ARRANGEMENT INTRODUCED IN MACHINE FOR VENDING ICE CREAMS AND OTHERS

摘要

A vending machine is provided for the unattended selling of products to consumers, for example, for selling ice creams. The vending machine includes one single cabinet having lower, intermediate and top portions; a inferiorly closed hinged front door incorporating a wide showcase; and rear man doors. The single cabinet and front door house and feature a set of components required for vending ice creams or other products, and for that purpose include an ice cream manufacturing assembly; containers of complements and cups; a robotic arm and user interface devices. The user interface devices include a touchscreen monitor; a payment device; a spoon dispenser; a device for delivering the ice cream; a monitor; an electronic control housing; a backlight; and a shelf-like adapter that may be used instead of the ice cream machine for optionally vending other products.

主权项

1. A machine for vending ice creams and other products, comprising:
a structure; an assembly of devices for storing and providing the ice dream and other products to be sold or vended; and user interface devices for purchasing the ice cream and other products; wherein the structure comprises:
one single cabinet having lower, intermediate and upper portions;an inferiorly closed hinged front door incorporating a wide showcase, which wide showcase shows the intermediate and top portions of the cabinet; andrear man doors; wherein the cabinet and front door house and feature a set of components required for vending ice creams, which set of components comprise: at the lower portion of the cabinet: a cooler for the syrup and a compressor assembly for a cooling system of the ice cream manufacturing system; an electric component board; and a basis for supporting such components, a cabinet and casters; in the cabinet rear part accessed through the man door, an ice cream manufacturing system, including: a peristaltic pump and aerator assembly that pumps the syrup to the ice cream machine and incorporates air and a top motor and transmission assembly of the ice cream machine; in the intermediate portion of the cabinet, the ice cream manufacturing system comprises: a centrally arranged ice cream manufacturing machine assembly including cylinders, which ice cream manufacturing machine assembly receives the syrup aerated by the aerator assembly and produces and dispenses ice cream servings; canisters for dispensing solid ingredients including toppings to complement the ice cream, and a cup dispenser located laterally to the ice cream machine; a robotic arm arranged in front of the ice cream machine for preparing the ice cream, which robotic arm, at each operation and as programmed by a user, takes a cup, a soft ice cream serving and the solid ingredients; and a lower tray to collect the leftovers; at the front door: a user interface touchscreen monitor to select the product to be sold or vended; a payment device; a spoon dispenser; and a device for delivering the ice cream; in the top portion of the cabinet: a monitor; an electronic control housing; a ventilation system for the cooling system of the ice cream manufacturing system; and in the upper portion of the front door: a backlight.