VENDING MACHINE FOR SALE OF HEATED FOOD PRODUCTS Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC G07F9/10 G07F11/16 

FIELD: vending machines.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of vending machines, in particular to the field of vending machines for the sale of heated food products. The proposed vending machine contains a housing 1, which houses a refrigerating chamber 2 for storing food, a microwave oven 10 for heating food, a mechanism for moving food inside the housing, a user interface 20 for ordering, and a discharge tray 15 associated with the window dispensing food products to the user. The refrigerating chamber 2 is located in the lower part of the housing 1 and is provided with at least one lid 4, made with the possibility of automatic opening and closing, and the refrigerating chamber is divided into vertically oriented sections 7 for storing various food products. The microwave oven 10 is located in the upper part of the housing 1 and is provided with a door 11, also made with the possibility of automatic opening and closing. The mechanism for moving food products contains a food manipulator 16 and a movable shelf 13, and the manipulator 16 is designed to move in the vertical and horizontal planes of the housing 1 to transfer food from the refrigerating chamber 2 to the movable shelf 13 and from the movable shelf 13 to the discharge tray 15. The movable shelf 13 is configured to receive food products from the gripping mechanism of the manipulator 16 and move them inside the microwave oven 10 to warm up and remove the food products from the microwave oven 10 after they are warmed up, and the movements of the manipulator 16, at least one cover 4 of the refrigerating chamber 2 and the doors 11 of the microwave oven 10 are synchronized in time to avoid collisions.

EFFECT: invention simplifies the design, reduces the overall dimensions and increases the stability of the vending machine.

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