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(11) | EP 0 950 995 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Tipping tray assembly acting as a customer access vend door |
| (57) A tipping delivery compartment assembly acting as an access vend door, particularly
suitable for a vending machine, comprising a hollow body (4) which is arranged to
oscillate about a horizontal axis of rotation between a loading position for loading
therein at least one package of product and a tipping position for unloading the package
of product; the hollow body (4) internally delimits a compartment or chamber (16)
for receiving and collecting one or more packages of products, an access opening (13)
at the top of the chamber (16), which in its loading position is arranged to act as
an inlet passage for the or each package of product and in the tipping or unloading
position allows access to the chamber (16) in order to remove the package or packages
loaded therein, and a tab which is configured as a handle (20) for manual tipping
of the hollow body (4) by an operator about the axis of rotation starting from the
loading position. |