EP0077690A1 - Überwachungssystem für handgetriebene Fahrzeuge - Google Patents

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EP0077690A1
EP0077690A1 EP82305571A EP82305571A EP0077690A1 EP 0077690 A1 EP0077690 A1 EP 0077690A1 EP 82305571 A EP82305571 A EP 82305571A EP 82305571 A EP82305571 A EP 82305571A EP 0077690 A1 EP0077690 A1 EP 0077690A1
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Don Lionel Sandford
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
    • G07F7/0618—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by carts
    • G07F7/0636—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by carts in which the trolleys or carts are kept in a restricted zone such as a coral-like enclosure, or are passing a gate before use is possible
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F10/00—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
    • A47F10/02—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets
    • A47F10/04—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets for storing or handling self-service hand-carts or baskets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
    • G07F7/0618—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by carts
    • G07F7/0627—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by carts in which the trolleys or carts are kept fixed or linked onto a rail or barrier
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
    • G07F7/0618—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by carts
    • G07F7/0672—Special lock-activating tokens, serving as replacement of a payment or of a coin
    • G07F7/0681—Special lock-activating tokens, serving as replacement of a payment or of a coin in which a card, pay-card or card-like object is used as the special token required to get permission or activate the lock to use the trolley or cart

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  • This invention relates to a control system for hand propelled vehicles, more especially but not exclusively shoppers' trolleys as used in supermarkets and the like.
  • trolleys It is an object of this invention to provide an improved control system for trolleys and like hand propelled vehicles, generally referred to hereinafter as trolleys.
  • a control system for trolleys which comprises:-
  • the system preferably also includes:-
  • the stops at the outlet will normally be retracted and the outlet will include a sensing device which senses approach of a trolley and closes the stops to prevent passage thereof. At other times, therefore, free passage will be available through the outlet, i.e. for persons without trolleys, and the said sensing device will be designed to be responsive to approach of a trolley and not to approach of a person. Desirably, the stops will also be retracted if a trolley is initially approached to the outlet and then withdrawn.
  • a trolley detector such as the previously mentioned sensing device sensing approach of a trolley, may also be provided at the outlet in order to establish trolley validation when a trolley passes therethrough.
  • trolley outlet will usually be located between the checkout area and the exit doors of a supermarket or the like, and the trolley inlet will be located just inside the store entrance.
  • a trolley will be freely available from storage on entry to the store, and the deposit will be payable solely to encourage return to storage after the trolley has been used.
  • the outlet will have retractable stops which, even when closed to prevent passage of a trolley, still leave sufficient clearance between them for a person to walk through without a trolley. If stops are provided which fully close the outlet, safety devices must be incorporated in the mechanism to avoid risk of injury to a person passing through the outlet simultaneously with actuation.
  • cards may be either one of two types. Firstly, cards may be employed which are all the same and have uniqueness only in relation to the store, e.g. as a cheque guarantee card, being cards issued to a store user on application and following a status check. These cards are fed through the system like tokens, since the user does not have to retain the same card all the time. Secondly, cards may be credit cards unique to a shopper, having an identifying number or code marked thereon. Such a card will be read by the sensor on presentation at the outlet, and make a deposit charge on the customer's account. On re- presentation at the inlet when a validated trolley is returned, the deposit charge will be cancelled. These cards of the second type, therefore, are not fed through the system.
  • a preferred outlet consists of spaced pillars with retractable stops on both sides at a trolley catching height.
  • the sensing device at such outlet for sensing approach of a trolley may then be of the electric, magnetic, electromagnetic, infra-red or optical type, the last-mentioned depending on the use of a retro-reflective mirror surface (tape) on the trolley to which the light beam is uniquely responsive, i.e. so that persons or items other than trolleys are not sensed to cause closure of the stops.
  • the sensor which causes retraction of the stops may be any conventional type of sensor for validating coins, tokens or cards, as commonly employed in coin-freed, card-actuated mechanisms in other fields.
  • the trolley detector may be mechanical or of any of the types above referred to.
  • a mechanical detector is employed which, when actuated, operates a limit switch which activates a sensing device, such as an optical sensor, responsive to an identification device, such as a selective reflector, provided on the trolley. Only after initial detection and subsequent trolley validation is the deposit refunded. If desired, two validation checks, e.g. magnetic and optical, may be carried out.
  • the trolley may be guided into cooperation with a mechanical detector by floor tracks. The latter may be so designed as to restrict rearward or upward movement of the trolley, thereby to prevent withdrawal of a trolley after operation of the detector (possibly in an endeavour to obtain a plurality of refunds).
  • the inlet may be equipped with non-return flaps.
  • the sensors at trolley outlet and inlet may feed counters for checking the number of returned trolleys against those passing through the exit.
  • a trolley exit (or outlet) arrangement 10 is located between the checkout area 12 and the automatic exit doors 14 from the store.
  • the latter are adjacent the automatic entrance doors 16, which lead to a trolley entrance (or inlet) arrangement 18 from which trolleys can be entered into a trolley storage area 20.
  • Adjacent is a non-return, bypass gate 22 for trolley entrance, and a turnstile 24 for use by shoppers entering the store. A shopper can freely take a trolley from the storage area 20 after passing through the turnstile 24.
  • the object of the system is that a shopper can only exit from the store with a trolley after paying a deposit at a trolley outlet 10. Having unloaded the trolley, the shopper must return the trolley to the storage area by pushing it through a trolley inlet 18 in order to gain refund of the deposit. Gate 22 enables trolleys to be returned without refund.
  • a trolley outlet 10 comprises two spaced pillars 26 amply spaced to pass a trolley 28. However, at a trolley catching height, said pillars are provided on their interior facing walls with retractable stops 30. When these are closed together, the remaining passageway is insufficient to pass the trolley 28, although it is still wide enough for passage of a person.
  • the stops 30 are normally retracted.
  • Sensing devices 32 sense the approach of a trolley, but not persons or other items, and initiate closure of the stops 30 to prevent passage of the trolley 28. It is then necessary to insert a coin or token into a coin operated mechanism entrance 34, behind which is located a coin sensor, in order to initiate retraction of the stops 30 to open the outlet and permit passage of the trolley 28.
  • a railed passageway has a floor track 36 which includes a locking plate 38 provided with a non-return trolley lock 40 and a mechanical trolley detector 42.
  • the last-mentioned is conveniently a pivoted arm which is deflected by a trolley passing over it. This pivoted arm operates a limit switch which activates a sensing device (not shown) which identifies the presence of a trolley and causes a coin to be fed into a cup 44 (Fiqure 6) as refund of the previously paid deposit.
  • the trolley lock effectively prevents withdrawal of a trolley after the detector 42 has been activated; additionally, however, non-return flaps 46 may also be provided at the trolley inlet, which leads directly into the trolley storage area.
  • the sensing devices described may feed counters for checking the passages of trolleys at the outlets and inlets.
  • identification devices such as elements of retro-reflective tape
  • the not shown sensing device may be an optical sensing device selectively responsive to the identification devices, thereby to ensure that a refund is only obtainable for a valid trolley, i.e. not only any trolley but a trolley of that store bearing the correct identification.
  • the trolley approach sensing devices 32 at the trolley outlet may be selectively responsive in similar manner, thereby also to provide trolley validation at said outlet.
  • the reference 48 denotes access doors enabling servicing and repair of the deposit refund mechanism.
  • identification device and alternative sensing devices operating on electric, magnetic, electromagnetic or infra-red principles may be employed to provide both trolley sensing and trolley validation simultaneously, and such a sensing device employed at the trolley inlet may render the mechanical detector unnecessary.
  • the trolley stops may he left in the trolley arresting position at all times with the insertion of a coin or token.

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EP0141285A1 (de) * 1983-10-08 1985-05-15 Schulte-Schlagbaum Aktiengesellschaft Magazin für Transportwagen, insbesondere Einkaufswagen von Supermärkten oder dergleichen
FR2651349A1 (fr) * 1989-08-29 1991-03-01 Caddie Atel Reunis Dispositif de consignation pour chariot de type encastrable, et chariots pourvus d'un tel dispositif.
EP0433751A1 (de) * 1989-12-18 1991-06-26 Peter Fuchs Vorrichtung zur Begrenzung von Einkaufswagenreihen
EP0545233A1 (de) * 1991-12-06 1993-06-09 Vendoret Holding S.A. Vorrichtung zum Ankoppeln von Einkaufs- oder Gepäckwagen
EP0627715A2 (de) * 1993-06-04 1994-12-07 Vendoret Holding S.A. Pfandschloss für einen Einkaufswagen
DE19529456C1 (de) * 1995-08-10 1996-10-24 Siegel Geb Gmbh Co Kg Selbstbedienungsmarkt
NL1001724C2 (nl) * 1995-11-23 1997-05-27 Nedap Nv Beveiligingssysteem met serieschakeling en identificatie.
NL1008651C2 (nl) * 1998-03-20 1999-09-21 Hendrik Veth Systeem om het wegraken van door winkels aan klanten ter beschikking gestelde boodschappenkorven of - wagens tegen te gaan.
WO2000061420A1 (fr) * 1999-04-09 2000-10-19 Vitorino Pereira Vieira Chariot d'achats equipe d'un moteur electrique et son systeme de distribution
EP0945832A3 (de) * 1998-03-21 2001-03-07 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Einrichtung zum Ausleihen von Transportwagen
AU758243B2 (en) * 1997-09-19 2003-03-20 Smarte Carte, Inc. Cart management system and method
FR2848323A1 (fr) * 2002-12-09 2004-06-11 Jean Claude Huot Systeme de gestion d'un parc de chariots
FR2867880A1 (fr) * 2004-03-17 2005-09-23 Luis Filipe Vaz Procede et systeme de gestion d'un parc de chariots, notamment dans une structure de transport ou commerciale
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EP0141285A1 (de) * 1983-10-08 1985-05-15 Schulte-Schlagbaum Aktiengesellschaft Magazin für Transportwagen, insbesondere Einkaufswagen von Supermärkten oder dergleichen
FR2651349A1 (fr) * 1989-08-29 1991-03-01 Caddie Atel Reunis Dispositif de consignation pour chariot de type encastrable, et chariots pourvus d'un tel dispositif.
EP0415805A1 (de) * 1989-08-29 1991-03-06 Ateliers Reunis Caddie Pfandvorrichtung für schiebbare Einkaufwagen und damit versehene Einkaufswagen
EP0433751A1 (de) * 1989-12-18 1991-06-26 Peter Fuchs Vorrichtung zur Begrenzung von Einkaufswagenreihen
EP0545233A1 (de) * 1991-12-06 1993-06-09 Vendoret Holding S.A. Vorrichtung zum Ankoppeln von Einkaufs- oder Gepäckwagen
US5589677A (en) * 1993-06-04 1996-12-31 Vendoret Holding S. A. Pledge lock for a shopping trolley
EP0627715A3 (de) * 1993-06-04 1995-08-23 Vendoret Holding Sa Pfandschloss für einen Einkaufswagen.
EP0627715A2 (de) * 1993-06-04 1994-12-07 Vendoret Holding S.A. Pfandschloss für einen Einkaufswagen
DE19529456C1 (de) * 1995-08-10 1996-10-24 Siegel Geb Gmbh Co Kg Selbstbedienungsmarkt
NL1001724C2 (nl) * 1995-11-23 1997-05-27 Nedap Nv Beveiligingssysteem met serieschakeling en identificatie.
AU758243B2 (en) * 1997-09-19 2003-03-20 Smarte Carte, Inc. Cart management system and method
NL1008651C2 (nl) * 1998-03-20 1999-09-21 Hendrik Veth Systeem om het wegraken van door winkels aan klanten ter beschikking gestelde boodschappenkorven of - wagens tegen te gaan.
EP0945832A3 (de) * 1998-03-21 2001-03-07 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Einrichtung zum Ausleihen von Transportwagen
WO2000061420A1 (fr) * 1999-04-09 2000-10-19 Vitorino Pereira Vieira Chariot d'achats equipe d'un moteur electrique et son systeme de distribution
FR2848323A1 (fr) * 2002-12-09 2004-06-11 Jean Claude Huot Systeme de gestion d'un parc de chariots
WO2004055743A1 (fr) * 2002-12-09 2004-07-01 Jean-Claude Huot Systeme de gestion d’un parc de chariots
FR2867880A1 (fr) * 2004-03-17 2005-09-23 Luis Filipe Vaz Procede et systeme de gestion d'un parc de chariots, notamment dans une structure de transport ou commerciale
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US8950567B2 (en) 2005-02-03 2015-02-10 Horst Sonnendorfer Shopping trolley
GB2546261A (en) * 2016-01-12 2017-07-19 Herzbrunn Danny Cart locking system and method
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