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Coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ.CM Patents

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Updated at
24/07/2026
Numero publicacion
EP.0601954.A1
Fecha publicacion
15/06/1994
Numero solicitud
EP19930500156

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Resumen

PURPOSE: To provide the coin operated type vending machine which vends frozen and stored food immediately in a hot state. CONSTITUTION: The vending machine has a casing 2 and a door 3, a freezing unit 4 equipped with a door and a support element is arranged inside, and this freezing unit is connected to a compressor unit 6 and a motor 30. Trays 7 are provided on a support guide member 8 in the freezing unit 3 and fitted with hooks 9 which operate as electric resistances respectively. A hopper 20 is arranged below them and connected to the upper surface opening of an oven 21, which has an upper door and a front door 23. The freezing unit 4 contains plastic packages 10 for frozen food and those packages are arranged on the hooks 9 of the trays through rings or strips of low density. A computer 13 operates all the mechanisms of the machine.

Reivindicaciones

1. 1.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, of the type constituted starting from a main casing (2), and an access door (3), preferably made of a plastic material, having inside supporting elements configured as high adjustable feet, or wheels to facilitate the transport, characterized in that it is constituted starting from the fact that it incorporates an inner receiver containing a freezing unit (4), a hopper (20) located on the lower side of the freezing unit (4), a microwave oven (21) fitted with two doors, a compressor unit (6), a motor (30), a coin receiving box (5),a computer unit (13), connections (19) and (19'), and on the access door (3) a pushbutton panel (14) fitted with selector pushbuttons (16), with a groove (17) and a coin-box operation indicator (18), as well as a coin-box, the frame having on its upper side a display (15) and a door for taking out the products (26) fitted with a luminous indicator (29), fixing elements for the door, (28) fitted with weatherproof pins (27). 2. 2.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claim 1, characterized in that the freezing unit (4) has a door (11) with hinges (12) and conventional closing means, and having inside, located on its upper side, supporting guides (8) on which are fixed trays (7), vertically arranged and fitted with a multiplurality of emerging hooks (9) which are aligned and able to act as electric resistances, from which packages (10) are hung, containing the frozen product and having rings or plastic strips of low density. 3. 3.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claim 2, characterized in that the hooks (9), from which the packages containing the product (10) and fitted with rings hang, will be warmed up gradually according to the orders or commands emitted by the computer (13), and will detache, due to breaking, the pouch containing the product (10), passing to a hopper (20) located on the lower side. 4. 4.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the freezing unit (4) presents, on its lower side, a closing part, the lower part being consequently configured as an ample entrance closed by the hopper (20). 5. 5.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claims 2, 3 and 4, characterized in that the pouches containing the product (10) supported from the hooks (9) emerging from the trays (7) fastened to the support guides (8), will gradually drop in the hopperfrom a lower position to an upper position, in rows and following instructions given by the computer (13). 6. 6.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claim 1, characterized in that both the package and the prod uct (10) deposited in the hopper (20) will drop in a microwave oven (21) through an upper door (22) which can be - opened by a worn as per commands received from the computer unit (13), which closes immediately after receiving the product in the oven and so beginning the defrosting and cooking cycle, this - stage being shown on the display (15) located on the pushbutton panel frame (14). 7. 7.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claim 6, characterized in that, once the defrosting and cooking cycle has been performed in the oven (21), a door (23) located on the front side of oven (21) will open, and thanks to a pusher (24), the product contained in the pouch will be deposited on a tray (25), direct connected to a removal door (26). 8. 8.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen conditions and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claim 7, characterized in that when the product contained in the cooked package (10) drops, a luminous indicatorwill turn on, telling to the user to wait a moment, and after- elapsing a predetermine time, a second indicator (29) will turn on, to take out the product, the computer (13) acting on opening controls (28) to free the fixing pins (27) located on the door (26). 9. 9.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claim 1, characterized in that on the pushbutton panel frame (14), there are arranged selector pushbuttons (16) for taking out several different products contained in the freezing unit (4), as well as a groove (17) for introducing coins, and an indicator (18) for the coin-box operation. 10. 10.- A coin-operated machine for dispensing foodstuffs preserved in frozen condition and ready to be served hot in situ, according to claim 1, characterized in that the computer (13) can have an optional connection thru a telephone line to a station where the coin audit is performed, the stock of products is checked and, in turn, the computerwill have antivandalic optical and acoustic connections (31).

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Inventores
Vega Morillo RaulRauru Bega MoriroMorillo Raul VegaRaul Vega MorilloMorillo Raul VMorilloRaul V.
Solicitantes
Mercury Internacional de ComunMercury Internacional de Comunicacion SAMercury Internac de ComunicaciMercury Internacional de Comunicacion SA, MadridMaakiyurii Internatl de CommunMercury International de CommuMercury International de Communication, SA
Clasificacion ipc
G07F 11/ 64 A IG07F 11/ 70 A IG07F 9/ 00 A IG07F 9/ 02 A IG07F 9/ 10 A I
Clasificacion cpc
3E044/AA013E044/BA013E044/CA013E044/CC103E044/DB023E044/DB053E044/DD103E044/EB023E044/EB093E044/FA023E044/FA133E044/FB013E044/FB033E044/FB053E044/FB113E046/AA023E046/BA063E046/BB013E046/CA203E046/CC013E046/DA013E046/EA203E046/EB103E046/FA103E046/GA013E046/GA083E046/HA013E046/HA023E046/HA033E046/HA043E046/HA063E046/HA10G07F11/70&DG07F9/00&HG07F9/02&B221/150.0HC221/154221/195221/69
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