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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1999
Antonio Feltrin, Castelletto Monferrato, IT;
Vendo Italy S.p.A., Coniolo, IT;
Abstract
A device in a vending machine for releasing products arranged in a stack made up of horizontal rows each including a plurality of products includes a containing structure (,) inside which there are positioned the members (,) for selecting and releasing the products while the controlling and driving components are positioned outside, the selecting and releasing members including a plurality of doors (,) longitudinally aligned along the drop channel and means suitable to perform a sequential opening of said doors (,) and a subsequent closing thereof. This sequential opening allows to use the machine for dispensing different products without requiring a manual adjustment of the mechanical members which retain the products.