# US 9,520,013 B2 · Product dispensing device

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- Number: US 9,520,013 B2
- Document ID: US9520013B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/218,357
- Filed: 2016-07-25
- Published: 2016-11-17
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-19
- Assignees: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hajime Erikawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520013B2

## CPC

- G07F 11/24: Rotary or oscillatory members
- G07F 11/10: two or more magazines having a common delivery chute
- G07F 11/34: in which the magazines are of zig-zag form
- G07F 17/0014: {for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 (meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00)}
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## Abstract

A product dispensing device includes: product accommodating passages; a dispensing mechanism which regulates a product from moving toward the downstream side in a standby state, and dispenses a product positioned at the most downstream side; a disc-shaped member which rotates in one or another direction; link members each of which has a standby attitude in a normal state to cause the dispensing mechanism to be in the standby state, and causes the dispensing mechanism to be driven when swinging from the standby attitude to have a dispensing attitude; and a hook member which causes the link member to swing to have the dispensing attitude when the disc-shaped member rotates in the one direction so that the distal end abuts against the link member, and retreats from the radially outer region when the disc-shaped member rotates in the other direction so that the distal end abuts against the link member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A product dispensing device comprising:
a plurality of product accommodating passages which accommodate an introduced product with a predetermined attitude;
a dispensing mechanism which is disposed on each downstream side of the product accommodating passages, regulates a product accommodated in the corresponding product accommodating passage from moving toward the downstream side in a standby state, and dispenses a product positioned at a most downstream side accommodated in the corresponding product accommodating passage when being driven;
a disc-shaped member which is disposed at a position spaced apart from the dispensing mechanism rotatably about a central axis thereof, and rotates in one direction or another direction by a rotational driving force applied from a rotation driving source;
a plurality of link members each of which is coupled with the corresponding dispensing mechanism via a coupling member and swingably disposed in a radially outer region of the disc-shaped member, and has a standby attitude in a normal state to cause the dispensing mechanism to be in the standby state, and causes the dispensing mechanism to be driven when swinging from the standby attitude to have a dispensing attitude; and
a hook member which is rotatably disposed in the disc-shaped member in a manner such that a distal end thereof moves forward and backward in the radially outer region of the disc-shaped member, has an attitude in which the distal end enters the radially outer region in a normal state, causes the link member to swing to have the dispensing attitude when the disc-shaped member rotates in the one direction so that the distal end abuts against the link member, and retreats from the radially outer region when the disc-shaped member rotates in the other direction so that the distal end abuts against the link member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The product dispensing device according to claim 1, further comprising
a movement driving source which applies a driving force to the disc-shaped member to cause the disc-shaped member to move along an axial direction of the central axis,
wherein the link member is disposed along the axial direction of the central axis of the disc-shaped member in the radially outer region of the disc-shaped member, and
the disc-shaped member is capable of moving along the axial direction of the central axis.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The product dispensing device according to claim 2, wherein
the rotation driving source and the movement driving source are direct current motors.