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Details

Inventors: Taylor, Michael; Withnall, Malcolm D. N.; Talbot, Michael A.;
Assignee: Mars Limited (London, GB2)
Primary Examiner: Skaggs; H. Grant
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Curtis, Morris & Safford

A dispensing machine particularly for dispensing bottles or cans. The machine has a storage area formed by a plurality of parallel vertically spaced inclined shelves and at the lower end of each shelf is a pick-up station. A carrier mounted on a carriage moves vertically past the pick-up stations and can receive a bottle from any selected one by operating a release mechanism when it is adjacent the required pick-up station. The carriage takes the selected bottle to a dispensing station at the top of the machine where the carriage tips and rolls the bottle into a fixed position from which it can be removed by a customer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A dispensing machine for dispensing selected articles comprising: an article storage means having a plurality of vertically-spaced parallel-inclined shelves each capable of feeding articles to a pick-up station at the lower end of the shelf, said pick-up stations being arranged vertically; an article carrier capable of supporting one or more articles; a carriage movable vertically past each of said pick-up stations to a delivery station, said article carrier being mounted on said carriage; a movable stop at each pick-up station selectively operable to release an article onto the article carrier when the carriage is adjacent a pick-up station; actuator means mounted on the carriage for actuating a selected movable stop; and means for moving the carriage vertically, for causing it to stop adjacent a pick-up station from which an article is to be taken, for actuating the actuator means whereby the article is released onto the article carrier, and for continuing movement of the carriage to place the article at the dispensing station.
2.
A dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein the article carrier is pivotally mounted on the carriage and tipping means are provided at the delivery station to pivot the article carrier and thereby tip the article or articles supported thereon into a fixed delivery position.
3.
A dispensing machine according to claim 2, wherein the tipping means comprise a fixed stop at the delivery station which extends outwards so that an edge of the article carrier abuts the stop when at the delivery station, further vertical movement of the carriage thereby causing the article carrier to pivot towards the delivery position.
4.
A dispensing machine according to claim 1, wherein each movable stop is a segment of a hollow cylinder pivotable about its longitudinal axis and spring urged into a position in which it prevents movement of articles out of the pick-up station, the actuator means causing the movable stop to pivot into a position in which the end article at the pick-up station is released

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