Global Patent Index - EP 3440643 A1

EP 3440643 A1 20190213 - DISPENSING MECHANISM

Title (en)

DISPENSING MECHANISM

Title (de)

AUSGABEMECHANISMUS

Title (fr)

MÉCANISME DE DISTRIBUTION

Publication

EP 3440643 A1 20190213 (EN)

Application

EP 17728912 A 20170406

Priority

  • GB 201605886 A 20160406
  • GB 2017050964 W 20170406

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2017174992A1] The present invention relates to a cup dispensing mechanism, and to a carousel-type cup dispenser incorporating such a mechanism. The cup dispensing mechanism is suitable for dispensing cups from a nested cup stack and comprises a ring and a splitting mechanism for splitting off an individual cup from the base of the stack, wherein the ring is rotatable from a first position to a second position to drive the splitting mechanism and at least initiate the splitting of a cup from the base of the stack, and is characterised in that the dispensing mechanism further comprises a means for preventing free rotation of the ring from the first position in the direction of the second position.

IPC 8 full level

G07F 13/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G07F 13/10 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2017174992A1

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

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2017174992 A1 20171012; EP 3440643 A1 20190213; EP 3440643 B1 20220720

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 2017050964 W 20170406; EP 17728912 A 20170406