EP0414668A1 - Distributeur automatique de vente et de location, notamment pour videocassettes. - Google Patents

Distributeur automatique de vente et de location, notamment pour videocassettes.

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EP0414668A1
EP0414668A1 EP87907093A EP87907093A EP0414668A1 EP 0414668 A1 EP0414668 A1 EP 0414668A1 EP 87907093 A EP87907093 A EP 87907093A EP 87907093 A EP87907093 A EP 87907093A EP 0414668 A1 EP0414668 A1 EP 0414668A1
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cassette
machine according
input
box
cassettes
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Wilhelm Menke
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NSM AG
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/62—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
    • 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
    • G07F7/069—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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S194/00—Check-actuated control mechanisms
    • Y10S194/906—Video cassette vendor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S221/00—Article dispensing
    • Y10S221/01—Storage retrieval
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S414/00—Material or article handling
    • Y10S414/10—Associated with forming or dispersing groups of intersupporting articles, e.g. stacking patterns
    • Y10S414/111—Audio or video cassettes

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  • the invention relates to a rental and sales machine, in particular for video cassettes, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • DE-OS 34 33 709 describes a cabinet-like machine for renting and selling video film cassettes.
  • the cassettes stored in compartments are pressed against a compartment wall by a spring.
  • This spring serves in particular to hold a remaining cassette when another cassette located in the same compartment has been removed.
  • the holder of the cassette boxes is inclined, and the arrangement of the cassettes takes place in a viewing window such that the title can be read from a cassette shown in the viewing window.
  • this arrangement only makes it possible. to offer a limited number of cassettes for sale or rent, since the visible area and thus the number of cassettes shown in this visible area is limited.
  • cassettes or other box-shaped articles such as video cassettes are issued and accepted.
  • the video cassettes output by the known machine are encoded by means of a strip code so that it is possible. to continue to follow and track the cassettes using this code.
  • the cassette boxes are arranged in a frame with compartments that are inclined forward and downward.
  • the cassettes are in each case supported j 'by a bent arm which can release by a rotational movement the cassette so that it then slides off of a rail.
  • a tray is arranged for the return of the cassette, which holds the cassette boxes vertically.
  • the invention is based on the object of providing a machine for renting and selling video cassettes which is of simple construction and has a large cassette storage capacity.
  • the machine according to the invention is characterized by a particularly expedient movement mechanism of the cassette transport carriage, since this can be moved horizontally and vertically at the same time, so that the processing time for a single cassette or. Cassette box is significantly shortened.
  • the cassette transport carriage is equipped with a push / pull device, which can move a transported cassette into the associated storage compartment or. can remove a desired cassette and store it in the cassette transport carriage.
  • This construction makes it possible to carry out the cassette transport with only one carriage, and in particular without using cross rails, which require a large amount of space.
  • the number of storage compartments in a compartment arrangement can be increased and at the same time the distance between the two opposing compartment arrangements can be reduced.
  • the machine can thus be made more compact with a larger storage capacity.
  • vertical and horizontal drives can be designed with the same locking and unlocking systems for the forward and return, so that the cassette boxes can be placed either horizontally or vertically in corresponding storage compartments.
  • the cassette transport carriage is preferably equipped on both sides with a push-pull device.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of this pull-shoe device consists of a gripper arrangement, the gripper arm of which can be extended from a rest position in the cassette transport carriage in the direction of the respective storage compartment or the input / output shaft and by means of recesses or pins with the cassette boxes in .
  • formed lever executed with a cam-like profile, on which a switching axis adjustable by a magnet rests, through which the lever can be controlled in this way.
  • the cassette transport carriage In order to make access safe and also to be able to determine the travel time exactly, the cassette transport carriage is locked in one position in each case against an addressed storage compartment. This is preferred, because starting from a restart of the carriage movement, the exact position of the cassette transport carriage can be determined on the basis of the time traveled. An adjustment during the removal process would lead to inaccuracies.
  • the cassette transport carriage in the unlocked state, can be moved horizontally by hand and the entire horizontal guide including the cassette transport carriage vertically by hand are.
  • a friction wheel arrangement is preferably provided for the advance movement of the cassette transport carriage.
  • the cassette transport carriage has a light barrier arrangement at the entry region of the cassette box into the transport space of the carriage.
  • the position of a cassette box can be determined, ie how far it has already entered or left the transport space. Based on the determined position of the cassette box, it can then be started in accordance with the pull-push device for transporting the cassette into the corresponding storage compartment.
  • the light barrier arrangement preferably each comprises a pivot lever, one end of which can be deflected by a cassette box located in the transport space, the other end of the pivot arm being guided out of the light barrier arrangement by such a deflection movement. This type of position determination is particularly simple and reliable.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the machine is characterized in that a motor for driving friction rollers for completely inserting a cassette box inserted into the transport space is coupled to the light barriers. After the response of both light barriers and the associated standstill of the motor, the cassette box is held in the center of the transport space.
  • a particularly reliable and simply constructed holder of the cassette boxes in the storage compartments results from the fact that in the storage compartments at the back a detent spring arrangement is seen with a diagonally protruding leaf spring on the side and one on the other side Stop spring at the end of the storage compartment, and that a projection is arranged on the side of the stop spring. which can be brought into engagement with an opening in the cassette box.
  • the storage compartments are each provided with contacts which indicate the filling status of the storage compartments. This provides increased security and redundancy for determination by the computer, so that there is always a reliable overview of it. which cassettes are still available.
  • the inner end of the input / output shaft is arranged adjacent to the path of the cassette transport slide. In this way, the transport route of newly introduced cassettes or. minimal for the output of selected cassettes.
  • the input / output shaft comprises a lock section with a front and a rear flap. On the one hand, this enables an exact localization of the cassette and, on the other hand, prevents a second cassette from being pushed in from the outside.
  • a light barrier arrangement can be provided in the input / output shaft, the passage of which starts a motor drive for the cassette transport to the cassette transport carriage. Another advantage of the lock arrangement is that the input / output shaft is secured against external influences.
  • a counter can be provided which starts a count when a cassette box is provided for removal and which initiates the return transport of the cassette box to its compartment after a certain period of time without a cassette removal.
  • a scanning device is expediently provided at the input / output opening, which reads the identification code.
  • the read code is passed on to the computer, which then determines the compartment address and controls the cassette transport carriage accordingly.
  • a particularly simple construction of the housing of the machine according to the invention consists in that two pivotable doors, each with a compartment arrangement for cassette boxes, are provided.
  • the front door contains the input / output opening.
  • This construction enables a particularly simple loading of the compartment arrangements, since assembly work is no longer required at all. Maintenance work is also made considerably easier.
  • a third door is expediently attached to the front housing side, which is designed as a mounting part and carries the control panel. The front of the control panel can preferably be folded down from the third door via a hinge.
  • the control panel d expediently contains a folding card title display with an associated screen on which the titles selected from the folding card title display can be displayed synchronously and on which an operator prompting, a category selection and a code number selection can be displayed.
  • the accessibility to the individual elements, in particular to the folding card title display of the control panel, is thus considerably improved. Furthermore, the parts are easier to replace and can be adapted to the requirements more quickly.
  • control panel and the input / output shaft for the cassette boxes under lock and key when the machine is not in use by means of a safety glass pane guided in the housing, but by appropriately arranging the credit card slot it remains accessible.
  • the security glass pane is opened automatically only when an acceptable credit card is accepted.
  • the invention has also created a cassette box which is intended in particular for recording video cassettes and for use in a machine according to the invention.
  • a cassette box has openings on the narrow longitudinal sides at the front and rear.
  • the function of the openings is as follows. If the cassette box is arranged in a storage compartment, there is a rear opening in engagement with a projection of the compartment side wall, a stop spring being arranged in each case in the rear region on this compartment side wall and a leaf spring on the opposite compartment side wall.
  • a cassette box according to the invention preferably has a longitudinal recess on a narrow longitudinal side for the reception of a bar code strip.
  • there is an asymmetrically arranged feature carrier on the cassette box for the purpose of recognizing the object and the correct one
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a rental and sales machine for video cassettes according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the 1 shown
  • Fig. 3 is an illustration of the storage compartment construction.
  • Fig. 4 shows a sectional view through a storage compartment filled with a cassette, which shows the cassette in plan view.
  • Fig. 5 shows a side view of part of the input / output shaft with a lock.
  • FIG. 6 is a view of the in FIG. 5 shown part from below.
  • Fig. 7 is a plan view of the cassette transport device with guide. 8 is a view of the cassette transport device from below in a partially broken away representation,
  • Fig. 10 is a plan view of the cassette transport carriage with the cover plate omitted.
  • FIG. 11 shows a side view of the cassette transport carriage shown in FIG. 10.
  • 15 is a side view of the vertical adjustment device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a rental and vending machine according to the invention in general.
  • Such machines can be installed, for example, in restaurants, at and in shops.
  • the machine comprises a cabinet-like housing 10 and an attachment, which is attached in the manner of a pivotable door 12, the hinge axis being illustrated by the dash-dotted line 14.
  • the door 12 carries a lower panel 16 and a control panel 20 with a recessed folding card title display 18.
  • the control panel 20 which is pushed in. lies with an enlarged side section 22 on the side panel 24 of the door 12.
  • the front front 23 of the control panel 20 can be folded down from the door 12 via a joint 25.
  • the control panel carries one Screen 26, two rows of function keys 28. Four further function keys 30 and a keypad 32.
  • a slot 34 is arranged behind the keypad 32 for receiving credit cards and the like.
  • the titles selected from the folding card title display 18 can be displayed simultaneously on the screen 26.
  • a category selection for example. only Wild West video cassettes, or a code number selection can be displayed.
  • Fig. 2 is the one shown in Fig. 1 illustrated machine shown unfolded.
  • the machine comprises two doors 40, 42 which can be pivoted into the housing 10 and which each contain the compartment arrangements.
  • Cassette boxes 44 located in the compartments are illustrated in the illustration.
  • the front pivotable door 42 includes part of the input / output shaft 38 toward the outside. If the two doors 40. 42 closed, there is a kind of channel or free space between them in which the cassette transport device can move. This is shown in phantom in FIG. 2.
  • a carriage movable in the direction of the x-axis, the so-called x drive (hereinafter referred to as cassette transport carriage 46). is movable back and forth along racks 48.
  • the y drive 52 is arranged close to the one rack.
  • the y drive moves the x axis with the x drive. A simultaneous movement of both drives allows the fastest possible access to a desired cassette or a target compartment.
  • FIG. 3 shows a section of a compartment arrangement. Shown is a compartment width, taken approximately six times the door width results. Shown t are two vertical side walls 54, each carrying laterally projecting horizontal strips 56 on which the cassette boxes 44 are displaceable. Three cassettes each fit into such a truss subdivision, with one slot or storage compartment having an address.
  • Fig. 3 is the front end of the compartments on the left, while the rear end is on the right in the drawing.
  • the side walls in a storage compartment each have protrusions 58 which extend obliquely to the rear, which engage with corresponding openings in the cassette boxes and hold the cassette boxes in the storage compartment.
  • projections 60 with a triangular base are also shown. These latter projections serve as abutments of the cassette boxes, and the cassette boxes are pivoted about these projections 60 when they are removed in order to disengage them from the projections 58.
  • support rods 67 and 69 are further illustrated. Of course, other types of support rods can also be used to form such a rack for cassette boxes.
  • Fig. 4 shows a storage compartment in section with a horizontally inserted cassette box 44 shown in plan view.
  • the projection 58 engages in the rear opening 62 in the cassette box 44 and locks the cassette box.
  • a stop spring 66 and a leaf spring 65 are used for mounting.
  • the stop spring 66 and the leaf spring 65 press the cassette box towards the projection 58.
  • a front opening 62 ' is located opposite the opening 62 di agonally in the cassette box.
  • the gripper arm of the pull-push device engages in this opening 62 'and swivels the cassette box around the projection 60 and then pulls it into the x drive. ie. the cassette transport carriage 46.
  • the opening 62 is opposite an opening 64 and the opening 62 'is opposite an opening 64 f .
  • the rear projection 58 located at the bottom is sufficient. to hold the cassette box in place.
  • the gripper arm of the pull-push device presses on the front region of the cassette box opposite the rear projection 58 and thus lifts it by pivoting about the front projection 60 out of the rear projection 58 of the storage compartment.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a part of the input / output slot 38 with a cassette box 44 partly inserted from the outside.
  • a light barrier 74 is located at the beginning of a lock arrangement 68 with flaps 70, 72 approximately at the level of the entrance-side end of the first flap 70.
  • the light barrier 74 is switched off actuated the passing of the cassette box 44, ie it emits a pulse.
  • the flap 'opens up to 70 shown in Fig. 5 illustrated position which enables the cassette box 44 to be inserted into the lock arrangement 68.
  • the second flap 72 is closed.
  • Attached to the side wall 76 is a fixed pane 78, the three light barriers 80a. 80b, 80c.
  • the inside of the pane has an opening within which a further pane 82 is rotatably located and which on the outside carries a signal transmitter 84 which interrupts the light barriers successively with the rotation of the pane 82.
  • the disk 82 is connected via a shaft, not shown, to a cam wheel, with which the flaps move coupled. From the 5 illustrated position of the signal generator, the left flap 72 is opened. If the light barrier 80b is interrupted, the right flap is closed, while if the light cabinets 80c are interrupted, the left flap is closed. When the signal transmitter 84 is in a position between the light barriers 80c and 80a, the right flap 70 is opened again.
  • a motor 86 with a pinion 88 and a bearing 90 is provided for driving the disk 82.
  • a second motor 92 with pinion 94 and gear 96 is provided for driving a friction roller arrangement, the friction rollers 98 of which are coupled by toothed belt drives 100.
  • the movement run is the following.
  • the actuation of the light barrier by the incoming cassette box 44 sets the motors 86 and 92 in motion.
  • the actuation of a second light barrier 102 confirms the position of the cassette box in the lock arrangement 68. If the light barrier 74 is no longer actuated, the motor 86 is switched off.
  • An actuation of a light barrier 104 starts a further, downstream drive in order to lead the cassette box out of the input / output shaft and the x drive or. to feed the cassette carriage 46. If necessary, actuation of the pull-push device of the cassette transport carriage 46 may be sufficient.
  • An identification code reader is provided for reading the code of the inserted cassette box 44 which is arranged in a longitudinal recess 63 of a narrow longitudinal side of the cassette box.
  • the scanning beam is directed through a window 106 in the side wall 76 onto the cassette box i.e. directed their code strip.
  • the address, i.e. the destination slot, in the compartment arrangement are determined.
  • Fig. 7 is the drive of the x drive or. of the cassette transport carriage 46 is illustrated.
  • a gear 108 and one Rack 110 serve to drive the carriage.
  • Rollers 112 are used to guide along the guide rails 114.
  • a vertical shaft 116 which is provided for a counterweight. It has flanges 118 directed towards the rack 110, in the recesses of which guide rollers 120 for the y movement run.
  • a motor 124 seated on a vertical holder 122 actuates a gear 128 running on a rack 126.
  • a drive rod 130 is used to carry the x bearing symmetrically. and is mounted at the other end in a vertical guide 131 of an analog design.
  • FIG. 8 shows the cassette transport carriage 46 in a view from below.
  • the lower plate 132 is shown partly broken away, so that a motor 134 can be seen. which drives 136 friction rollers 138 by means of a pinion.
  • the motor 134 can be actuated by light barriers 140. It is switched on when an interrupter arm 142 interrupts the light barrier.
  • the interrupter arms 142 are each bent arms of a lever arm arrangement 144 which can be pivoted about an axis 146.
  • the lever arm comprises an elongated hole-like hole 150 which can be adjusted along a pin 148.
  • the end of the lever arm surrounding the elongated hole 150 has a projection 152.
  • Fig. 9 shows the cassette transport carriage 46 from the side, i.e. seen from above in Fig. 8. Swiveling gripper arms 154 are arranged between the lower plate 132 and an upper plate 156, the function of which will be explained later. Return springs 158 are also shown. 9 also illustrates the adjustment of the lower rollers 112 by means of an adjusting lever 160. A pivoting of the adjusting lever 160 outwardly pivots a tab beyond a pin 162, so that the roller 112 'is held stable in the pivoted position. Such a function for mounting the slide is useful. Other parts that have already been described have the same reference numerals.
  • FIG. 13 shows a motor 164 as well as a pinion 166 and two toothed wheels 108, 168.
  • the gear 108 is in engagement with a rack 110.
  • the motor 164 serves to drive the carriage in the x direction.
  • FIG. 12 is an enlarged partial view of FIG. 10 and illustrates the cassette transfer mechanism between the storage compartment and the cassette transport slide.
  • the gripper arm arrangement is illustrated.
  • a motor 170 is provided for driving or actuating the gripper arms 154 and for locking.
  • the articulated outer lever 155 of the gripper arms 154 is designed with a cam-like profile and bears against a switching axis 172 which controls the movement of the gripper arm or of its outer lever.
  • the outer lever 155 is formed with a pin 173 and a recess 174. Two further positions of the outer lever 155 are illustrated in dashed lines. Between Plates 156 and 132 provide a guide channel for the gripper arms. The extended gripper arms are brought back into their rest position by means of the return spring 158.
  • a counting cam 176 is engaged with a counting lever 178, the projection of which engages the cam of the counting cam.
  • a position lever 182 is arranged adjacent to the counting lever and linked to it. This can be brought into engagement with a link plate 184 which has a curved slot 186 which is coupled to a pin 188.
  • a light barrier arrangement is provided for monitoring and determining the position of the levers 178 and 182.
  • a magnet 190 can be brought into engagement with one end 192 of a pivot lever 194 via a pin 191.
  • the lever 194 has a recess 196 on the side facing away from the magnet 190, into which a clamping lever 198 can engage, wherein it is tensioned in this position and bears against the pin 188.
  • the carriage is at rest. when the motor 164 is locked by a nose of the position lever 182. This is the position for removing or returning cassette boxes.
  • the cassette change takes place as follows.
  • the gripper motor 170 rotates the worm wheel with the link, the gripper arm 154 being actuated, namely the right or the left gripper arm being actuated in accordance with the selected compartment arrangement.
  • the switching axis 172 which can be adjusted by the magnet 200, the gripper lever is pivoted inwards (dashed line) and pushed or pulled out into the compartment.
  • the tensioning lever 198 is tensioned and the gripper arm 154 is again in the rest position.
  • the pin 188 runs through the radial slot of the gripper arm, as the worm wheel dodges axially and falls back due to spring force.
  • the position lever 182 falls into the link lever and releases the counting cam 176.
  • a light barrier switches the gripper motor 170 off and the drive motor 164 on.
  • the gripper motor runs out in the radial slot.
  • FIG. 14 shows the cassette transport carriage 46 from below. The same parts are provided with the same reference numerals as in the remaining figures.
  • An adjusting magnet 200 is used to adjust the switching axis of the gripper levers.
  • a guide 202 is provided for the gripper levers.
  • a circuit board 204 is fastened to the bottom of the carriage, on which electronic circuit parts are seated.

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Abstract

Un automate de vente et de prêt, en particulier pour cassettes vidéo, comprend un bâti similaire à une armoire, deux compartiments superposés de stockage agencés dans le bâti pour contenir les boîtes de cassettes, un dispositif de transport de cassettes commandé par ordinateur verticalement et horizontalement mobile entre les deux compartiments pour recevoir et introduire les boîtes de cassettes dans un compartiment déterminé de stockage ou dans un puits d'entrée/sortie dans le bâti, ou pour les en sortir. Un dispositif de lecture lit les codes d'identification des cassettes et un champ de commande est agencé à l'extérieur du bâti pour sélectionner la cassette voulue, la demander ou la livrer. Le champ de commande comprend un clavier d'entrée et un affichage. Un chariot (46) de transport des cassettes peut se déplacer horizontalement ou verticalement le long de guides horizontaux ou verticaux dans le bâti (10) et passer de la verticale à l'horizontale dans les guides horizontaux ou verticaux. Son mécanisme d'entraînement peut être simultanément actionné dans le sens horizontal et dans le sens vertical. Un organe de traction et de poussée (153) agencé dans le chariot (46) de transport des cassettes transporte la boîte de cassette (44) entre un compartiment de stockage ou puits entrée/sortie et un espace de réception des cassettes du chariot (46) de transport des cassettes et vice-versa.
EP87907093A 1986-11-06 1987-11-05 Distributeur automatique de vente et de location, notamment pour videocassettes Expired - Lifetime EP0414668B1 (fr)

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