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Device for dispensing goods and use thereof

  • US 5,042,686 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1989
  • Issued: 08/27/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for dispensing goods, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a goods storage carousel magazine contained in the housing and holding a plurality of goods;

    a goods output opening in the housing;

    an electronically controllable goods transport means for transporting the goods from the goods storage carousel magazine to the goods output opening;

    an operating panel means operatable by a customer for selecting a desired one of the plurality of goods;

    a control device interacting with the operating panel means and controlling the goods transport means to transport the desired one of the plurality of goods;

    said goods storage carousel magazine having a plurality of goods storage cells being arranged along a helix, each storage cell holding one of said plurality of goods;

    said goods storage carousel magazine comprising a helically wound web and a plurality of modular holding elements secured between individual windings of said web, wherein adjacent ones of said modular holding elements cooperate with said individual windings to form said storage cells;

    said goods storage carousel magazine being rotatable about a vertical axis and adjustable with regard to height along the vertical axis; and

    a control means interacting with said operating panel for rotating and adjusting said goods storage carousel magazine so as to locate the storage cell of the selected one of the plurality of goods in register with the goods output opening;

    wherein said goods storage carousel magazine is rotatably and height adjustably driven by a single motor.

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