Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
  • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
  • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
  • A47F1/06—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from top
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
  • A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
  • A47F9/02—Paying counters
  • A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
• • 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
  • G07F11/14—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 raising the stack of articles to permit delivery of the topmost

Definitions

• the invention relates to a goods delivery device according to the preamble of claim 1.
• Goods shafts comprises in which one above the other individual goods are stored.
• the goods shafts each have a bottom plate, which experiences a force in the direction of the goods issue area via a spring.
• the top product is thereby pressed against a stop plate, all
• the vending machine serves equally.
• the vending machine also has a goods issue area over which all goods shafts can be reached simultaneously.
• WO 0124124 A2 shows goods dispensing apparatus for a
• Vending machines The goods stored in a goods shaft are guided with a rotatably mounted rotary body to a goods issue area.
• the rotary body contains for it
• the object of the invention is to propose a robust and reliable goods dispensing device.
• the goods issue device proposed here comprises at least one goods shaft.
• the goods well has a substantially cuboid shape and comprises a movable bottom plate, which is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the shaft. On the bottom plate, the individual goods, one above the other, arranged.
• the goods shaft opens into a goods issue area, which is accessible via a flap. From the goods issue area, the in
• the flap is pivotally mounted. When swiveling the flap, a single product is detected by the same and pushed out of the goods issue area, so that a customer can remove the goods.
• the goods shaft has a cuboid shape and comprises an inner, displaceable in the direction of the goods issue area bottom plate.
• a spring preferably a coil spring, attached at the end.
• the other end of the spring is attached to the goods well in the vicinity of the goods issue area, whereby the bottom plate experiences a force in the direction of the goods issue area. Since the individual goods on the
• the flap that closes the goods issue area is made of one
• Flat piece is formed, whose ends are bent towards each other, so that the flap has substantially the shape of a half-cylinder.
• a handle is formed over which the customer can swing the flap up or out.
• the lateral surface of the semi-cylindrical flap is guided over a (new) product underneath, which prevents it from advancing into the goods issue area before the flap is independently pivoted or pivoted back into it.
• the goods issuing device can be integrated into a checkout counter of a department store.
• the scarce storage space in the checkout area in particular the storage space below and behind the
• the goods may also be tobacco pouches or other geometrically indeterminate goods, such as packaged electronics.
• the individual goods can be tobacco cans, it is advantageous that the goods issuing device with a
• a suitable tobacco vending machine is known, for example, from WO 201 1088841 A1. Such a
• Tobacco vending machine is also integrated into the counter of a department store.
• the goods issuing device on a Control panel of the tobacco machine is operable.
• the access to the tobacco cans can be controlled by a cashier of the department store.
• a counter may be located near the goods issue area, indicating the number of goods in the shaft.
• the counter can be mechanical or digital. A mechanical version is useful if you want to operate the goods dispenser independently of the mains. Since the goods issue function works purely mechanically, this is quite possible. This is the result
• the flap closing the goods issue area is preferably designed to be transparent. This allows the customer to see the goods directly and select accordingly.
• the individual goods issue areas do not have to be labeled with the product name and can optionally be equipped with different goods without having to change or adapt a label.
• the transparent flap is made of polycarbonate. This will make the flap stable and scratch resistant
• the Be Glalivorgang is quasi
• the lateral surface of the flap rolls over the underlying next goods, thereby preventing the movement of these goods in the goods issue area.
• the customer receives the goods and releases the flap, which automatically pivots it back, for example by spring action.
• the lateral surface disappears from the goods in waiting position, so that they move into the goods issue area.
• the customer can also swing the flap back to the goods issue area, as a result of which the upward movement of a product into the goods issue area described above also takes place.
• the longitudinal sides of the goods shaft are bent inwards in the direction of the goods issue area and act as retaining elements for the goods which rise upwards by the spring force.
• the customer can remove the goods from this position one after the other. If a flap is provided, the customer can remove a product after opening the flap.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a goods issue area with open flap
• Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring function in
• Fig. 4a + b is a perspective view of another embodiment of the
• FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a checkout desk of a
• FIG. 1 shows the goods issue area 2 of a device according to the invention
• the goods issue area 2 is closed by a transparent flap 3.
• a merchandise 4 lying in the goods shaft at the top for waiting to be issued.
• the flap 3 in the goods issue occupies.
• the flap consists in this embodiment of a 2 mm thick, transparent polycarbonate plate, which has a curved shape.
• the curved shape has the shape of a half-cylinder with an outer circumferential surface 8.
• the one end of the flap 3 forms an edge 6, the function of which will be described in more detail below.
• the shaft essentially has a parallelepipedal shape, wherein on each of the narrow sides a slot 9 is made, through which a fastening element 1 protrudes, that is connected to a base plate (not visible here) on which the individual goods are stacked on top of each other.
• a fastening element 12 is also provided on the narrow sides.
• a coil spring 13 is stretched between the fasteners 1 1 and 12 . By the coil spring engages the bottom plate to a force acting in the direction of the goods issue area 2 - ie against gravity -.
• Figures 4a + b show an alternative embodiment of a
• the goods issue area 2 is limited by sheet edges 15.
• the goods 4 can not be pushed beyond these edges 15 out by the spring 13 upwards.
• FIG. 5 shows a merchandise dispensing device 1 according to the invention, which is integrated in a cash desk 16 of a department store.
• a vending machine for dispensing tobacco products is arranged, which is known, for example, from EP 1860621 B1.
• the individual tobacco products can be requested via the control panel 17. It is advantageous if the individual goods issue devices 1 can also be operated via the control panel 17 of the tobacco vending machine.
• 10 bolts could be present on the inner wall of the individual goods shafts, which serve as an ejector for the individual goods 4.
• Each bolt could be controlled via a button on the control panel 17. Since in the individual goods issue devices 1 different goods 4, for example, different types of tobacco in cans and / or bags, stored, this could with a so-called

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