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A product dispenser with inventory monitoring, useful to be installed in hotel establishments and establishments providing similar services, including a refrigerating equipment and a plurality of product selection pushbuttons (2), in such a way that the dispenser (1), communicated with a central con

A product dispenser with inventory monitoring, useful to be installed in hotel establishments and establishments providing similar services, including a refrigerating equipment and a plurality of product selection pushbuttons (2), in such a way that the dispenser (1), communicated with a central control, comprises a selection confirmation pushbutton (3); a separating plate (6) in horizontal position that defines a first compartment (7) and a second compartment (8) maintained at different temperatures, each one of the compartments having a plurality of compartmentalized trays (11) in which tray compartments are defined, each tray compartment having a conveyor belt (13), each conveyor belt being provided with a plurality of separators (14) between which the products are positioned; a first strip (18) along the entire length of the front of the dispenser over the closing gate (16) of the opening access (15) to the box (17) for receiving the dispensed products.

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1. A product dispenser with inventory monitoring, the dispenser being communicated with a central control and comprisinga plurality of selection pushbuttons, each selection pushbutton for use by a user to select a dispensable product, a selection confirmation pushbutton for the user confirming selec

1. A product dispenser with inventory monitoring, the dispenser being communicated with a central control and comprisinga plurality of selection pushbuttons, each selection pushbutton for use by a user to select a dispensable product, a selection confirmation pushbutton for the user confirming selection of a dispensable product that has been previously selected by actuating at least one selection pushbutton, a refrigerating equipment, a first compartment for storing dispensable products and a second compartment for storing dispensable products, the compartments being maintained at different temperatures, a horizontal separating plate which separates the first compartment from the second compartment, a plurality of compartmentalized trays in the first compartment and in the second compartment, an endless conveyor belt in each compartmentalized tray, a plurality of conveyor compartments on each conveyor belt, each of the conveyor compartments for positioning a dispensable product, each conveyor compartment being defined between separators provided on each conveyor belt, a channel into which a selected product among dispensable products is expelled from the conveyor belt carrying the dispensable product selected by means of the selection and confirmation pushbuttons, a box into which the selected product falls from said channel, the box having a frontal access opening extending over a whole front side of the dispenser, through which the selected product may be removed by the user, a closing gate for closing the access opening, a pivotable first strip over the closing gate, the first strip being collapsed when a selected product falls from the channel into the box, and a first sensor means selected from microswitches and photocells, being activated each time a selected product collapses the first strip.