Single article dispensing machine from a continuous band-shaped package of the same articles

Claim 2

A dispensing machine for units of various products of the type where each product unit is dispensed by the insertion of at least a coin or a token, which comprises a feeding station for the product units in a bandpackage; a temporary stop device to hold the first product unit of the band-package, said stop device being adjustably positioned according to the size of relative to a product units; means for guiding said first product unit said means for guiding cooperating with the temporary stop device; to hold the first product unit a grip and draw member for the product units; control means for said grip and draw member to displace a single product units along a first and a second stroke, one after the other, said first stroke being slightly larger than the length of a product unit; a cutting means to sever two adjacent product units from each other operable at the end of the first stroke; and an ejection device for discharging the product units operable at the end of the second stroke of the grip and draw member.

Claim 3

The dispensing machine of claim 1, further comprising a baking station.

Claim 4

The dispensing machine of claim 1, wherein the cutter means includes a plate transversely mounted to the direction of motion of the product units, and provided with an opening through which the product units can pass in their forward motion, on the plate there being provided a blade linearly moving, and co-operating with a backing blade projecting into said opening.

Claim 5

The dispensing machine of claim 1, wherein each feeding station is a container removable from the body of the machine.

Claim 6

The dispensing machine of claim 1, wherein the stop device comprises two arms opening in the direction of forward motion of the product units, and mounted on a support adapted to be clamped on a rod fixedly mounted on the frame of the machine, in predetermined positions.

Claim 7

The dispensing machine of claim 1, wherein the ejection device comprises a rotatable arm, operated by said grip and draw member.

Claim 8

A dispensing machine for dispensing packages from a band-package comprising a guide duct for guiding the packages of the band package linearly therethrough; a stop device at an upper end of said guide duct for selective disposition between first and second packages of the band-package to prevent a return of the first package into said guide duct, said stop device being adjustably mounted relative to said guide duct; a grip and draw member for gripping a first package of the band-package downstream of said stop device, a cutter member for severing the first package from the band package; an injecting device disposed at an ejection station for ejecting a severed first package into a dispensing compartment; and means for moving said grip and draw member relative to said stop device in a sequence in which a gripped package is first moved past said cutter member, thereafter stopped while said cutter member severs the first package from the band-package, and thereafter moved to said ejection station for ejection into said dispensing compartment.

Claim 9

A dispensing machine for dispensing packages from a band-package comprising a guide duct for guiding the packages of the band package linearly therethrough; a stop device at an upper end of said guide duct for selective disposition between first and second packages of the band-package to prevent a return of the first package into said guide duct, said stop device being adjustably mounted relative to said guide duct; a grip and draw member for gripping a first package of the band-package downstream of said stop device, a cutter member for severing the first package from the band package; an injecting device disposed at an ejection station for ejecting a severed first package into a dispensing compartment; and means for moving said grip and draw member relative to said stop device in a sequence in which a gripped package is first moved past said cutter member, thereafter stopped while said cutter member severs the first package from the band-package, and thereafter moved to said ejection station for ejection into said dispensing compartment.