Patent ID: 8757433

Claim:
A can dispenser for automatically dispensing, comprising a housing ( 1 ) including: a conveyor section ( 4 ) for conveying sequentially therealong a plurality of cans by the force of gravity; a removal opening ( 3 ) having an operably associated dispensing flap ( 10 ) pivotably movable about a horizontal axis (X) extending at right angles to the conveyor section ( 4 ) and the removal opening ( 3 ) between a closed position, in which the dispensing flap ( 10 ) prevents the removal of a first can through the removal opening ( 3 ), and a removal position; the dispensing flap ( 10 ) being formed in order to accommodate the first can from the conveyor section ( 4 ) in the closed position thereof; the dispensing flap ( 10 ) having first and second trough-shaped receptacles ( 11 , 12 ) and a holding projection ( 13 ) separating the first and second trough-shaped receptacles ( 11 , 12 ), each of the receptacles ( 11 , 12 ) configured to accommodate one of the cans; the dispensing flap ( 10 ) being pivotably mounted such that in the closed position the first can being conveyed from the conveyor section ( 4 ) into the first receptacle ( 11 ) positioned to the inside of the housing and removal of the first can from the first receptacle ( 11 ) being prevented, and in the removal position the dispensing flap allows the first can being rolled from the first receptacle ( 11 ) into the second receptacle ( 12 ) while a second can is prevented from being conveyed from the conveyor section ( 4 ) into the first receptacle ( 11 ); the second receptacle ( 12 ) formed such that in the removal position of the dispensing flap ( 10 ) the first can is prevented from rolling from the second receptacle ( 12 ) due to the force of gravity; the holding projection ( 13 ) provided such that removal of the first can lying in the first receptacle ( 11 ) in the closed position of the dispensing flap ( 10 ) is prevented, and the first can is conveyed by the force of gravity from the first receptacle ( 11 ) into the second receptacle ( 12 ) when the dispensing flap ( 10 ) is in the removal position; the filling opening ( 2 ) provided with an upper closing flap ( 7 a ) and a lower closing flap ( 7 b ) held pivotably on an end of the chute ( 5 ) adjacent to the filling opening and pivotable between a closed position, in which the upper and lower closing flaps ( 7 a ), ( 7 b ) at least partially close the filling opening ( 2 ) and are held in the closed position by elastic resetting means ( 8 ) against a resetting force of the elastic resetting means ( 8 ), and an open position in which the upper and lower closing flaps ( 7 a ), ( 7 b ) at least substantially span a space ( 9 ) between the chute ( 5 ) and the conveyor section ( 4 ); each of the cans positioned on the chute ( 5 ) rolling down the chute ( 5 ) to enter the filling opening ( 2 ) after the upper and lower closing flaps ( 7 a ), ( 7 b ).