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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Ole Cramer Nielsen, Silkeborg, DK;
Ole Cramer Nielsen, Silkeborg, DK;
House of Prince A/S, Soborg, DK;
Abstract
The invention relates to a dispenser apparatus for goods, said apparatus comprising a storage unit () for storing goods in a number of storage passages (), a unit () for conveying one or more goods from the storage unit () to a conveyor unit (), said conveyor unit () conveying, via an air pressure, goods to a dispensing station, wherein the storage passages () of the storage unit () forms an angle to the horizontal which is larger than or smaller than 90°, and wherein the unit () in the form of a fetcher mechanism comprises one or more ejectors for pushing one or more goods conveyed into one or more transfer chambers () into a conveyor pipe (). The invention also comprises a method of dispensing goods, wherein the method comprises receipt of data representing selection of at least one item (); and dispensing from a dispenser apparatus of said at least one item, if said at least one item is in stock in said apparatus for dispensing, and if said dispenser apparatus has received data representing a recording of said at least one item and/or recording of a payment made in respect of said at least one item ().