Article dispensing – Automatic control – Of discharge assistant operation
Patent
1993-02-17
1995-04-11
Noland, Kenneth W.
Article dispensing
Automatic control
Of discharge assistant operation
221155, G07F 1100
Patent
active
054050464
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention, as indicated in the title, refers to an extendable modulus for advertising purposes for dispenser machines of packaged products which can be used both as dependent to said machines as well as in an independent way.
Advertising, for promoting and increasing of product sales, is one of the most important subjects to deal with for any business or businessman. There are products for which advertising must be made or it is recommended to be made at the sales points, be it for the particular characteristics of the product, or for the manner of the sales to the public, etc.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
For sales promotion of such kind of products, it is in many occasions necessary to assign persons for this objective in exchange for economic compensation, which can become very expensive when there are many sales points, in other cases the client receives, when the product is purchased, some signal such as a coupon, a voucher, a code, etc. which he later sends to the promoting company and afterwards receives a response of the promotion in form of gifts or the like. This process turns out to be slow and since it needs direct participation of the client and is ineffective in many cases.
The modulus, according to the invention, eliminates the problems hereinabove mentioned and provides the possibility of carrying out the promotion and the advertising at the sales point itself and delivering the object to be given as a gift to the client without a need for personnel or any further procedures between the promoting company and the client.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
This invention comprises a modulus that is useful for promoting and increasing the sales of a particular product at a public sales point, in such a way that the user, when purchasing a commercial product from a dispenser machine, for example, tobacco, drinks or the like, will receive, through said modulus, another package which contains a gift or any other advertising or promotional object such as key-rings, lighters or similar objects. According to this function, the modulus is electrically connected to the main dispenser machine, and when the user activates said dispenser machine, the modulus is activated in order to dispense the gift packet. It is also possible to use the modulus in an independent manner, that is to say, without being connected to another dispenser machine, expelling the objects to be promoted when a button corresponding to the product in promotion is pressed, resulting in the sending of the relevant signal to the electronics circuit of the modulus, which in turn activates a small motor incorporated in its dispensing mechanism giving rise to the expelling of the product in promotion. In the case of an independent operation, the modulus can be activated for the delivery of the gift by introducing a coupon, voucher, card, token or the like or in some cases, coins or bank notes.
The modulus comprises at least one vertical channel where the products in promotion are stacked, an expelling system placed under the channel in such a manner that the lowest product rests on a base plate which said expelling system provides. On the front side, the channel has, along a longitudinal direction, an illuminating device and a transparent front cover of an approximate semicylindrical shape, both of them placed according to the shape of the front side of the channel. In the lower part, the modulus has a support base which comprises a tray for the deposit of the expelled product. Said support base includes, at the lower part, circuitry which corresponds to the control of its functioning.
Optionally, the modulus can have more than one channel, up to a maximum number of lateral channels in such a form that at any side, channels can be arranged and the advertising effects be seen from any angle around the modulus. In the same manner the advertising can be exposed at the top of the modulus.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an examplary embodiment of the modulus of the present invention along wit
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Chacon Sevila Rafael I.
Garcia Rovira Jose R.
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