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US 4,787,533 AGranted
Dispenser for flat products
AssigneeSML Alcatel
InventorsJean-Claude Haroutel, Philippe Michel
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AssigneeSML Alcatel
InventorsJean-Claude Haroutel, Philippe Michel
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A dispenser for flat products consists of a cabinet containing magazines for storing a plurality of products stacked according to predefined categories, with an outlet slot for a product selected from one of the magazines. A mechanism for extracting and dispensing the products in front of the magazines extracts the top product from a selected stack and transfers it to the outlet slot. This mechanism comprises a product holding device, individually controlled and motorized vertical and horizontal carriages carrying this device and a support for the device articulated to one of the carriages. The support assumes a holding position in which the device is placed against the top product in a selected stack and then moves to a position retracted against the carriages, holding the product. The magazines are inclined to the horizontal so that the stacks are offered up slantwise to the mechanism and the outlet slot is in a side of the cabinet, between the magazines and the mechanism. The dispenser is controlled by a control circuit responsive to a signal selecting one of the products.
Dispenser for flat products, comprising a cabinet and in said cabinet magazines for storing a plurality of products stacked according to predefined categories, an outlet for a product selected from one of said magazines, and a mechanism for extracting and dispensing said products disposed in front of said magazines and adapted to extract the top product from a selected stack and transfer it to said outlet, wherein said mechanism comprises a product holding device, individually controlled and motorized vertical and horizontal carriages carrying said device and a support for said device articulated to one of said carriages and adapted to assume a holding position in which said device is placed against said top product in a selected stack and a position retracted against said carriages, said dispenser further comprising a control circuit responsive to a signal selecting one of said products, and wherein said magazines are inclined to the horizontal so that said stacks are offered up slantwise to said mechanism and said outlet is in a side of said cabinet, between said magazines and said mechanism.
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