Merchandise dispensing device for a vending machine

US4235351A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Sielaff GmbH & Co. Automatenbau Herrieden · DE

Inventors

• Richard Kolbl · Herrieden, DE
• Bernd Mehlan · Herrieden, DE
• Josef Gress · Bechhofen, DE
• Frank Dorrbeck · Herrieden, DE
• Rudolf Leichs · Herrieden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 1978
• Grant date: Nov 25, 1980
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F11/30
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention discloses a merchandise dispensing device for a vending machine. The device comprises a dispensing part, with a dispensing compartment floor, capable of pivoting from an intake position to a dispensing position. In the dispensing position, the merchandise, capable of rolling, especially bottles or tins, stored in inclined compartments prop by a support arch. A roll-on surface is provided in between the support arch and the dispensing compartment floor, to facilitate a rolling of the merchandise in the intake position, in which the dispensing compartment floor forms an obtuse angle with the roll-on surface and the dispensing compartment floor is wider than the roll-on surface.