Enhanced ejection device for an automatic vending machine
AssigneeASG, Inc.
InventorStefano Cucchetti
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Abstract
An enhanced ejection device (10) for an automatic dispenser (12) of the automatic vending machine type, suitable for being incorporated in said automatic vending machine and applied to a shelf (14) subdivided into seats or channels (28) defined by opposing separator elements or shoulders (26) internally to which there are accommodated products of different types, the device comprising product handling and ejection means (27) for handling and ejecting the product from said seats or channels, and said handling and ejection means (27) being quickly couplable with/decouplable from the shelf (14).
Claims11
An enhanced ejection device (10) for an automatic dispenser (12) of the automatic vending machine type, suitable for being incorporated in said automatic vending machine and being applied to a shelf (14) subdivided into a number of seats or channels (28) defined by opposing separator elements or shoulders (26) internally to which there are accommodated products of different types, characterized in that it comprises handling and ejection means (27) for handling and ejecting products from said seats or channels, quickly couplable with/decoupable from the shelf (14), formed on said shelf (14) by means of quick coupling means and comprising a platform (25) longitudinally developed and a patterned appendage (36), the handling and ejection means (27) comprising a pusher element (40, 41, 42) for pushing the products in their respective seats or channels (28), driving/moving means (44) for moving said pusher element into the seat or channel (28), and quick locking means with respect to the quick coupling means of the shelf (14), the patterned appendage (36) formed in correspondence with one of the opposing longitudinal edges of the platform (25) and “comb”-shaped, with a plurality of teeth (38) spaced away from each other by slots (39), said teeth (38) and slots (39) developing all over the length of the longitudinal development of said patterned appendage (36).
An enhanced ejection device (10) for an automatic dispenser (12) of the automatic vending machine type, suitable for being incorporated in said automatic vending machine and being applied to a shelf (14) subdivided into a number of seats or channels (28) defined by opposing separator elements or shoulders (26) internally to which there are accommodated products of different types, characterized in that it comprises handling and ejection means (27) for handling and ejecting products from said seats or channels, quickly couplable with/decoupable from the shelf (14), formed on said shelf (14) by means of quick-coupling means and comprising a platform (25) longitudinally developed and a patterned appendage (36), said platform (25) comprising an upper front (30) featuring a grating-type structure defined by a plurality of transversal bands (33) being parallel to and equally spaced from each other having two adjacent transversal bands (33) spaced away from each other by an empty transversal portion (34) for positioning the handling and ejections means (27) and the patterned appendage (36) which is formed in correspondence with one of the opposing longitudinal edges of the platform (25) and “comb”-shaped, with a plurality of teeth (38) spaced away from each other by slots (39), said teeth (38) and slots (39) developing all over the length of the longitudinal development of said patterned appendage (36).
An enhanced ejection device (10) for an automatic dispenser (12) of the automatic vending machine type, suitable for being incorporated in said automatic vending machine and being applied to a shelf (14) subdivided into a number of seats or channels (28) defined by opposing separator elements or shoulders (26) internally to which there are accommodated products of different types, characterized in that it comprises handling and ejection means (27) for handling and ejecting products from said seats or channels, quickly couplable with/decoupable from the shelf (14), formed on said shelf (14) and comprising a platform (25) longitudinally developed and a patterned appendage (36) formed in correspondence with one of the opposing longitudinal edges of the platform (25) and “comb”-shaped, with a plurality of teeth (38) spaced away from each other by slots (39), said teeth (38) and slots (39) developing all over the length of the longitudinal development of said patterned appendage (36), wherein a locking element (52) is put in a further plate-like element (36″) on two adjacent teeth (38) of the further plate-like element (36″), the threaded shaft (46) being positioned and inserted in the slot (39) interposed between said two teeth (38) and in the empty transversal portion (34) of the upper front (30) of the platform (25), the guide (48) being inserted in said empty transversal portion (34), the pusher element (40, 41, 42) being arranged perpendicularly to the upper front (30) of the platform (25) and being slidable with respect thereto and internally to the seat or channel (28).
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