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US 2008/0277407 A1Published application
Dispenser of Consumable Products Such as Drinks
OwnerPhilippe Leonettiinventor
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A simple, inexpensive, reliable and maintenance-free dispenser in which the stored products are offered automatically on the outside of the dispenser where they can be grasped by a hand without further manipulation. The dispenser includes housings in which the products, stacked in a column, are stored and moved by gravity and, at the base of each housing in front of the first product of the column, outlet orifices are closed by a closing membrane with slits. A slope is provided, in the lower rear part of each housing, to automatically advance the first product a predetermined distance through the outlet orifice so that the product partially emerges and can be grasped by hand on the outside of the dispenser. The dispenser can be used to automatically dispense consumable products, such as drinks, without prepayment, and for all types of industrial, commercial, home and other applications.
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A dispenser (10, 10′, 110) for consumable products, the dispenser comprising a thermally insulated case (11) equipped with at least one housing (31) for receiving the products that are superimposed in at least one stack, and at least one outlet opening (20, 20″) located at one end of the housing (31) opposite a first product in the stack, the outlet opening (20, 20″) allowing the first product in the stack to be retrieved manually, with following products being automatically displaced and presented successively opposite the outlet opening (20, 20″) as the first product in the stack is removed, the outlet opening (20, 20′) being closed by a blocking membrane (21, 21′) having slits and made of airtight material, a ramp (40, 40′) at an end of the housing (31) is angled toward the outlet opening (20, 20′) and located at a rear of the housing (31), causing the products in the stack to advance along a predetermined course through the outlet opening (20, 20′) until the first product, and then subsequently each of the following products, project partially through the blocking membrane (21, 21′) and are manually grasped from outside the dispenser.
A cabinet comprising an assemblage of at least two dispensers (10, 10′, 110) for consumable products, comprising a thermally insulated case (11) equipped with at least one housing (31) for receiving the products that are superimposed in at least one stack, and at least one outlet opening (20, 20″) located at one end of the housing (31) opposite a first product in the stack, the outlet opening (20, 20″) allowing the first product in the stack to be retrieved manually, with following products being automatically displaced and presented successively opposite the outlet opening (20, 20′) as the first product in the stack is removed, the outlet opening (20, 20′) is closed by a blocking membrane (21,21′) having slits and made of airtight material, a ramp (40, 40′) at an end of the housing (31) is angled toward the outlet opening (20, 20′) and located at a rear of the housing (31), causing the products in the stack to advance along a predetermined course through the outlet opening (20, 20′) until the first product, and then subsequently each of the following products, project partially through the blocking membrane (21, 21′) and to facilitate manually grasping from outside the dispenser, and the consumable products are beverages packed in at least one of bottles, cans, and cups.
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