EP 1063620 A1 20001227 - Vending machine for cooked foods
Title (en)
Vending machine for cooked foods
Title (de)
Verkaufsautomat für gekochte Nahrungsmittel
Title (fr)
Machine de vente pour produits alimentaires cuisinés
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 99112246 A 19990625
Abstract (en)
The vending machine for cooked foods comprises a cabinet, including a selection and cashing panel, inside which are positioned at least: a storing section, for storing single packets of (normally pre-cooked) foods, preferably at a temperature suitable for the conservation of frozen products; a mechanical hand, equipped with grippers, that lifts a packet of the food selected by a consumer through the selection and cashing panel from the storing section to an oven belonging to a cooking section and deposits the packet inside an oven; the cooking section, providing for at least one oven for completing the cooking of at least one packet of food selected by at least one consumer. If the cooking section provides for two or more ovens, the cooking of two or more packets of food(s) is (or can be) completed at the same time. Preferably, the vending machine further comprises a logic unit which manages at least the mechanical hand and the oven(s) belonging to the cooking section. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 9/10 (2006.01); G07F 11/42 (2006.01); G07F 11/62 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 9/105 (2013.01); G07F 11/42 (2013.01); G07F 11/62 (2013.01); G07F 17/0078 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XAY] US 5435685 A 19950725 - TSUDA KIICHIRO [JP], et al
- [YA] US 4671425 A 19870609 - KNOLL HANS [DE]
- [Y] WO 9844465 A1 19981008 - PAIDEIA S R L [IT], et al
- [YA] EP 0572119 A2 19931201 - KEYOSK CORP [US]
- [Y] US 5556000 A 19960917 - COVINGTON WAYNE L [US], et al
- [A] FR 1475925 A 19670407 - CEASE CENTRAL
- [A] WO 8504743 A1 19851024 - JUILLET HUBERT [CH]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE DK FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99112246 A 19990625