DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING elongated beverage containers

Abstract

A dispenser (1) for dispensing chilled beverage containers (2), in particular beverage cans, having: a housing (3) with a rear-side insertion opening (12) for inserting beverage containers (2) and a front-side removal element (6) which has a support surface (14) for the frontmost beverage container (2), an inner wall (31) projecting upwards from said surface and comprising a curved contact region (30) for the outer wall of the frontmost beverage container (2), and an upper removal opening (7) for removing the frontmost beverage container (2); a guide channel (10) with two lateral surfaces (20, 21) and a sliding surface (11) sloping downwards towards the front for conveying the upright beverage containers (2) from the rear-side receiving opening (12) into the front-side removal element (6); and a chiller device (9) for chilling the beverage containers (2), the chiller device (9) having two lateral chiller surfaces (28) substantially parallel with the lateral surfaces (20, 21) of the guide channel (10), and said chiller device (9) having a curved chiller surface (29) substantially parallel with the curved contact region (30) for the frontmost beverage container (2) on the inner wall (31) of the removal element (6).