Global Patent Index - EP 0714841 B1

EP 0714841 B1 19990407 - Method and apparatus for dispensing objects

Title (en)

Method and apparatus for dispensing objects

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Ausgeben von Gegenständer

Title (fr)

Procédé et dispositif pour la distribution d'objets

Publication

EP 0714841 B1 19990407 (FR)

Application

EP 94810676 A 19941129

Priority

EP 94810676 A 19941129

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0714841A1] The dispenser consists of a drive (3) which moves the bottom sheet (20) of a stack (2) while the remainder of the stack is held in place by a retainer. Supplementary stops (42,43,44) prevent more than one article being dispensed at a time, with a wing (44) able to move adjacent to the dispenser's outlet slot (16) and acting as an anti-theft device. The first of the retaining stops (41A) is formed by the bottom edge of the housing wall containing the flat sheets, and is located at a distance from the bottom of the stack which is slightly greater than the thickness of one sheet. The supplementary components comprise a flexible vane (43) and a cylindrical thrust surface.

IPC 1-7

B65H 3/06; B65H 3/04; B65H 3/24

IPC 8 full level

B65H 1/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/52 (2006.01); B65H 3/56 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65H 1/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/5238 (2013.01); B65H 3/56 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK FR GB GR IE IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0714841 A1 19960605; EP 0714841 B1 19990407; AT E178557 T1 19990415; DE 69417752 D1 19990512; DE 69417752 T2 19991111

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 94810676 A 19941129; AT 94810676 T 19941129; DE 69417752 T 19941129