Trap for goods in vending machine includes input and output doors and piston displacing goods along passage between doors

摘要

The trap (1) for dispensing objects (3) includes upstream and downstream doors, linked by a passage. The trap also includes a displacement mechanism moving along the objects which have been deposited in the space between the two doors. The trap (1) for moving objects (3) between an upstream zone (2) and a downstream zone (4) includes an upstream opening (10) which can be closed by an upstream door (5). The trap further includes a downstream opening (11) which is opened or closed by a downstream door (6). The passage linking the upstream and downstream openings is of constant cross-section. The trap also includes a displacement mechanism (17) moving between a first closed position when it is adjacent to the aperture (10), and a second closed position when it is close to the output aperture (11), thus moving along the objects. The upstream door may only be moved in this fashion when the downstream door is closed.