Check-actuated control mechanisms – With additional – disparate means preventing fraudulent...
Patent
1995-12-18
1998-02-03
Bartuska, F. J.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
With additional, disparate means preventing fraudulent...
194345, 194347, 194351, G07F 104
Patent
active
057134510
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to an automatic product dispensing device including a coin mechanism for the insertion of at least one coin, tokens or the like, and means for dispensing the products. It will find an application in all those sectors of economic activity in which use is made of such dispensing devices for dispensing various products such as articles of confectionery, cigarettes, beverages and other items, and which are designed to be placed in public places such as, for example, the halls of stations and airports, the foyers of hotels, in the street, etc.
BACKGROUND ART
At the present time, such dispensing devices have a housing inside in which are disposed products to be dispensed which are accessible via a drawer after the insertion into a coin mechanism of a sum of money in coins corresponding to the purchase price of the the product that desired.
It is known to equip such dispensing devices with coin mechanisms that are capable of discharging coins in the event of internal jamming, or again, of discharging them when they are determined be invalid.
For example, document DE-A-2.744.945 discloses a device for testing and checking coins introduced into a coin mechanism. It should be noted, however, that this document is concerned solely with the circulation of the coins and its structure in no way permits the ejection of extraneous items such as pieces of crumpled paper, folded cardboard, etc . . . other than the coins or analogous items.
In practice, although they are simple to use, such dispensing devices have the disadvantage of being rendered unserviceable through the introduction into the coin mechanism of foreign objects, such as pieces of paper, cardboard, bottle caps, metal objects or others.
Under these circumstances, it is necessary, in order to restore the dispensing device to working order, to call on the services of a specialist, who has to work on the structure of the coin mechanism in order to remove the foreign objects therefrom.
Pending the specialist's visit, the condition of the dispensing device is such that it does not permit the dispensing of its products which is, understandably, of great inconvenience to the users.
Furthermore, a visit by a specialist in order to restore such dispensing devices to working order is costly, which increases the cost of using such apparatus.
From document DE-A-3.806.576 there is known a product dispensing device including a coin mechanism for the introduction of at least one coin, token or the like and means for substantially discharging the coin, token or the like, if it proves not to be the item awaited, provided with means for checking correct operation, acting upon means for controlling the discharge means.
The the novel of this invention resides in the device for selecting the items such as coins, tokens or the like, behind the orifice of the coin mechanism. Indeed, after insertion into the apparatus, the item comes back out of the slot in the coin mechanism through which it has been inserted, if it is unsuitable or, on the contrary, if it is suitable, the device opens a hatch so that the item can continue on its way.
It is to be noted that the device disclosed in this document is completely ineffective as regards the discharge of any extraneous item, whatever its shape or consistency, other than a coin, tokens or the like, that is to say, for example, pieces of crumpled paper, pieces of folded cardboard, etc.
The object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of presently known dispensing devices by providing a dispensing device which enables the coin mechanism to be unblocked, and which permits the removal of foreign bodies inside the coin mechanism without necessitating action by skilled personnel and thus the shutdown of the dispensing device.
One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a coin mechanism according to the invention that is simple in design and which can be fitted on any type of existing dispensing device, thereby increasing their potential use.
One advantage of the mean
REFERENCES:
patent: 4416364 (1983-11-01), Bellis et al.
Bartuska F. J.
Remy Lenfant Et Cie
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