Plate dispenser for e.g. school canteen, has lifting unit lifting pile of plates along vertical wall, and extracting unit including suction cup for carrying plate over pile during movement of plate towards dispensing position

摘要

The dispenser has a vertical wall fixed on a frame, and a lifting unit lifting a pile of plates (2) along the vertical wall. An extracting unit displaces one plate (2a) to the top of the pile on a command in a dispensing position in a horizontal extraction direction across a slot (10) in the vertical wall. An extracting unit includes a suction cup (186) carrying the plate over the pile during the movement of the plate towards the dispensing position.