EP0205691A1 - Dispositif pour distribuer un article - Google Patents

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EP0205691A1
EP0205691A1 EP85304325A EP85304325A EP0205691A1 EP 0205691 A1 EP0205691 A1 EP 0205691A1 EP 85304325 A EP85304325 A EP 85304325A EP 85304325 A EP85304325 A EP 85304325A EP 0205691 A1 EP0205691 A1 EP 0205691A1
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    • 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
    • G07F7/069—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 box-like containers, e.g. videocassettes, books

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  • This invention relates to a dispensing machine and in particular to a machine adapted for dispensing video cassettes intended to be used by borrowers using the services of a particular video outlet.
  • Vending machines are well known in the prior art, these generally being of the coin-operated type in which the user of a machine inserts a coin to receive a commodity such as a pack of cigarettes, cool drinks or the like.
  • a commodity such as a pack of cigarettes, cool drinks or the like.
  • the new electronic banking system where a client of a particular bank inserts a card which actuates a device to deliver a predetermined or chosen amount of money.
  • Documented prior art of which the applicant is aware includes the following:
  • United States patent 4 458 802 discloses a method and apparatus for renting video cassettes. A token presented by a customer is retained by the apparatus until the rented cassettes are returned. Alternately, an accounting system which may be linked to a central computer is envisaged for use with this apparatus.
  • the apparatus comprises a carousel mechanism with a number of compartments, each of which holds a video cassette. The cassettes bear an individual code and when a cassette is returned, the apparatus reads the code and identifies the cassette before returning it to its own particular compartment.
  • United States patents 4 414 467 and 4 300 040 describe video cassette vending machines in which a terminal enables a card holder to preview cassettes prior to ordering the cassette.
  • United States patent 4 020 326 (Coulthurst) describes token control equipment in which information about use of a token is recorded. The recorded information is continually updated to keep track of use of the token.
  • an apparatus for dispensing articles comprises a plurality of compartments for storing the articles, each compartment having an electronically-controlled lockable door and at least part of an article stored in any compartment being visible from outside the compartment; control means for selectively unlocking the compartments in response to control signals; means for accepting and reading a token presented by a user of the apparatus, the token having a memory element; selection means for selecting a desired article; and processing means for providing control signals to the control means in order to unlock the door of a compartment containing an article selected by use of the selection means and for transferring information to and from the token, the user removing the selected article from the unlocked compartment, and information relating to the dispensing transaction being stored by the token.
  • the apparatus may be arranged to allow the user to return a previously removed article to a vacant compartment, the door of a selected vacant compartment being unlocked to allow replacement of the article.
  • the items for display are cassettes and in particular video or audio cassettes.
  • the unit comprises a freestanding cabinet for storing and displaying video cassettes, with a large part of the front area of the cabinet being divided into a plurality of compartments for displaying cassettes which are arranged in horizontal and vertical rows.
  • Each compartment preferably has a normally locked electronically-operated door which is adapted to be unlocked by control means comprising a device such as a solenoid on receipt of a control signal from the processing means.
  • the token preferably comprises a data storage token which is shaped in the form of a conventional key and which includes an electronic memory element for storing and retrieving information.
  • a suitable token is that disclosed in United States patent 4 436 993.
  • a video cassette vending machine 10 comprises a free standing cabinet 12 having a key reader with an insertion aperture 14 for receiving a data storage token or key 16.
  • the cabinet 12 has an upper section divided into a plurality of compartments 18 which are arranged in vertical and horizontal rows. As seen in Figure 2 each compartment 18 has a transparent door 20 which is hinged at a hinge pin 22 and adapted to lock and unlock by a solenoid-operated latch 24. Two sensor devices 26 and 28 are provided to sense the opening and closing of the door 20 and the presence of a cassette respectively.
  • a lower section of the cabinet houses the key-receiving aperture 14 and a keypad 29. Adjacent the keypad 29 on the front panel of'the cabinet 12 is an alphanumeric display 32 which provides information to prompt a user of the vending machine.
  • the key receiving aperture 14 is provided with contacts which make contact with complementary contacts on the shank of the key 16 and which connect an electronic memory element in the key 16 to a microprocessor-based processing circuit 30 ( Figure 4).
  • Information stored in the memory element which is an electrically-erasable element such as an EEPROM, is thus passed through a serial port into the microprocessor bus.
  • Information from the processing circuit 30 can also be fed into the memory element of the key 16 and stored therein.
  • Figure 5 shows an electronic control circuit together with a solenoid 34 which operates the latch 24 of each compartment to unlock the door 20.
  • Each compartment has its own control circuit which has a unique address code. Also shown in the circuit of Figure 5 are the sensors 26 and 28.
  • Figure 6 shows the layout of the communication bus between the processing circuit 30 and the various control circuits.
  • the processing circuit addresses the control circuits of each compartment on a multiplexed parallel bus.
  • a customer of the establishment which operates the machine is provided with a key 16 which is pre-programmed with, inter alia, a personal identification number of four digits, a credit amount corresponding to a preselected number of video cassettes, information identifying the customer such as his name and identity number, the number of cassettes which may be taken by the customer at one time and the like.
  • the customer's key is programmed using the machine itself, after a supervisor has first inserted a master key and set the machine to a "key initialise" mode, and then removed the master key. A blank key is then inserted and by means of the keypad the required data is entered into the machine and the customer's key is encoded accordingly.
  • a customer approaches the machine and, prompted by the alphanumeric display 32, inserts his key 16. He is then prompted to enter his personal identification number.
  • the machine 10 reads the information in the key 16, and if the information is valid and if the customer's identification number corresponds to that read from the key 16, the display 32 prompts the customer to proceed.
  • the customer can identify various video cassettes through the transparent doors 20 of the compartments 18. Each compartment 18 has its own number and by entering that number into the keypad 29, the customer causes the processing circuit 30 to transmit a code which is decoded only by the control circuit of that compartment.
  • the control circuit then energises the solenoid 34 and unlocks the compartment.
  • the customer may then remove the cassette, and close the door.
  • the sensors 26 and 28 ensure that non-closure of the door or non-removal of the cassette is detected, and the customer is prompted accordingly.
  • an audible warning device can be provided.
  • the processor circuit 30 monitors the transaction and may trigger an alarm or erase the key 16 if an improper transaction is attempted.
  • the processor circuit also monitors the condition of the doors 20 and an alarm is triggered if a door 20 is forced open.
  • the customer can select further cassettes up to the preset limit.
  • the credit amount stored in the key 16 is reduced according to the number of cassettes removed, and the customer may then remove the key.
  • the vending machine 10 can include a printer to provide a printed transaction record for the customer if this is required.
  • the customer inserts the key 16 into the aperture 14 and, again prompted by the display 32, selects the number of any vacant compartment, and places the cassette in the compartment and closes the door.
  • the sensor 28 which comprises a pair of electrical contacts, makes contact with a metallic label attached to the cassette container when the cassette is placed in the compartment, so that non-return of a cassette is detected. If the cassette is returned after a predetermined time limit has expired, the credit amount stored in the key 16 is further reduced.
  • the machine 10 can be provided with an internal logging printer to record details of all transactions, or it can store a number of transactions, say, the last one hundred transactions, in memory for recall by a supervisor holding a master key.
  • a remote control computer can be used to monitor the operation of a number of vending machines at different locations.
  • a particular advantage of the described vending machine is that it is mechanically simple compared to other proposed machines, since the only mechanical parts are the door lock solenoids. If one solenoid becomes inoperative, the machine can still be used.
  • Another advantage is that the customer's token is directly debited by an amount corresponding to the transaction, so that a complex accounting system is not required in the machine.
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EP0287367A1 (fr) * 1987-04-16 1988-10-19 Sankey Vending Limited Machine de vente commandée par carte
GB2206107A (en) * 1987-06-25 1988-12-29 Sankey Vending Ltd Vending machine actuated by pre-programmed card
GB2209158A (en) * 1987-08-28 1989-05-04 Sankey Vending Ltd Vending machine for video cassette
US4871054A (en) * 1987-08-28 1989-10-03 Sankey Vending Limited Vending machine
EP0337164A2 (fr) * 1988-04-15 1989-10-18 Franz Josef Graf Dispositif d'enregistrement de cassettes vidéo louées
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FR2657707A1 (fr) * 1990-01-26 1991-08-02 Bouvier Daniel Distributeurs de recipients consignes.
FR2668628A1 (fr) * 1990-10-24 1992-04-30 Erco Electronics Sa Installation pour la location d'articles tels que des videocassettes.
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WO1998040852A1 (fr) * 1997-03-11 1998-09-17 Schlumberger Systemes Procede de cautionnement entre deux porte-monnaie electroniques
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WO1988008175A1 (fr) * 1987-04-16 1988-10-20 Sankey Vending Limited Distributeur automatique commande par carte
EP0287367A1 (fr) * 1987-04-16 1988-10-19 Sankey Vending Limited Machine de vente commandée par carte
GB2206107A (en) * 1987-06-25 1988-12-29 Sankey Vending Ltd Vending machine actuated by pre-programmed card
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