Patent ID: 8789724
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A tray for product vending machines, the tray comprising: at least one channel having an outlet and two lateral walls, and housing a column of products; conveying means for feeding the products successively to and through the outlet; and a release device for allowing the products successively through the outlet comprising stop means and retaining means independent of each other; wherein the conveying means is designed to feed the products successively to and through the outlet in a straight travelling direction; wherein the stop means is located, together with the retaining means, at the outlet, and activatable to move between a position at least partly closing the outlet, and a position opening the outlet to release a first product in the column; wherein the retaining means comprises a fixed portion and a movable portion, which is supported by the fixed portion and extends across the channel to intercept a top portion of the first product; and wherein the movable portion is elastically deformable between a withdrawn position, in which the movable portion is located at the outlet and inside the channel, and a forward position, in which the movable portion is located at least partly past the outlet in the travelling direction.