EP1107200A2 - Machine de vente de boissons avec distributeur amélioré de bâtonnets - Google Patents

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EP1107200A2
EP1107200A2 EP00124486A EP00124486A EP1107200A2 EP 1107200 A2 EP1107200 A2 EP 1107200A2 EP 00124486 A EP00124486 A EP 00124486A EP 00124486 A EP00124486 A EP 00124486A EP 1107200 A2 EP1107200 A2 EP 1107200A2
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Silvano Personeni
Claudio Mosconi
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/12—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other with means for automatically changing to reserve stacks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
    • G07F11/22—Pushers actuated indirectly by hand, e.g. through cranks or levers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/72—Auxiliary equipment, e.g. for lighting cigars, opening bottles
    • 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
    • G07F13/10—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

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  • the present invention refers to an automatic beverage vending apparatus, in particular a hot-beverage vending apparatus, provided with an improved stick dispenser so as to boost the capacity thereof.
  • Automatic hot-beverage vending apparatuses are usually provided, further to the devices and means needed to prepare and deliver the hot beverages, also with stick dispensing means. These sticks are dropped into the cups before the hot beverage is poured thereinto, and are used by the customer to mix the same beverages, in particular to dissolve sugar therein.
  • Prior-art stick dispensers are substantially constituted by a vertical column, inside which there is provided a housing that in its cross-section has the shape and the size of a stick.
  • the sticks are stacked upon each other in this housing and are pulled out individually in view of being dropped into the cup.
  • a pull-out unit formed by a pushing element, usually of the oscillating type, which is actuated by a motor or an electromagnet.
  • Such a solution enables the quantity of available sticks to be increased for a same height of the dispenser, ie. the vending apparatus.
  • the stick dispenser according to the present invention is constituted by two vertical columns 11, 12 that are so shaped in their interior as to be able to contain a stack of sticks 13 of a food-grade plastic material each.
  • the two columns are firmly joined to each other in a side-by-side arrangement, and are supported by fulcrums, ie. pivotally, so as to be capable of oscillating about a pivot 14 fastened to the inner structure of the vending apparatus.
  • a pull-out unit 15 of a substantially per se known type which is usually actuated by a motor or an electromagnet (not shown).
  • This pull-out unit 15 is adapted to rotate about a pivot 16, so as to be able to pull out individually, ie. one at a time, the stick that each time comes to be positioned at the lower end portion of the respective stack 13 ( Figure 1).
  • the sticks in fact, owing to both their own nature and the effect of their being so stacked, tend to adhere to each other, so that the need arises for a particular action to be exerted in order to remove them from the stack and let them drop into the cup before the beverage is dispensed.
  • the first column 11 contains a properly shaped member 17 which weighs down on the stack of sticks and extends outside of the column itself with an arm 18.
  • the member 17 follows the stack as it gradually sinks owing to the sticks being successively removed therefrom, until the arm 18 comes to interfere with a sensor 19, which at this point issues the signal indicating that the column 11 is completely empty.
  • the sensor 19 is preferably of an electric type and the signal that it issues is used to drive a switch-over device that is adapted to displace the two columns 11 and 12, so as to bring the lower end portion of the second column in a position in which it can interact with the above cited stick pull-out unit 15.
  • Such a switch-over device for so alternately changing the position of the columns is substantially constituted by an actuator 20, preferably of an electric type, which acts on a properly shaped hook 21.
  • the hook 21 is hinged on to a pivot 22 fastened to the inner structure of the vending apparatus, and cooperates with a peg 23 that is rigidly connected to the columns 11 and 12.
  • the hook 21 has a profile featuring a first and a second abutment 30, 31 ( Figure 2) against which the peg 23 is able to alternatively come to rest.
  • the columns 11 and 12 are therefore held in position by said peg 23 engaging the hook 21.
  • a thrust spring 24 is mounted on the rear side of the columns 11 and 12 in a substantially horizontal position and in a prestressed state, and exerts a continuous pressure on the same columns (leftwards in the Figures).
  • Restoring the compressed state of the spring 24, by bringing the stick-holding columns back into the position shown in Figure 1, is done when the subsequent stick loading operation is carried out to refill the columns.
  • the proposed solution is very simple, compact and reliable. It is of course within the capability of anyone skilled in the art to make any of a number of possible variants or modifications without departing from the scope of the present invention. So, for example, the columns 11 and 12 may be provided in a greater number than two and may be driven to displace rectilinearly along appropriate runners or slides, instead of rotating about the fulcrum 14. Furthermore, the actuator means can be of a mechanical or pneumatic type, or even of a combined mechanical and pneumatic type.

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  • Beverage Vending Machines With Cups, And Gas Or Electricity Vending Machines (AREA)
  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
EP00124486A 1999-12-02 2000-11-09 Machine de vente de boissons avec distributeur amélioré de bâtonnets Withdrawn EP1107200A3 (fr)

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IT1999PN000087A IT1311721B1 (it) 1999-12-02 1999-12-02 Distributore automatico di bevande con dispensatore di paletteperfezionato
ITPN990087 1999-12-02

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EP1586254A1 (fr) * 2004-04-16 2005-10-19 F.A.S. International S.p.A. Distributeur de sucre et de bâtonnets mélangeurs
ITTO20080673A1 (it) * 2008-09-12 2010-03-13 N&W Global Vending Spa Gruppo per l'erogazione di palette e zucchero in un distributore automatico di bevande
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WO2022243853A1 (fr) * 2021-05-18 2022-11-24 Evoca S.P.A. Distributeur de bâtons d'agitation pour un distributeur automatique de boissons et procédé de distribution de bâtons d'agitation
WO2023067548A1 (fr) * 2021-10-21 2023-04-27 Evoca S.P.A. Distributeur de bâtonnets pour un distributeur automatique de boissons et procédé de distribution de bâtonnets
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EP1586254A1 (fr) * 2004-04-16 2005-10-19 F.A.S. International S.p.A. Distributeur de sucre et de bâtonnets mélangeurs
ITTO20080673A1 (it) * 2008-09-12 2010-03-13 N&W Global Vending Spa Gruppo per l'erogazione di palette e zucchero in un distributore automatico di bevande
WO2010029157A1 (fr) * 2008-09-12 2010-03-18 N&W Global Vending S.P.A. Ensemble distributeur d’agitateurs et de sucre pour distributeur automatique
CN102265314A (zh) * 2008-09-12 2011-11-30 N&W全球自动售货股份公司 自动售货机搅拌棒和糖分配组件
CN102265314B (zh) * 2008-09-12 2014-01-29 N&W全球自动售货股份公司 自动售货机搅拌棒和糖分配组件
RU2799394C2 (ru) * 2019-05-03 2023-07-05 Эвока С.П.А. Устройство для выдачи палочек для перемешивания, предназначенное для автомата для продажи напитков
WO2022201120A1 (fr) * 2021-03-25 2022-09-29 Evoca S.P.A. Distributeur de bâtonnets de mélange pour un distributeur automatique de boissons
IT202100007343A1 (it) * 2021-03-25 2022-09-25 Evoca Spa Erogatore di bastoncini mescolatori per un distributore automatico di bevande
CN117355877A (zh) * 2021-03-25 2024-01-05 埃沃咖股份公司 用于饮料自动售卖机的搅拌棒分配器
WO2022243853A1 (fr) * 2021-05-18 2022-11-24 Evoca S.P.A. Distributeur de bâtons d'agitation pour un distributeur automatique de boissons et procédé de distribution de bâtons d'agitation
CN117769727A (zh) * 2021-05-18 2024-03-26 埃沃咖股份公司 用于饮料自动售卖机的搅拌棒分配器及分配搅拌棒的方法
WO2023067548A1 (fr) * 2021-10-21 2023-04-27 Evoca S.P.A. Distributeur de bâtonnets pour un distributeur automatique de boissons et procédé de distribution de bâtonnets
IT202100028715A1 (it) * 2021-11-11 2023-05-11 Evoca Spa Erogatore di bastoncini mescolatori per un distributore automatico di bevande e metodo di alimentazione di detti bastoncini mescolatori
IT202100028712A1 (it) * 2021-11-11 2023-05-11 Evoca Spa Erogatore di bastoncini mescolatori per un distributore automatico di bevande e metodo di alimentazione di detti bastoncini mescolatori

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