Patent ID: 7344050

Claim:
Distribution device for products ( 11 ) arranged in compartments ( 10 , 10 ′), with a transport equipment ( 13 ) for conveying these product ( 11 ) from said compartments ( 10 , 10 ′) to a delivery location, whereby sad transport equipment ( 13 ) comprises a deformable receiving instrument ( 29 ) which is connected to at least a first and a second fastening element ( 30 , 31 ), said fastening elements ( 30 , 31 ) being relatively movable toward and away from one another, such that the receiving instrument ( 29 ) can assume a product receiving position when said fastening elements are moved toward each other, whereby said product ( 11 ) can be moved from said compartments ( 10 , 10 ′) to the receiving instrument ( 29 ), a product delivery position when said fastening elements are moved away from each other, whereby the products ( 11 ) are delivered from the receiving instrument ( 29 ) into said delivery counter ( 5 ); wherein said second fastening element ( 31 ) is fixed to a movable arm ( 23 ) rotatable about a rotational shaft ( 24 ) spaced from said second fastening element ( 31 ), said movable arm ( 23 ) working conjunction wits at least one driving element ( 32 , 33 ) for conveying said products ( 11 ) to the receiving instrument ( 29 ), whereby, in said receiving position, this driving element ( 32 , 33 ) can work in conjunction with at least one of said compartment ( 10 , 10 ″); and characterized in that said movable arm ( 23 ) is provided on either side of the receiving instrument ( 29 ), whereby said movable arm ( 23 ) is mutually connected via said fastening element (, 31 ), said fastening element being rod-shaped and extends between these arms ( 23 ).