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(11) | EP 1 942 471 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | A hot sandwich dispenser |
| (57) This dispenser comprises a metal cabinet (1) innerly forming a refrigerated chamber
(2) with two vertical carousels (3, 4) on whose platforms (5, 6) sandwiches (bo, bi)
are stored, upon each activation of the dispenser one of these sandwiches being pushed
into an electric grill (11) wherein it is then warmed up before thereupon being finally
pushed onto a receiver tray (15) being accessible from the outside, the dispenser
being in a position to offer sandwiches (bo, bi) with different ingredients and of
different sizes and/or types, the cabinet (1) for such a purpose comprising for each
of its carousels (3, 4) a respective sensing device (21) that upon the starting of
said carousels causes these latter to stop at a predetermined position to thereupon
and once the user has acted on the dispenser cause the pertinent one to be again started
in one or another direction depending on the selected sandwich (bo or bi), till in
a given section of the carousel detecting a sandwich (bo or bi) on one of the platforms
(5 or 6), and to thereupon cause the carousel (3 or 4) to be stopped again so as to
thus have said sandwich shifted over up to the grill (11).
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