EP4178727A1 - Distributeur automatique de produits fluides contenus dans des cartouches, cartouche, buse d'éjection et procédé de mise en oeuvre - Google Patents
Distributeur automatique de produits fluides contenus dans des cartouches, cartouche, buse d'éjection et procédé de mise en oeuvreInfo
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- EP4178727A1 EP4178727A1 EP21740098.5A EP21740098A EP4178727A1 EP 4178727 A1 EP4178727 A1 EP 4178727A1 EP 21740098 A EP21740098 A EP 21740098A EP 4178727 A1 EP4178727 A1 EP 4178727A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
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- B05B11/0078—Arrangements for separately storing several components
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- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
- B05B1/34—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
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- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
- B01F33/80—Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
- B01F33/84—Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins
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- B01F33/84—Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins
- B01F33/844—Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins with means for customizing the mixture on the point of sale, e.g. by sensing, receiving or analysing information about the characteristics of the mixture to be made
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
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- B05B11/0037—Containers
- B05B11/0054—Cartridges, i.e. containers specially designed for easy attachment to or easy removal from the rest of the sprayer
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- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B15/00—Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
- B05B15/70—Arrangements for moving spray heads automatically to or from the working position
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- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
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- B01F2101/06—Mixing of food ingredients
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
- B05B1/26—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with means for mechanically breaking-up or deflecting the jet after discharge, e.g. with fixed deflectors; Breaking-up the discharged liquid or other fluent material by impinging jets
- B05B1/262—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with means for mechanically breaking-up or deflecting the jet after discharge, e.g. with fixed deflectors; Breaking-up the discharged liquid or other fluent material by impinging jets with fixed deflectors
- B05B1/265—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with means for mechanically breaking-up or deflecting the jet after discharge, e.g. with fixed deflectors; Breaking-up the discharged liquid or other fluent material by impinging jets with fixed deflectors the liquid or other fluent material being symmetrically deflected about the axis of the nozzle
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
- B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
- B05B11/10—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
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Definitions
- the invention relates to an automatic dispenser for fluid products contained in cartridges, in particular for the extemporaneous and personalized preparation of a mixture of products from several cartridges, for example, but not exclusively, in the field food supplements.
- the invention also relates to a cartridge and to an ejection nozzle allowing ejection of the product while the cartridge is substantially horizontal, as well as to an implementation method.
- Health and cosmetics manufacturers tend more and more to favor the personalization of products according to the end user. This trend is for example observed for the preparation of pharmaceutical treatments specifically adapted to the patient according to his sex, his age, his genetic heritage, and the specificities of his disease, such as his cancer or the viral strain.
- automatic dispensers comprising at least two cartridges of different components and a mechanical (syringe-pusher type) or pneumatic pumping mechanism.
- the patent document FR3044219 describes an automated device comprising a control interface controlling syringe pumps causing the injection of the contents of the syringes into flexible tubes joining in a mixing zone consisting of a connector with several inlets, connected to an ejection cone for the cosmetic composition thus prepared.
- a cartridge with a volume of 100 mL generally has a minimum diameter of 40 mm and more generally a value close to 50 mm. Assuming that the exit is on the rim of the cartridge, this implies that the exits are on a 50mm diameter in a 6-round barrel configuration.
- a barrel configuration allows outputs on a circle of approximately 65 mm in diameter.
- a small glass has a diameter of approximately 5 to 6 cm. It then becomes essential to use a tip if you want to put more than 6 cartridges in the device.
- a mouthpiece adds dead volume which can be a source of error due to the drying of the liquid.
- the cylindrical form factor of the cartridges is as limiting with the concept of document WO2016090235, as with the machine of document US10022741. Indeed, in the concept of the document WO201 6090235, if one wished to increase the number of cartridges beyond three, one would necessarily end up with a machine which would no longer resemble a water bottle, and one would then lose the mobility aspect which is one of the objectives of this document. This is even more problematic in the case of the machine of document US10022741 which uses cartridges of greater capacity.
- the vertical barrel configuration described in these two documents requires loading either from above, in which case it is necessary to move the entire mechanical block located above the cartridges, or from the side, in which case it It is necessary either to provide a cover that goes all the way around the device in order to be able to change all the cartridges, or to provide a sliding cylinder which necessarily leads to a loss of precision in the positioning of the cartridges.
- the vertical barrel configuration is essential to allow localized distribution of the products contained in the cartridges. Indeed, this arrangement makes it possible to position the outlets of each cartridge against each other, so that the products fall into a zone of restricted perimeter. Thus, the user can, as explained in the document US10022741, place his fingers under the cartridges to collect the dispensed cosmetic products.
- the invention therefore aims to provide an economical vending machine (that is to say capable of using identical cartridges), compact (that is to say of low impasto) while being capable of holding many cartridges (i.e. at least six), large capacity (i.e. at least 100 millilitres) to be able to dispense many different combinations of fluid products, without having to change cartridges every day, versatile (i.e. capable of safely dispensing products likely to present inhomogeneities - sedimentation or supernatant), limiting waste, all in a restricted dispensing area and with precise dosing by a reproducible mechanical action of the dispenser on the cartridges.
- Another objective is to facilitate maintenance and repair of the dispenser by promoting direct access to the various parts, in particular to the engine and to the transmission mechanism, without having to dismantle the cartridges and their support.
- the cartridges are also offset axially, either structurally or functionally, that is to say during their activation, so that their outlet is arranged above a container, which allows dispensing in a restricted area, in particular in a container of 6 cm in diameter, which is a conventional glass diameter.
- This arrangement also allows direct access to the cartridges and front loading, which is a very important ergonomic advantage, in particular when the cartridges are changed by a non-professional.
- This organization of the cartridges also makes it possible to provide for the mechanism for actuating the cartridges to be arranged behind the cartridges, and therefore directly accessible by a rear cover, which facilitates its maintenance.
- the distributor according to the invention is therefore simple, economical, of low impasto and versatile.
- the subject of the invention is an automatic dispenser for fluid products contained in cartridges, the dispenser comprising: a frame provided with N slots each having a longitudinal axis, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, the slots being intended to receive, in use, the product cartridges each provided with a reservoir and a mechanical metering pump that can be activated in an axial direction of actuation and provided with a product ejection orifice; a cartridge actuation system comprising: * a motor capable of generating an actuating force for the mechanical cartridge metering pump;
- a selective transmission mechanism capable of selectively transmitting the force generated by the motor to at least one of the mechanical metering pumps of the cartridges; a housing for a removable container intended to receive the fluid products contained in the cartridges housed in the N slots and actuated by the selective transmission mechanism; characterized in that the longitudinal axes of the N slots are arranged substantially horizontally, with reference to the direction of earth's gravity, and in a stepped manner, so that the cartridges are, in use, parallel to each other and to the longitudinal axes of the slots, but staggered along their longitudinal axes so that a cartridge above a cartridge below overhangs it sufficiently so that the ejection port of the cartridge above projects longitudinally beyond the cartridge below - below and either directly above the housing for the removable container.
- fluid product any product that can be dispensed by a mechanical metering pump fitted to the cartridges.
- the N slots can be fixed and offset so that the cartridges are offset along their longitudinal axes in the activated position or in the inactivated position;
- the N slots can be aligned on a plane in the rest position in which no cartridge is activated, the N slots being mounted to slide relative to the chassis along their longitudinal axis, and each connected to a translation movement mechanism , the dispenser being programmed to selectively activate the mechanism for moving the location of a cartridge to be activated to shift it until the cartridge ejection port longitudinally projects a cartridge below and is at the verticality of the removable container;
- the longitudinal axis of the N slots may have an angle of inclination of between -20° and +20° with respect to the horizontal, preferably between -15° and
- each of the N cartridge slots can include a polarizer arranged so that, when a cartridge is inserted into a slot, the product ejection orifice of its metering pump is oriented towards a center of the slot for a removable container, at an angle with the direction of terrestrial gravity comprised between 0° and 80°, preferably between 20° and 65°, advantageously between 30° and 45°;
- each cartridge slot can be provided with a product cartridge whose metering pump comprises an ejection nozzle having a tapered product ejection portion flared outwards;
- the ejection nozzle may include a product retarder in the flared end portion
- the retarder can be a cone converging towards the outside of the nozzle and held in the nozzle and at a distance from the walls of the nozzle by support tabs;
- the transmission mechanism may include: a transmission member; an actuating member; and
- N clutch mechanisms each comprising a clutch member reversibly activatable by a linear actuator, each clutch mechanism being arranged to couple or uncouple the transmission member and the actuating member; a central unit programmed to selectively actuate each linear actuator according to a determined preparation instruction of a mixture; and or
- the transmission member may be a toothed transmission wheel connected to a rotary output shaft of the motor, the N cartridge slots being arranged on either side of the actuating member, each cartridge location being provided with: an actuating member comprising a cylindrical cam provided on the one hand with a toothed drive wheel and on the other hand a follower member connected to an actuation piston in translation of the cartridge; and a clutch mechanism comprising:
- a toothed clutch wheel mounted to move between an engaged position in which the toothed clutch wheel engages in the toothed wheel for driving the cam and in the toothed wheel for transmitting the engine, and a disengaged position, in which the clutch toothed wheel is disengaged from the engine transmission toothed wheel;
- the invention also relates to a cartridge of fluid product for a previous dispenser, the cartridge comprising a reservoir of product and a mechanical pump provided with a product ejection orifice, said mechanical pump further comprising a nozzle ejection having a tapered and outwardly flared product ejection portion.
- the ejection nozzle may include a product retarder in the flared end portion
- the retarder is a cone converging towards the outside of the nozzle and held in the nozzle and at a distance from the walls of the nozzle by support tabs;
- the cartridge may include an indication of placement height in the dispenser
- the cartridge may include a polarizer capable of cooperating with a polarizer of a location to orient the cartridge around its longitudinal axis; and or
- the cartridge may include: a fluid product reservoir provided with a mechanical metering pump that can be activated in an axial direction of actuation and having a product ejection orifice, and a rigid casing for protecting the reservoir and the pump, the rigid casing comprising an orifice outlet intended to be connected with the ejection orifice of the pump, and at least one actuating orifice intended to receive, in use, an actuating member of the cartridge location, said at least one orifice actuation having a section smaller than a finger section of a three-year-old child.
- the invention also relates to an ejection nozzle for a previous product cartridge, the nozzle comprising an ejection portion having a conical inner face and flared outwardly.
- the ejection nozzle may further comprise a product retarder in the flared ejection portion; and or
- the retarder can be a cone converging towards the outside of the nozzle and held in the nozzle and at a distance from the walls of the nozzle by support tabs.
- the invention also relates to a method for implementing the previous dispenser, in which: the dispenser is placed on a flat surface; a cartridge is arranged in each slot, such that the cartridges containing the least viscous products are arranged in the slots closest to the housing for the removable container, and that the cartridges containing the most viscous products are arranged in the slots furthest in height from the housing for the removable container.
- the method may comprise the steps a) In a first stage of locations, the distributor moves the location of each cartridge whose product enters into the determined composition by a distance such that its ejection orifice extends longitudinally beyond a cartridge located below and either directly above the removable container, then b) the dispenser actuates the cartridge(s) moved so as to eject the products which they contain towards the removable container; then c) the distributor actuates the displacement mechanisms to return the location of each cartridge having been actuated to the rest position d) the distributor repeats steps a) to c) stage by stage of locations until all the cartridges whose product enters into the determined composition have been activated.
- FIG. 1 a schematic perspective view of a first embodiment of a vending machine according to the invention, in the closed position;
- FIG. 2 a schematic perspective view of the dispenser of FIG.
- FIG. 3 a schematic side view of the dispenser of Figure 2, whose cartridge being changed has been inserted in the position of use, and of which a side cover has been removed to show the arrangement of the cartridges according to the invention ;
- FIG. 4 a schematic view of a variant arrangement according to the invention in which the slots are elongated, but present a small angle with the horizontal;
- FIG. 5 a schematic front view of the dispenser of FIG. 3, showing that the cartridges are pivoted on themselves so that their product ejection orifice is directed towards a median plane of the dispenser;
- FIG. 6 a schematic bottom view of the dispenser of FIG. 3, showing that in this first embodiment, the cartridges are axially offset from one stage to another, same rest position;
- FIG. 7 a schematic front view of an arrangement according to the invention with eight cartridges arranged in twos on four levels and forming two identical columns;
- FIG. 8 a schematic top view of the impacts of drops in a container receiving the products of the cartridges of the arrangement of FIG. 7;
- FIG. 9 a schematic front view of an arrangement according to the invention with ten cartridges arranged in a cluster on four levels;
- FIG. 10 a schematic top view of the impacts of drops in a container receiving the products of the cartridges of the arrangement of FIG. 9;
- FIG. 1 1 a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a cartridge for the implementation of the dispenser according to the invention
- FIG. 12 a schematic perspective view of the mode of actuation of an alternative embodiment of cartridge usable in the dispenser according to the invention
- FIG. 13 a schematic perspective view of a first embodiment of an ejection nozzle according to the invention for implementing the dispenser according to the invention
- FIG. 14 a schematic perspective view of an ejection nozzle according to the first embodiment of the invention, the nozzle comprising a flow rate retarder;
- FIG. 15 a diagrammatic view in longitudinal section of the ejection nozzle of FIG. 14 illustrating the path taken by the fluid product during ejection;
- FIG. 16 a schematic rear view of an exemplary embodiment of a cartridge actuation system, in which the transmission member, the actuating members and the clutch mechanisms comprise toothed wheels;
- FIG. 17 a schematic perspective view of a second embodiment of an automatic dispenser according to the invention, in which the cartridges are aligned axially in the rest position, that is to say when they are not actuated;
- FIG. 18 a schematic perspective view of the second embodiment of an automatic dispenser of FIG. 17, in the activation position of a cartridge, in which said cartridge is offset axially with respect to the other non-actuated cartridges;
- FIG. 19 a schematic perspective view of a second embodiment of an ejection nozzle according to the invention for implementing the dispenser according to the invention
- FIG. 20 a schematic view in perspective and in section of the ejection nozzle of FIG. 19;
- FIG. 21 a schematic front view, in the use position, of the second embodiment of an ejection nozzle according to the invention.
- FIG. 22 a schematic perspective view of a cartridge in the position of use and equipped with the second embodiment of the ejection nozzle according to the invention for the implementation of the dispenser according to the invention.
- Figures 1 to 3 illustrate a first embodiment of a vending machine 100 according to the invention.
- the distributor 100 comprises an outer casing 10 in which there is a frame 20 provided with N slots E each having a longitudinal axis Y, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2.
- N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, but of course, the interest of the invention is to provide more cartridge slots to be able to use more different products and to allow the dispensation of many more combinations of mixtures.
- N is an integer which can be greater than or equal to at least 6, advantageously at least 8, even advantageously at least 10.
- the frame comprises a compartment formed by compartments constituting the slots E.
- This locker can be an integral part of the frame or be attached to the frame.
- Each location E is intended to receive, in use, product cartridges 200 that can be operated mechanically, such as those illustrated in Figures 11 and 12.
- each cartridge 200-200 comprises a reservoir 201 -201' and a mechanical metering pump 202-202' activatable in a substantially horizontal axial direction of actuation XX, and provided with a product ejection orifice 203-203'.
- a cartridge according to the invention comprises a reservoir of fluid product provided with a mechanical metering pump making it possible to dispense a known dose by a mechanical action on the reservoir (a relative pressure between tank and pump).
- the cartridge may further comprise a rigid casing in which the fluid reservoir equipped with the metering pump is located, the casing comprising actuating orifices each intended to receive, in use, a actuation carried by the automatic distributor to press the tank against the pump and control the ejection of product.
- the dispenser 100 also comprises an actuation system 30 for the cartridges, comprising a motor 31 capable of generating an actuation force for the mechanical metering pump 202 of the cartridges 200, and a selective transmission mechanism 32 capable of selectively transmitting the force generated by the motor to at least one of the mechanical metering pumps 202 of the cartridges 200.
- an actuation system 30 for the cartridges comprising a motor 31 capable of generating an actuation force for the mechanical metering pump 202 of the cartridges 200, and a selective transmission mechanism 32 capable of selectively transmitting the force generated by the motor to at least one of the mechanical metering pumps 202 of the cartridges 200.
- the dispenser 100 also comprises a housing 40 for a removable container 41 intended to receive the fluid products contained in the cartridges 200 housed in the N slots E and actuated by the selective transmission mechanism 32.
- the distributor 100 according to the invention also comprises an interface
- this interface 50 is a touch screen carried by a pivoting cover of the outer casing 10.
- the N slots E are arranged substantially horizontally, with reference to the direction of earth's gravity.
- the slots E are substantially horizontal in the use position, that is to say in the position for dispensing the products contained in the cartridges housed in the slots E.
- substantially horizontal it is understood that the projection Eh on a horizontal plane H1 of the slots E is much greater than the projection Ev on a vertical plane VI of the slots E, the latter possibly being zero.
- the longitudinal axis Y of the N slots E has an angle of inclination a of between -20° and +20° with respect to the horizontal H, preferably between -15° and +15°, advantageously between -10° and +10°.
- Tilting the pump cartridge upwards directs the bubbles towards the pump so that they are evacuated immediately in the first doses. This can be taken into account in an initialization step.
- the slots E are arranged in a stepped manner so that the cartridges are superposed and distributed over several floors. This distribution can be done on one or more columns as shown in figure 7, or in a cluster, as shown in figure 9.
- the N slots E are fixed relative to the chassis and they are offset along their longitudinal axes YY so that the cartridges are offset along their longitudinal axis (XX) in the activated position (i.e. when cartridges are actuated) or in the inactivated position (i.e. when no cartridge is actuated).
- the cartridges are parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal axes YY of the slots, but offset along their longitudinal axes XX, by a distance DI such that a cartridge 200B (respectively 200C) located above a cartridge 200A (respectively 200B) located below overhangs the cartridge located below sufficiently so that the ejection orifice of the cartridge 200B (respectively 200C) located above projects longitudinally from the cartridge 200A (respectively 200B) located below and either plumb with the removable container 41 .
- the distance DI must be greater than half the maximum diameter of the outlet jet of the cartridge, this diameter being essentially defined by the shape of the ejection orifice or of the nozzle when the latter is provided with one.
- the number N of cartridge slots can be between 6 and 15, preferably between 8 and 12, while maintaining a limited impasto of the machine.
- the number of slots is then rather limited by the cost and size of the components of the actuation system (motor, number of actuators, powerful power supply, etc.), especially if the distributor is intended for domestic use.
- each cartridge 200 is circumscribed in a cylinder with a diameter of 47 mm (radius 23.5 mm), the two columns are separated by 52 mm and two successive rows are separated by 50 mm (from center to cartridge center), the offset between two rows being 1 8mm.
- each cartridge 200 is circumscribed in a cylinder with a diameter of 47 mm (radius 23.5 mm), the two columns are separated by 59 mm and two successive rows are separated by 62 mm (from center to cartridge center), the offset between two rows being 16 mm.
- the elongated arrangement of the cartridges also allows direct access to the cartridges and front loading by lifting the cover 11.
- the invention provides a reversible locking system between a loading position in which it makes it possible to withdraw and insert a cartridge in its housing, and a position of use in which it maintains the pump when the actuation system actuates the pump by applying a stress against the reservoir.
- Each slot E comprises, on the front panel, a cartridge inlet port and a pivoting stop 21 between a loading/unloading position of the cartridge in which the flap 21 is retracted to release the inlet orifice and the sliding of the cartridge into or out of the slot E (see the flap 21a and the cartridge 200 being loaded in FIG. 2), and a position of use in which the flap 21 bears against the mechanical pump 202 of the cartridges.
- the pivoting flap is advantageously common to all the slots E of the same floor.
- the front cover 11 may itself comprise, on its inner face (not visible in FIG. 2), pump stops which are in contact with the pumps of the cartridges. These two configurations can be combined, to which case the stops are applied against the shutters, which makes it possible to reinforce them.
- the shutters are also connected to one or more return springs to prevent a shutter from remaining in the open position inadvertently. The return spring then allows the return of the shutter against the pump or pumps and the actuation of the locking system of the shutters in this position (for example by positioning them behind a stop).
- the cartridges are oriented around their longitudinal axis XX, such that their ejection orifice is directed towards a center of the housing 40 for a removable container 41 .
- This makes it possible to reduce the distance between the ejection orifices of two cartridges of the same stage and reduces the necessary width of the container 41 .
- each of the N cartridge slots E comprises a polarizer arranged so that, when a cartridge is inserted into a slot, the product ejection orifice of the cartridge metering pump is oriented towards a center of the housing for a removable container, at an angle b with the direction of earth's gravity comprised between 0° and 80°, preferably between 20° and 65°, advantageously between 30° and 45°.
- the corrector can be obtained thanks to a particular shape of the cartridge, and therefore of the slots E, as illustrated below.
- the ejection orifices 203 are axially offset along the axis XX of the cartridges located between two different floors, and they are close together within the same floor, thanks to the orientation of each cartridge towards a median plane Pm of the dispenser 100, that is to say towards a center of the housing 40 for the removable container 41 . This ensures that all the product jets are directed towards the container, which limits the risk of a jet landing outside the container.
- Figures 7 to 10 illustrate the advantage of directing the ejection orifices of the cartridges towards the center of the slot 40 and therefore towards the center of the removable container 41 .
- the cartridges are organized on 4 levels each having two cartridges.
- the different levels of cartridges have an offset allowing the jet from an upper cartridge to pass in front of the lower cartridge and to land unobstructed in the container.
- the cartridges advantageously include an indication of placement height in the slots E of the dispenser (more precisely an indication of placement height in the compartment part) so as to allow the user to respect the privileged location and to limit splashing.
- the cartridges comprise an electronic chip readable by the distributor, the latter warning the user of the incorrect positioning of the cartridge if the height information stored in the chip is incompatible with the location E chosen by the user. .
- the housing 40 is slightly offset so that when the container is in place to receive the products, the most viscous products fall onto the base of the container and the less viscous products fall onto the inclined edges. container, further reducing the risk of splashing.
- the jets J200D, J200C and J200 B originating respectively from the highest cartridges 200D, 200C and 200B have landed on the bottom 41a of the container 41 .
- the latter is advantageously chosen to have a rim forming an angle of less than 45° with respect to the vertical so that the jet lands with a low angle of incidence and does not rebound by splashing.
- Figure 9 illustrates an embodiment comprising ten cartridges arranged in a cluster, in which it is possible to put two or three cartridges per row. In this scenario with four floors, the rows of three cartridges cannot be placed either at the very top or at the very bottom, because the jets would then no longer be above the container.
- the cartridges are not oriented in the same way, in the sense that the ejection orifices form different angles with the vertical (that is to say the direction of earth's gravity in the position of use).
- the cartridges 200B1 and 200C1 arranged plumb with the median plane of the container 41 have an angle b of zero orientation
- the cartridges J200A, J200B, J200 C and J200D offset with respect to the median plane of the container 41 have a orientation angle b of 45° in the example. This makes it possible to ensure good aiming of the jets J200B1 and J200B2 at the center of the container 41 .
- Row 1 is the lowest and row 4 is the highest.
- the jets J200D from the highest cartridges 200D have landed on the bottom 41a of the container 41.
- the J200C and J200 B jets from the 200C and 200B cartridges respectively landed on the bottom 41 a and on the edges of the container 41 .
- the J200A jets from the lowest 200A cartridges landed on the inclined edge 41b of the container 41 .
- Figure 1 1 illustrates an advantageous embodiment of a product cartridge for the implementation of the automatic dispenser according to the invention.
- the cartridge 200 is cylindrical and advantageously has a non-circular section allowing a keying function for the arrangement described in Figures 5 and 6.
- the cartridges 200 have the shape shown and a capacity of 100 mL (see the first embodiment example given above), and have dimensions such that each cartridge is circumscribed in a cylinder with a diameter of 47 mm (radius 23.5 mm), the liquid outlet will be on the edge at 28.5 mm from the central axis. If the cartridges 200 are arranged in the device with an angle b of 30° relative to the vertical, the outlet orifices of two cartridges of the same row are separated by 23.5 mm, which makes it possible to have the liquid which falls into a 60mm container.
- the ejection of the product from the cartridge can be obtained by pushing on the reservoir 201, so that the pump 202 bearing against the frame of the distributor (in particular against the pivoting stop flap 21) is actuated and that fluid product is ejected.
- the cartridges 200' are similar to the cartridges described in patent application FRI 914673. They comprise a reservoir 201' of fluid product provided with a mechanical pump 202' that can be activated in an axial direction, and a rigid casing 204' comprising at least one actuating orifice 205' intended to receive, in use, an actuating rod 35c (also called “piston” hereinafter) carried by the actuating system 30 to operate the mechanical pump.
- actuating rod 35c also called “piston” hereinafter
- the actuating orifice 205' has a section smaller than the section of a finger of a three-year-old child, which prevents him from pressing on the reservoir with his fingers, even when these are thin, and to manually trigger the delivery of product contained in the reservoir.
- the metering pump 202-202 ' Regardless of the type of cartridge used (with or without rigid protective casing), the metering pump 202-202 'preferably comprises an ejection orifice 203-203' provided with a nozzle of ejection 300 making it possible to reduce the speed of ejection of the product when it comes out of the cartridge.
- FIG. 1 A first embodiment of preferred ejection nozzle according to the invention is illustrated in Figures 1 3 to 15.
- the nozzle 300 has a longitudinal body allowing its insertion into the ejection orifice of the pump 202 of the cartridge 200.
- the nozzle 300 has a product inlet portion 301 and a product ejection portion 302, the inner surface 302a of which is tapered and flared outwards, which reduces the product ejection speed to constant flow, and allows good accuracy of aiming dispensing of the product by gravity into the container 41 .
- conical it is meant that the ejection portion has a generally conical shape, that is to say that it is inscribed in a cone.
- a cone is therefore a volume generated by a rectilinear or curvilinear straight line passing through a fixed point, at least virtual (that is to say in the extension of the real volume of the ejection portion), and of which the base, i.e. the shape of the end section of the ejection portion, is a closed curve.
- This curve can be substantially circular, as in the embodiment of Figures 13 to 15, or oblong, as in the embodiment of Figures 19 to 22.
- the nozzle may comprise an inlet portion 301 15 mm long, with an inside diameter of 3 mm and an inside diameter of 2 mm at the passage 305 connecting the two inlet 301 and ejection 302 portions.
- the ejection portion 302 is 15 mm long, and has an inside diameter of 5 mm at the passage 305 and an inside diameter of 5.5 mm at the outlet.
- the ejection nozzle further comprises a product retarder 303 in the flared end portion 301.
- the retarder 303 is a cone converging towards the outside of the nozzle and held in the nozzle and at a distance from the inner wall 301b of the nozzle by support tabs 304.
- the volume of the retarder depends on the fluid which must be ejected. Indeed, the more the retarder has a contact surface with the fluid, the more it tends to retain its flow by surface tension forces, and can therefore distort the volume of product actually ejected. Thus, the more viscous a fluid, the less volume the retarder must have that exceeds its base 303a. The retarder can then have the shape of a simple disc. In some cases, the fluid is so viscous that a retarder is useless or even harmful.
- the contact surface when the fluid is very low in viscosity, the contact surface must be increased to slow down the fluid, in combination with the base 303a and the flared surface 302a.
- the nozzle 300 according to the invention has very little harmful influence on the dead volume. Indeed, this nozzle is inserted into the outlet orifice 203 of the pump, which reduces the volume of this orifice 203, so that the "dead" volume added by the nozzle has been largely compensated for by the volume removed in the pump nozzle. The increase in dead volume therefore remains measured (less than 50%). The nozzle therefore has many more advantages by slowing down the fluid so that it falls vertically by gravity into the removable container 41 .
- the product inlet portion 301 has an inner surface 301 a that is conical and slightly convergent towards the product ejection portion 302. This arrangement is necessary when the nozzle is manufactured by injection for allow demoulding. In this case, it is therefore appropriate to limit this angle of convergence as much as possible to allow effective demolding while limiting the acceleration of the product. In any case, this acceleration is very much lower than the deceleration obtained by the flared ejection part 302 of the nozzle.
- the convergence of the inlet portion 301 can be completely zero.
- the nozzle 300 advantageously comprises an additional fixing means 306 on the cartridge.
- This is particularly advantageous when the cartridge comprises a rigid protective casing, because this makes it possible to ensure that the nozzle is held against the casing, and therefore allows regularity and reproducibility of sighting of the product in the container 41 .
- this additional fastening means is
- 306 is an elastic tongue intended to be blocked between the ejection orifice of the pump 202 and the rigid casing 204'.
- the mechanism implemented to selectively actuate the cartridges is complex and very aesthetic, so that it is possible, by providing a transparent inspection cover, to show this mechanism, like a transparent watch which reveals its mechanism.
- the actuation system is advantageously a system in accordance with that described in patent application FR2000302, one embodiment of which is described below.
- the actuation system comprises a motor 31 provided with a rotary output shaft 31a capable of generating an actuation force for the mechanical metering pump 202 of the cartridges 200, and a mechanism for selective transmission 32 capable of selectively transmitting the force generated by the motor to at least one of the mechanical metering pumps 202 of the cartridges 200.
- the transmission mechanism 32 comprises: a transmission member 34, constituted in the embodiment by a gear secured to the shaft 31a of the motor 31 (shown in dotted lines in Figure 16), the gear 34a being meshed with a succession of flat toothed wheels 34b meshed with each other; an actuating member 35 comprising a toothed wheel 35a fixed to a cylindrical cam 35b (shown in dotted lines in FIG. 16 because it is arranged behind the toothed wheel 35a) intended to cooperate with a follower member connected to a piston cartridge compression; and
- clutch mechanisms 36-36' each comprising a clutch member 36 (here a toothed wheel) reversibly activatable by a linear actuator 37, each clutch mechanism being arranged so as to couple or uncouple the clutch member transmission 34 and the actuator 35.
- the gear 34a connecting the motor shaft to the succession of toothed wheels 34b is advantageously provided with a thumbwheel system capable of measuring the speed of the motor in order to allow the speed of the motor to be regulated. here if necessary.
- the distributor also comprises a central unit programmed to selectively actuate each linear actuator 37 according to a determined preparation instruction of a mixture collected via the interface 50 or via a Internet connection.
- FIG. 16 illustrates an advantageous embodiment which makes it possible to obtain a compact actuation system, since it is shallow, but extends over the height of the distributor.
- the motor 31 is provided with a member 34 for transmitting the force generated by the motor with N actuating members 35 of the mechanical cartridge metering pump.
- the dispenser comprises as many actuating members 35 as there are slots for product cartridges.
- the distributor also comprises N clutch mechanisms 36 (that is to say as many as slots for product cartridges), each comprising a clutch member reversibly activatable by an actuator linear 37.
- Each clutch mechanism 36 is arranged to couple or uncouple, directly or indirectly, the transmission member 34 and an actuating member 35.
- a linear actuator is a mechanical actuator capable of generating a linear, that is to say non-circular, force.
- a linear actuator within the meaning of the present invention has insufficient power to directly actuate the mechanical metering pump of the cartridges.
- a linear actuator 37 is preferably an electromagnet with a plunger core, more commonly called a solenoid by abuse of language.
- solenoid will therefore be understood, in the present description, as an electromagnet with a plunger core which is an assembly comprising a coil of electrically conductive wire and a ferromagnetic rod, therefore magnetizable, slidably mounted in the axis of the coil to be moved in translation according to the current flowing in the coil.
- the dispenser comprises a central unit (not shown) programmed to selectively actuate the solenoid 37 of each cartridge slot according to a determined preparation instruction for a mixture.
- the transmission member is a succession of toothed transmission wheels 34 connected to the rotary output shaft 31a of the motor, and the N cartridge slots are arranged on either side of the succession of toothed transmission wheels 34b.
- Each cartridge slot is provided with an actuating member 35 comprising a toothed drive wheel 35a secured to a cylindrical cam 35b (shown in dotted lines in Figure 16 because arranged behind the toothed wheel 35a), by example a helical cam, resting against a follower member (not visible in the figure) connected to a piston (not visible in the figure) for actuating the cartridge in translation.
- actuating member 35 comprising a toothed drive wheel 35a secured to a cylindrical cam 35b (shown in dotted lines in Figure 16 because arranged behind the toothed wheel 35a), by example a helical cam, resting against a follower member (not visible in the figure) connected to a piston (not visible in the figure) for actuating the cartridge in translation.
- Each cartridge slot is also provided with a clutch mechanism which comprises a toothed clutch wheel 36 mounted to move between an engaged position and a disengaged position.
- the clutch toothed wheels 36 'to the right of the figure are in the engaged position, that is to say they are meshed with a transmission toothed wheel 34b and a toothed wheel d drive 35a, and the clutch toothed wheels 36 on the left of the figure are in the disengaged position, that is to say they are disengaged from the corresponding transmission toothed wheel 34b.
- the clutch mechanism also includes a solenoid 37 arranged to control movement of the clutch toothed wheel by means of a lever 37a between the engaged position and the disengaged position.
- the toothed drive wheel 35a being secured to the cylindrical cam (not visible in the figure), the latter also begins to rotate, so that the cam follower slides in translation relative to the frame and to the cartridge slot E.
- the cam follower being integral with a piston, the latter also slides and presses against the bottom of the tank 201 by applying pressure substantially horizontal, thus crushing the pump 202 against the pivoting stop flap 21 to eject a dose of product.
- the distributor can advantageously provide a reduction system to accelerate or, on the contrary, reduce the speed of rotation of the toothed drive wheel 35a of the cam relative to the toothed transmission wheel 34b of the motor 13
- the solenoids of each location can be controlled independently of each other by the central unit of the dispenser, so that each cartridge can be engaged or disengaged independently of the others.
- the actuation system described therefore allows selective actuation of the cartridges.
- it is compact and it can be arranged entirely at the rear of the dispenser, which makes it directly accessible thanks to a removable rear cover. It is then not necessary to disassemble the rest of the distributor (chassis, cartridge slots and cartridges, etc.) to access the system and maintain or repair it.
- FIG. 17 illustrates a second embodiment of an automatic dispenser according to the invention, in which the cartridges are aligned axially in the rest position, that is to say when they are not actuated.
- the N slots E are aligned on a plane PI.
- the invention provides that the cartridge slots are moved in front be activated.
- the N slots E are slidably mounted relative to the chassis along their longitudinal axis Y, and each connected to a translation movement mechanism 38: in FIGS. 17 and 18, the slot E200A is connected to a displacement mechanism 38A, the location E200B is connected to a displacement mechanism 38B, and the location E200C is connected to a displacement mechanism 38C.
- the first floor slots E can be fixed, which saves cost and energy. In this case, they must be arranged so that the ejection orifice 230 of the cartridges they contain is located above the container (not necessarily strictly above the center to allow the ejection of the product contained in upper stage cartridges).
- the distributor is programmed to selectively activate the movement mechanism (here 38B) of the location (here E200B) of a cartridge (here 200B) to be activated to shift it by one DI distance ( Figure 1 8) sufficient for the ejection orifice 230 of the cartridge 200B longitudinally exceeds the cartridge located below and is plumb with the removable container.
- the displacement distance DI must be greater than half the maximum diameter of the cartridge outlet jet, this diameter being essentially defined by the shape of the ejection orifice or of the nozzle when the latter is provided with one. .
- the cartridges are moved and activated stage by stage to save time, and not location by location.
- the cartridges of the same stage can be actuated at the same time, then replaced in the rest position, that is to say aligned on the plane PI.
- the implementation of the second embodiment is as follows: a) In a first stage of slots E, the distributor moves, the location E of each cartridge 200B whose product enters into the determined composition by a distance DI such that its ejection orifice 203 extends longitudinally beyond a cartridge located below 200A and is plumb with the removable container 41, then b) the distributor actuates the moved cartridge or cartridges so as to eject the products they contain towards the removable container 41; then c) the distributor actuates the displacement mechanisms to replace the location E of each cartridge having been actuated in the rest position.
- the distributor then repeats steps a) to c) stage by stage of slots E until all the cartridges whose product enters into the determined composition have been actuated.
- This embodiment makes it possible to avoid an increase in the impasto of the dispenser when it is chosen to increase the number of stages of cartridges. We are then limited only by the height of the distributor which must remain reasonable if it is a distributor for domestic use.
- the automatic dispenser may further comprise a dose delivery control instrument making it possible to verify the actuation of each pump and/or to control the volume of fluid dispensed.
- the control instrument making it possible to check the actuation of each pump is arranged so as to detect a stroke of the actuation member (of the cam or of the piston).
- control instrument for controlling the volume of fluid dispensed can be arranged in the location 40 intended to receive the container 41, in particular under this container.
- the central unit can be programmed to stop the distributor and require maintenance.
- the central unit can be programmed to warn the manager of the machine.
- the vending machine may also comprise an anti-crushing damper for the cartridge at each cartridge location.
- this damper can be attached to the pivoting stopper flap and generate an alarm if it detects a strain greater than the strain received during normal activation of the cartridge ejection pump.
- FIG. 19 A second embodiment of the preferred ejection nozzle according to the invention is illustrated in Figures 19 to 22.
- the nozzle 400 has a longitudinal body allowing it to be inserted into the ejection orifice 203 of the pump 202 of the cartridge 200.
- the nozzle 400 has a product inlet portion 401 and a product ejection portion 402 whose inner surface 402a is conical and flared outwards, which reduces the ejection speed of the product at flow rate. constant, and allows good aiming accuracy of product dispensation by gravity into the container 41 .
- the nozzle 400 differs from the nozzle 300 by the shape of its ejection portion 402.
- the end section 402b of the ejection portion is an oblong closed curve, it is that is, the shape of the end section 402b of the ejection portion 402 is inscribed in a virtual rectangle 402c.
- this oblong shape is a rectangle with small sides rounded as a portion of a circle.
- this shape could be elliptical, ovoid or polygonal, as long as the width L of the terminal section 402b is greater than its width
- the oblong shape of the terminal section 402b has two small sides 402bl corresponding to the small sides 402cl of the virtual rectangle 402c, and two large sides 402b2 corresponding to the long sides 402c2 of the virtual rectangle 402c.
- This oblong shape of the terminal section 402b at the outlet of the ejection portion 402 allows particularly effective use of the cartridges in the extended position according to the invention. In fact, in the position of use, illustrated in FIG.
- the nozzle 400 of the cartridges seen from the front, is arranged so that a dose of product P flows into the ejection portion 402 of the nozzle along a first small flank 402bl a of the oblong shape of the ejection portion, leaving a free space 406 between the product P and a second small flank 402bl b opposite the first small flank 402bl a.
- This free space 406 allows the air to invest the interior of the nozzle and prevents the product from being retained by capillarity in the ejection portion.
- this free space allows the product drops to fall by gravity, in the direction G, when the cartridges are extended and their pump is actuated by the dispenser, while limiting the risk of product remaining completely or partially in the ejection portion and therefore promoting the reproducibility of the emission of product doses, even in small volumes.
- This oblong shape of the ejection end of the nozzle is thus perfectly suited to the ejection of a dose of product by gravity, and therefore for the implementation of a dispenser of products according to the invention. in which the cartridges are in an elongated position.
- This oblong shape of the ejection end of the nozzle therefore helps to allow dispensing by gravity in a restricted dispensing area and with precise dosing by a reproducible mechanical action of the dispenser on the cartridges, which is also intended to allow the characteristics of the product dispenser according to the invention.
- the terminal section 402b at the exit of the ejection portion 402 is arranged so that the small sides 402bl of the terminal section 402b are one above the other with respect to the direction G of gravity, and that the large flanks 402b2 of the end section 402b are next to each other with respect to the direction G of gravity.
- the length L of the ejection portion is parallel, in horizontal projection, to the direction G of gravity, and the width / is perpendicular, in horizontal projection, to the direction G of gravity.
- the ejection nozzle further comprises a product retarder 403 at the entrance to the ejection portion 402.
- the retarder 403 is a cap whose convex bulge is directed towards the product inlet portion 401 and the concave part is directed towards the outlet of the ejection portion 402.
- the retarder 403 is held in the nozzle and at a distance from the inner wall 401b of the nozzle by support tabs 404.
- the vending machine according to the invention is therefore capable of housing more than six different cartridges while limiting the impasto of the machine.
- the elongated arrangement of the cartridges not only makes it possible to stack a large number of cartridges, but also to "spread out" the actuation system over the entire height of the dispenser, thus limiting the depth of said actuation system and therefore the impasto of the machine.
- the proposed arrangement makes it possible not only to limit the impasto of the storage part of the cartridges, but also the impasto of the actuation part of the cartridges.
- the vending machine according to the invention is also capable of dispensing several different combinations of fluid products each contained in a different cartridge, since it allows selective activation of the cartridges.
- the dispenser according to the invention allows precise metering by a reproducible mechanical action of the dispenser on the cartridges.
- the dispenser according to the invention is simple, economical and compact, that is to say of low impasto, while making it possible to offer a large number of products and combinations, all with high capacity cartridges.
- the system according to the invention makes it possible to adapt to all mechanical metering pumps, in particular to the different stroke amplitudes necessary to actuate the pumps. Indeed, depending on the volume dispensed, the pumps have different actuation strokes. For example, for a given type of pump, a pump delivering a volume of 1 milliliter requires a stroke amplitude of 7.5 millimeters, while a pump delivering a volume of 2 milliliters requires a stroke amplitude of 12 millimeters.
- the system according to the invention can therefore be easily dimensioned according to the dispensing volume of the pumps used.
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