APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING WARM PREPACKAGED FOODS

Title:

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING WARM PREPACKAGED FOODS

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2002091317

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

An apparatus (1) for distributing pre-packaged, frozen or heated food products (12), comprises a magazine (7) for containing said products (12), resting means (11) for said products (12) in said magazine (7), moving means (10, 16, 17) for moving said products (12) inside said magazine, extraction means (20, 23) for extracting said products (12) from said magazine (7), said moving means comprise actuating means (16, 17) arranged outside said magazine (7). A method for dispensing pre-packaged, frozen or heated products from an apparatus (1) that automatically distributes said products, comprises picking up said products from a magazine (7) of said apparatus (1) and sending said products to a dispending zone (4) of said apparatus (1), the method further comprises identifying each product inside said magazine (7) and determining the position of said product inside said magazine (7).

Inventors:

MARTINELLI MARA (IT)
MARTINELLI MARIA CRISTINA (IT)

Application Number:

PCT/IB2002/001543

Publication Date:

May 13, 2004

Filing Date:

May 08, 2002

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MARTINELLI MARA (IT)
MARTINELLI MARIA CRISTINA (IT)

International Classes:

A47G29/14; G07F9/10; G07F11/54; H05B6/80; (IPC1-7): G07F9/10; G07F11/54

Foreign References:

DE3412900A1	1985-10-17
US5522310A	1996-06-04
FR2597239A1	1987-10-16
US5590809A	1997-01-07

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