Global Patent Index - EP 3140819 B1

EP 3140819 B1 20181107 - IMPROVED HANDLING UNIT FOR AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE COMPRISING ONE OR MORE OF SAID HANDLING UNITS

Title (en)

IMPROVED HANDLING UNIT FOR AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE COMPRISING ONE OR MORE OF SAID HANDLING UNITS

Title (de)

VERBESSERTE HANDHABUNGSEINHEIT FÜR VERKAUFSAUTOMATEN UND VERKAUFSAUTOMAT MIT EINER ODER MEHREREN HANDHABUNGSEINHEITEN

Title (fr)

UNITÉ DE MANIPULATION AMÉLIORÉE POUR DISTRIBUTEURS AUTOMATIQUES ET DISTRIBUTEUR AUTOMATIQUE COMPRENANT UNE OU PLUSIEURS DESDITES UNITÉS DE MANIPULATION

Publication

EP 3140819 B1 20181107 (EN)

Application

EP 15726720 A 20150430

Priority

  • IT VI20140121 A 20140505
  • IB 2015053167 W 20150430

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2015170232A1] The invention is a handling unit (1 ) for the distribution of items on sale, comprising a conveyor belt (2) closed so as to form a ring and suited to support and transport the items towards a collection shelf, and one or more partition elements (3) suited to be fixed along the external surface (21 ) of the conveyor belt (2), wherein each one of the partition elements (3) comprises a base (31 ) with a partition (32) developing on a first side (31 a) thereof. In the handling unit (1 ) the external surface (21 ) of the conveyor belt (2) and the second side (31 b) of the base (31 ) of each one of the partition elements (3) are respectively made from a first material (4) and a second material (5) configured in such a way as to allow them to be mutually coupled together in a rapid and reversible manner and to allow each partition element (3) and the conveyor belt (2) to be fixed together in a rapid and reversible manner.

IPC 8 full level

G07F 11/58 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G07F 11/58 (2013.01)

Citation (examination)

US 3759417 A 19730918 - ARMSTRONG C, et al

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2015170232 A1 20151112; EP 3140819 A1 20170315; EP 3140819 B1 20181107; ES 2709452 T3 20190416

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 2015053167 W 20150430; EP 15726720 A 20150430; ES 15726720 T 20150430