公开(公告)号：US20040245280A1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-09

申请号：US10454114

申请日：2003-06-04

Applicant: THE VENDO COMPANY

Inventor： Dennis Earl Schramm ,  Christopher Robin Craven

IPC: B65H001/30 ,  B65G059/00 ,  B65H003/00 ,  G07F011/00 ,  A47F001/04 ,  G07F011/16

CPC classification number: B65H23/1888 ,  B65H23/048 ,  B65H2511/21 ,  B65H2513/10 ,  B65H2513/20 ,  B65H2553/51 ,  B65H2555/24 ,  G07F11/16

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hopper for preventing theft of undispensed products from a vending machine. The disclosed anti-theft hopper receives dispensed products and allows customers to retrieve dispensed products, but prevents unauthorized access to the interior of a vending machine through the product delivery port. The anti-theft hopper has a first opening through which dispensed products enter the hopper and a second opening through which dispensed products are retrieved by customers. A hopper flap is pivotally coupled to the hopper, wherein the hopper flap is adaptable to pivotally swing over products dispensed into the hopper to allow consumers to retrieve dispensed products from the hopper and wherein the hopper flap is further adaptable to prevent unauthorized access to undispensed products by blocking the insertion of a protruding device through the hopper.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于防止未分配产品从自动贩卖机中偷窃的料斗。 所公开的防盗漏斗接收分配的产品并允许客户检索分配的产品，但是防止未经授权的通过产品传送端口访问自动售货机的内部。 防漏料斗具有第一开口，分配的产品通过该第一开口进入料斗，以及第二开口，由顾客通过该第二开口取出分配的产品。 料斗挡板枢转地联接到料斗，其中料斗挡板适于在分配到料斗中的产品上枢转摆动，以允许消费者从料斗中检索分配的产品，并且其中料斗挡板进一步适于防止未经授权的进入未分配产品 通过阻止突出装置通过料斗的插入。