Abstract: An automatic beverage vending machine having a cabinet and closed by a door houses a beverage preparation assembly and at least one dispensing assembly of bodies for containing/mixing the same beverages; the dispensing assembly of containment/mixing bodies being coupled to the door by means of a quick coupling and locking device having at least one pair of retention pins stably connected to the dispensing assembly and a shaped retention plate stably connected to the door and delimiting for each retention pin a guide slot configured to be crossed by an attachment head of the retention pin and to guide a shaft of the same retention pin.

Abstract: In an automatic beverage vending machine, a feed assembly for feeding a granular or powder product has a feed duct for feeding the granular or powder product and a choke device configured to receive and choke at least partially an elastically deformable discharge section of the feed duct; the choke device comprising a fixed attachment frame, a choke member and a motorized movement assembly for moving the choke member between a support position, in which it maintains the discharge section in a product feed condition, and an overturned position, in which it elastically deforms and chokes at least partially the discharge section.

Abstract: In an automatic beverage vending machine, the components of an assembly for producing and dispensing the beverages are housed, at least partially, within a chamber of the vending machine and are supported within the same chamber by a drawer coupled to a structure of the vending machine in a sliding manner between two end of stroke positions, one of which is inserted into the chamber and one of which is at least partially extracted from the same chamber; the drawer having a base wall on which a part of the components for producing and dispensing beverages are rested directly or by means of interface structures, and being provided with a front flap door, which supports another part of the components for producing beverages.

Abstract: A seat includes a cushion comprising a foam body and a trim cover disposed thereon, the trim cover having a forward portion at a front of the cushion and at least one elastic band attached to the forward portion; and a movable cushion length adjuster having an extended position and a retracted position, the movable length adjuster comprising a body with an occupant surface on a first side, and features on a second side, opposite to the first side. The at least one elastic band is routed on the features, and in the retracted position, the movable cushion length adjuster at least partially covers a portion of the cushion, and in the extended position, the length adjuster is spaced apart from the portion such that the at least one elastic band tensions the trim cover by pulling on the forward portion.

Abstract: A seat includes a cushion comprising a foam body and a trim cover disposed thereon, the trim cover having a forward portion at a front of the cushion and at least one elastic band attached to the forward portion; and a movable cushion length adjuster having an extended position and a retracted position, the movable length adjuster comprising a body with an occupant surface on a first side, and features on a second side, opposite to the first side. The at least one elastic band is routed on the features, and in the retracted position, the movable cushion length adjuster at least partially covers a portion of the cushion, and in the extended position, the length adjuster is spaced apart from the portion such that the at least one elastic band tensions the trim cover by pulling on the forward portion.

Abstract: A sensor device for gaseous hydrocarbons includes two semiconductor oxide-based sensitive elements, one of which is a sensitive reference element and the other a sensitive measuring element, this measuring element being covered with a layer of electrically insulating porous material containing a dispersed noble metal. The two sensitive elements are formed by silk-screen processes, are connected to an electronic signal comparison system, and are maintained at different temperatures when in operation. The sensor has improved selectivity in determining gaseous hydrocarbons, in particular methane, even if high concentrations of interfering gases such as ethanol are present.