Patent ID: 6321936
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A device in a vending machine for releasing products arranged in a plurality of horizontal rows, each horizontal row including a plurality of products, each product having a base end and a top end, the products in each horizontal row being stacked end to end and arranged in a plurality of vertical columns longitudinally aligned along a drop channel, said device including a structure for containing each of said horizontal rows and vertical columns comprising a front plate and a rear plate to which two flanks and two walls are secured so as to define a drop channel at a bottom, members for selecting and releasing the products being positioned inside said structure while components for controlling and driving said members for selecting and releasing are positioned outside of the structure, characterized in that the members for selecting and releasing include a plurality of doors longitudinally aligned along the drop channel and mobile between a closed position wherein the doors prevent the drop of the products and an open position wherein the doors allow the drop of the products, as well as means suitable to sequentially open and close the doors.