Article dispensing – Plural sources – stacks or compartments – With discharge means for each source
Patent
1981-07-09
1983-09-20
Tollberg, Stanley H.
Article dispensing
Plural sources, stacks or compartments
With discharge means for each source
221298, B65G 5908
Patent
active
044050593
ABSTRACT:
An electromechanical selection control is transmitting the rotation of an electric motor output shaft to a selectively controlled reciprocating motion for performing a desired action in one or more selected stations. A coupling mechanism in each station is electrically selectable and mechanically connectable to a power drive and resettable by the power drive within a control cycle. Among the numerous applications the reciprocating coupled motion is usable in vending machines for operating dispenser actuators requiring a reciprocating motion. The control circuitry has flexibility to suit different conditions and it is satisfying the vending machine control requirements where a simple series connected selection switch chain is connectable to a coin validating unit which in the most complex form includes a multiprice and changemaker control circuitry and more than one selectable dispenser groups each including a drive motor and more than one selectable dispensers. The compact coupling mechanism can be directly a part of a dispenser actuator or it is connectable to a dispenser actuator by a connecting linkage if the two are not in a close proximity. Novel front end dispensing mechanisms to act from a horizontal or inclined storage platform are provided for various product shapes including cylindrical containers, rectangular packages and bagged products.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3348733 (1967-10-01), Johnson
patent: 3602403 (1971-08-01), Klem
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