ES1068533U - Bulk products dispenser tube (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Tubing dispenser bulk products, which is intended for application in self-service sales of nuts, sweets and the like, is characterized by being formed from a rotating cylindrical body inside which is mounted a spiral that in the the rotation carries with it the entrainment of the contents in the cylindrical tube, from the trailing end to the leading or trailing end, incorporating in an area proximate to the trailing end an adjustable closing system for gradually or individually dispensing the product in the desired amount of time. According to the size of it. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Bulk products dispensing tube.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a tube bulk product dispenser, planned preferential and mainly for the dispensing of products such as candies, nuts and the like, whose acquisition is made directly the consumer.

The object of the invention is to achieve a Total hygiene when purchasing edible bulk products as mentioned above, being supplied by the tube dispenser of the invention directly making a bag without the consumer comes into contact, neither directly nor indirectly, with the product.

Background of the invention

In the self-service stores where they sell sweets, nuts, candies and other products edibles, lack of hygiene is a problem so far not solved, since any of those products, and others that they also serve in those self-service stores, they are contained in pails that either have a dispensing nozzle for that the consumer puts a bag underneath and acquires what he creates opportune, or that from those buckets the products are extracted using a pallet or picker, so that the consumer enter directly into the corresponding bag, so that after the acquisition of one or more products, the consumer goes to the box, where the products are weighed and paid.

This system presents a series of inconveniences, since on the one hand there is no total isolation of the product with respect to the consumer, since the germs that can emit any consumer when he speaks, breathes, coughs, sneezes, etc., come into contact with the products contained in the cuvettes, and let's not say anything, as happens many times, there are customers who even touch the products with their hands.

Consequently, the lack of hygiene in the self-service marketing of the referred type is evident.

However, there are dispensing systems for the products so that they do not come into contact with the customer nor with the possible germs that this or other clients can emit, based on a tube that, as previously stated and Like the cuvettes, it has an opening lever of one gate that drops a certain amount of product, always without determining what the amount is, and the consumer pays what the dispenser has provided you, there is no amount default, so the consumer does not know until he pay or weighed in cash, how much product to acquired.

In addition, in the dispensing systems of tube-based products, there is the disadvantage that when for example, treats or other soft products and sticky, it turns out that the dispensing is not done effectively, since that some products stick to each other, even causing jams at the exit.

Description of the invention

The recommended tube has been designed to solve the problem described above, based on a simple solution but of great efficiency, since said tube, constituted in any type of material whether plastic, glass or another, has the peculiarity of being a cylindrical tube and incorporates inside a spiral that can be metallic or another material, which rotates in solidarity with the tube, so that that turn advances the product contained in the tube to make it dispensed and fall towards an exit where it will be established or Will have the corresponding product reception bag.

The rotation of the tube and therefore of the spiral is will be carried out by means of a properly programmed engine so that Dispense a specific and determined amount each time you act over the engine, either overcrowded, or over lever operation, etc.

In any case, the tube with the spiral supports directly between a pair of rollers, in respect of which can rotate by motor action referred to above and located in correspondence with the back of the tube.

A shaft can be placed inside the tube axial and concentric that at its rear end mounts a counterweight as a pendulum, while along that axis they go mounted fins so that in the turn of the set occurs stirring the product and avoid sticking it, or What is the same is the take off of possible products glued, as is the case with candy or other products sticky

In correspondence with an area near the outlet opening is provided an adjustable closure system through which it is possible to open or close to a greater or lesser extent the passage of the output and thereby adapt to the size of the product to dispense, thus achieving a gradual or individual dispenser of the product or products in the desired quantity.

Obviously, through this system the product remains totally isolated from the environment and from consumers or customers who are in the establishment, since the products are contained in the tubes and fall directly to the bag whose closure will also occur automatically or manually but immediately to the fall of the product.

The tube will be assembled together with others forming shelves of furniture dispensers, including each tube a type of product and can be the shelf of any material and be arranged in any position, vertical or horizontal, also containing any number of tubes, depending on the needs of the establishment.

The tubes can individually dispense each product, or arrange a set of tubes that through a common collector dispense the product making it reach a receptacle where the corresponding bag is placed.

The shelf can have different types or forms of discharge devices, being able to be in a case constituted by an individual motor activation system, with actuator lever of the corresponding contactor or button button.

Another alternative of realization is that the shelving include a collector / vibrator, with keypad for selection of the corresponding product that the consumer wants, is say the desired dispensing tube will be selected, being able to even include a conveyor belt under the exit of the corresponding tubes, with a keyboard or keypad to select the product dispensing tube, and complementing it with a system of weighing and dispensing of tickets in which the total price of the product or products obtained, facilitating with this the collection management in the corresponding box.

Likewise, the shelf can be automatic and autonomous, which as in the previous case will include a tape conveyor, a keypad or keyboard, a weighing scale, a ticket dispenser and even collection control means, to It is the consumer who enters the amount of money necessary to acquire the product and it is the machine that charges directly instead of paying in cash, so that the control that the machine can establish with the dispensing tubes, you can check the weight, and once used it activates the conveyor corresponding so that it unloads the product in the bag receiver previously located in the lower part of the mouth of exit.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that then it will be done and in order to help a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization thereof, is accompanied as an integral part of that description, a set of drawings in where illustrative and not limiting, it has been represented the next:

Figure 1.- Shows a longitudinal view and in section of the dispensing tube of the invention resting on the roller that can be seen longitudinally, and also showing the discharge mouth under which a bag of receiving the product, seeing at one of the ends an engine of  drive

Figure 2.- Shows a perspective view of a dispensing tube that includes the axial and concentric axis with the oscillating fins and the counterweight that collaborates in the take off of products that are dragged by the endless that includes the inside the tube itself.

Figure 3.- Shows a perspective view of a housing intended to contain several products, having represented one of them supported between two rollers and with its exit end facing an exit mouth.

Figure 4.- Shows a schematic view in cross section of the assembly represented in the figure previous, occupied by several dispensing tubes.

Figure 5.- Shows, finally, a view front section corresponding to what is a form of shelving with a plurality of tubes at different levels, with a product conveyor collector, a weight scale in the corresponding place of departure with the bottom bag and a keyboard or keypad with which the consumer activates the tube at his will or product dispensing tubes and the desired quantity.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

As you can see in the referred figures, the tube of the invention is constituted by a cylindrical body (1) which can be of any material, and inside a spiral (2) dragging the product from its rear end (3) to its anterior end (4), having been planned in proximity to it a closing system (5) that is adjustable to open or close that output depending on the size of the product to be dispensed.

The tube (1) can include a concentric axis (6) which incorporates a counterweight at its front end pendular (7), and along it a series of fins or vanes stirrers (8), whose purpose is to stir the product in the rotation of the tube (1) with the spiral (2) and separate the bonding of products soft as they can be jelly beans, which sometimes result sticky, hence the shaft with the vanes (8) and the counterweight (7) perform the function of separating the glued products, and thus achieve an optimal and effective dispensing of the product.

In its assembly on a shelf (9), as represents, for example, in figures 3 and 4, the tubes (2) are supported on pairs of rollers (10) located precisely in that shelf (9), so that the exit end or anterior (3) of the tubes (2) will face, in each case, a hole (11) from which the corresponding mouth of output (12) of the product, and in whose mouth a bag (13) is arranged to receive the product dispensed.

Each tube (1) will be rotated by a motor (14) located in correspondence with the rear end, as depicted in figure 1, so that by turning the tube (1) and with the spiral (2), the product is dragged to dispense and at the same time remove it to make a dispensed in small portions or exact amounts.

As already said, the shelves (9) that are set in a piece of furniture (9 ') will include as many groups of tubes (1) with its corresponding products to be sold, so that the output can exist a plate like collector-vibrator and a keypad for selection of tube (1) product dispenser, or dispose, as represents in figure 5, a collector consisting of a tape conveyor (15) located below the common exit to all the tubes, so that in combination with a keypad or keyboard (16), a scale (17) and appropriate electronic means may be carry out a product dispensing with a specific weight and determined and even with the issuance of a ticket with the cost total of the product, which facilitates the management of collection in the box corresponding departure from the establishment.

In that figure 5 it can be seen as the collector-conveyor (15) can drag the products that have been dispensed by the tubes (1) by accessing  the exit (18) located above the scale (17), all this governed by the corresponding electronics.

The machine on which the shelves (9) can even be automatic and autonomous, that is to say In addition to weighing the product and issuing the corresponding ticket, may charge the cost, prior action by the consumer on the keyboard or keypad (16), requesting the product or desired products, where the machine will have the means appropriate to receive a monetary amount, set the depletion of the balance and subsequent dispensing of product or products after operations carried out for this purpose consumer.

Claims (5)

1. Bulk product dispensing tube, which being intended for application in establishments selling self-service nuts, sweets and the like, is characterized in that it is constituted from a rotating cylindrical body inside which a spiral is mounted that in the The rotation carries with it the drag of the contents in the cylindrical tube, from its rear end to the front or exit end, incorporating in an area close to the exit end an adjustable closure system to gradually or individually dispense the product in the desired amount according to the size of it. 2. Bulk product dispensing tube according to claim 1, characterized in that concentrically the spiral incorporates an axis that in proximity to the exit end of the spiral has a counterweight, and along the axis a series of vanes, establishing a stirring means and of taking off certain types of products. 3. Bulk product dispensing tube, according to previous claims, characterized in that the cylindrical body, when mounted on the corresponding shelves, is supported between a pair of rollers that allow the rotation of that by driving a motor. 4. Bulk product dispensing tube according to previous claims, characterized in that the cylindrical body path is facing a mouth or discharge outlet in which the product receiving bag is arranged. 5. Bulk products dispensing tube according to previous claims, characterized in that both the cylindrical body constituting the tube and the spiral housed therein are capable of being constituted in various types of materials.