US 11,986,106 B2
Adaptable product storage and extraction tray
Jesus Guindulain, Navarra (ES)
Assigned to JOFEMAR, S.A., Navarra (ES)
Filed by JOFEMAR, S.A.
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,406.
Claims priority of application No. 21383070 (EP), filed on Nov. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157459 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A47F 1/12 (2006.01); A47F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 1/125 (2013.01) [A47F 5/005 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adaptable product storage and extraction tray of a vending machine, comprising:
a quadrangular base provided with an upper surface and with lateral sides, a rear side and a front side;
a front profile attached to the front side;
lateral walls and a rear wall emerging from the lateral sides and the rear side, respectively, of the base, with the front side open for dispensing products;
dividing partitions arranged perpendicularly with respect to the upper surface of the base and distributed parallel to one another;
longitudinal parallel compartments defined between the dividing partitions and between the endmost dividing partitions and the lateral walls, and limited by the rear wall and in a lower part by the upper surface of the base;
longitudinal extractor assemblies arranged in each compartment which store and push the products towards the front side of the base for dispensing the products;
longitudinal support plates, located on both sides of each of the longitudinal extractor assemblies partially supporting the products by the longitudinal extractor assemblies, and wherein the longitudinal support plates delimit the width of each compartment,
wherein
the longitudinal extractor assemblies and the dividing partitions are attached to the front profile being transversely displaceable and the longitudinal support plates are attachable to the front profile being transversely displaceable;
the longitudinal support plates are transversely coupled to one another and are separately removed to allow the displacement of a remainder of the longitudinal support plates of the longitudinal extractor assemblies and of the dividing partitions and modify the width of the compartments; and
the tray further comprises at least one movable retaining element, to regulate the position of the longitudinal support plates, the longitudinal extractor assembly or the dividing partition that is located closest to a lateral wall, with respect to the lateral wall, between a retention position in which the at least one movable retaining element keeps the longitudinal support plates coupled to one another and in which the longitudinal support plates, the longitudinal extractor assembly or the dividing partition that is the closest to the lateral wall maintains a clearance with the lateral wall, and a release position in which the at least one movable retaining element releases the longitudinal support plates for the removal thereof.