit generally indicated with 21 and having the function of picking up the single bottle arranged - whenever required - at the base of the multiple loader column 12 and position it below the dispensing nozzle 18 for the filling thereof.
  • the multiple loader 12 is provided - at the lower part - with a first and a second release device 22, 23 adapted to allow the lowering of one bottle B at a time towards the loader base 12 and the handling unit 21 consists in an arm 24 having an end connected to a motor-driven vertical shaft 25 and carrying - at the opposite end - the gripping member 19 adapted to interact with the neck C of the bottles B.
  • the gripping member 19 is in turn rotatable - with respect to the arm 24 - between a vertical raised position (figures 4-9) and a horizontal lowered position ( figures 10-11) .
  • the sequence for picking up the bottles B by the handling unit 13 is as follows.
  • the arm 24 is initially arranged with the gripping member 19 in the vertical raised position below the neck C of the bottle B located at the base of the loader 12 (figure 4) . Therefore, through the coordinated movement of the release devices 22 and 23, the bottle B drops by gravity so as to engage its neck C in the gripping member 19 (figures 6 and 7) . Still through the combined actuation of the release devices 22 and 23 the column of bottles lowers so as to position a new bottle B at the base thereof, while the bottle B intercepted by the gripping member 19 is removed from the multiple loader 12 and transferred, through the rotation of the vertical shaft 25, towards the delivery station 13 (figures 7 and 8) .
  • the bottle B Once the bottle B has been filled, it may be picked up after the manual or motor-driven opening of the closure door 4.
  • the vending machine according to the invention further includes a vertical column multiple loader 27 for the caps T intended to be applied to the neck C of the bottles B which are filled whenever required in the delivery station 13.
  • the caps T are simply dispensed one at a time, through a release device 28 and a removal device 29, so as to be picked up from the opening 5 of the cabinet 1 and therefore applied manually to the bottles B.
  • the loader 27 there may be conveniently associated a vibrator with the aim of ensuring the correct stacking of the caps T.
  • a second handling unit schematised with 30 configured for the mechanised application of the cap T, picked up - whenever required - by the removal device 29, on the neck C of the filled bottle B in the delivery station 13.
  • the second handling unit 30 comprises a screwing device 31 which is movable vertically and rotatable to screw the cap T picked up by the removal device 29 on the neck C of the bottle B.
  • Figures 16 to 24 show an alternative solution of the handling unit, generally indicated with 21A, wherein the picking up of the bottles B from the multiple loader 12 is actuated through a suction cup-like gripping member 32 carried out by a vertical translation device 33, by a rotation device 34 and by a horizontal translation device 35, with the sequence described below.
  • the suction cup-like member 32 is connected to a suctioning device not shown, within the reach of a person skilled in the art .
  • the suction cup-like member 32 is arranged horizontally in a lowered position below the multiple loader 12.
  • the suction cup-like member 32 is therefore raised vertically so as to adhere to the bottle B positioned, through release devices described above, at the base of the column (figure 17) .
  • the suction cup-like member 32 with the bottle B adhering thereto is translated downwards (figure 18) , then rotated vertically (figure 19) so as to arrange the neck C of the bottle B facing upwards.
  • the suction cup-like member 32 is then rotated around the vertical axis by 180° (figure 20) and then translated towards the delivery station 13 (figure 21) so as to engage the neck C in the support 19, which - in this case - may be kept fixed in horizontal position (figure 22) below the dispensing nozzle 19.
  • the suction cup-like gripping member 32 is returned below the multiple loader 12 (figure 23) , rotated by 180° (figure 24) , then repositioned vertically (figure 24) and lastly rotated horizontally as in figure 16 to pick up a new bottle B.
  • a secondary cabinet 40 having the function of allowing the possible refill of the bottles B after the first use thereof.
  • the secondary cabinet 40 is provided with a delivery station 41, visible in figure 26 and similar to the delivery station 13, accessible through an openable sealing door 42.
  • the delivery station 41 essentially comprises a water dispenser nozzle 43 arranged vertically above a gripping member 44 configured to manually suspend a single used bottle B to be refilled. Also advantageously associated with the dispensing nozzle 43 is a UV-C LED sterilisation and debacterisation device schematically indicated with 45.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un distributeur automatique pour distribuer de l'eau potable filtrée, comprenant un chargeur multiple à colonne verticale (12) pour des récipients souples, en particulier des bouteilles en papier ou en bioplastique (B) ayant une configuration vide qui est sensiblement aplatie et empilée horizontalement, une station de distribution (13) qui peut être reliée au réseau d'eau par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif de filtration, une unité de manipulation (21) pour saisir une seule bouteille (B) et permettant sa suspension verticalement au-dessous d'une buse de distribution (18) en vue de son remplissage, et un chargeur multiple à colonne verticale (27) pour capuchons (T) pour fermer les bouteilles (B).
PCT/IB2023/062313 2022-12-22 2023-12-06 Distributeur automatique pour distribuer de l'eau de secteur filtrée et des boissons WO2024134340A1 (fr)

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US6578763B1 (en) * 1999-09-15 2003-06-17 Restore Products Method and apparatus for vending a containerized liquid product utilizing an automatic self-service refill system
EP2066567B1 (fr) * 2006-09-26 2010-08-18 Mars, Incorporated Distributeur destiné au remplissage et à la présentation de récipients de boisson
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KR101376200B1 (ko) * 2012-08-06 2014-03-26 순천대학교 산학협력단 자외선 발광 다이오드 살균 디스펜서
WO2015053837A2 (fr) * 2013-10-11 2015-04-16 Hydration Labs, Inc. Machine de distribution de boissons et procédé de distribution de boissons
US20150329225A1 (en) * 2014-05-19 2015-11-19 Arthur MONCAYO, JR. Methods and apparatuses for sanitizing or sterilizing and filling containers

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US6578763B1 (en) * 1999-09-15 2003-06-17 Restore Products Method and apparatus for vending a containerized liquid product utilizing an automatic self-service refill system
US7810667B2 (en) * 2005-03-09 2010-10-12 The Green Drinks Company, Ltd. Supply of packaging bags for a filling apparatus
EP2066567B1 (fr) * 2006-09-26 2010-08-18 Mars, Incorporated Distributeur destiné au remplissage et à la présentation de récipients de boisson
KR101376200B1 (ko) * 2012-08-06 2014-03-26 순천대학교 산학협력단 자외선 발광 다이오드 살균 디스펜서
WO2015053837A2 (fr) * 2013-10-11 2015-04-16 Hydration Labs, Inc. Machine de distribution de boissons et procédé de distribution de boissons
US20150329225A1 (en) * 2014-05-19 2015-11-19 Arthur MONCAYO, JR. Methods and apparatuses for sanitizing or sterilizing and filling containers

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