EP 1093094 A2 20010418 - Package vending machine
Title (en)
Package vending machine
Title (de)
Verkaufsautomat für Warenpackungen
Title (fr)
Distributeur de paquets
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 93920389 A 19930827
- US 9308104 W 19930827
Abstract (en)
The present invention relates to a vending apparatus for selectively dispensing one of a plurality of packages (74). The vending apparatus includes an outer cabinet 10; an isolated freezer compartment (12) within the outer cabinet for storing the plurality of packages disposed within the outer cabinet, the freezer compartment having a thermal barrier (14) for maintaining a frozen environment within the freezer compartment in isolation of the ambient temperature air filling the remaining interior space of the outer cabinet; a mechanism (68) for opening the thermal barrier; a picker (52) for selectively removing the selected package from the freezer compartment, the picker being located outside the freezer compartment in between operating cycles and entering the freezer compartment for removing one of the packages only during the removal operation; and a controller (40) for automatically controlling the picker and opening mechanism in response to a customer's selection. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G07F 9/10 (2006.01); G07F 11/10 (2006.01); G07F 11/14 (2006.01); G07F 11/16 (2006.01); G07F 11/42 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
F25D 23/026 (2013.01 - KR); F25D 25/00 (2013.01 - KR); G07F 11/10 (2013.01 - EP KR); G07F 11/14 (2013.01 - EP KR); G07F 11/165 (2013.01 - EP KR US); G07F 11/1657 (2020.05 - EP KR US); G07F 17/0071 (2013.01 - EP KR); F25D 23/026 (2013.01 - EP); F25D 25/00 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1093094 A2 20010418; EP 1093094 A3 20030108; AT E203347 T1 20010815; DE 69330468 D1 20010823; DE 69330468 T2 20020418; DK 0714539 T3 20010924; EP 1093095 A2 20010418; EP 1093095 A3 20030108; ES 2158864 T3 20010916; JP 3372255 B2 20030127; JP H09502036 A 19970225; KR 100321219 B1 20020624; KR 960704288 A 19960831; PT 714539 E 20011228
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 00204727 A 19930827; AT 93920389 T 19930827; DE 69330468 T 19930827; DK 93920389 T 19930827; EP 00204728 A 19930827; ES 93920389 T 19930827; JP 50753395 A 19930827; KR 19960700942 A 19960226; PT 93920389 T 19930827