EP0414668B1 - Distributeur automatique de vente et de location, notamment pour videocassettes - Google Patents

Distributeur automatique de vente et de location, notamment pour videocassettes Download PDF

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EP0414668B1
EP0414668B1 EP87907093A EP87907093A EP0414668B1 EP 0414668 B1 EP0414668 B1 EP 0414668B1 EP 87907093 A EP87907093 A EP 87907093A EP 87907093 A EP87907093 A EP 87907093A EP 0414668 B1 EP0414668 B1 EP 0414668B1
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • Y10S414/10—Associated with forming or dispersing groups of intersupporting articles, e.g. stacking patterns
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  • the invention relates to a rental and vending machine, in particular for video cassettes, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a rental and vending machine of the type mentioned at the outset is known from WO 86/02758.
  • a pair of gripper arms which are attached along a guide in a housing and can be moved with it, serve as the pull-push device.
  • a sensor attached to the gripper arms monitors the positioning of the video cassettes between the gripper arms and initiates the removal movement.
  • a read / write arrangement is provided for writing and reading magnetic strips on the video cassettes, which is attached to the gripper arm housing and connected to the computer control.
  • a similarly constructed rental and sales machine for video cassettes contains a robot arrangement for the transport of the video cassettes, a slide moving the video cassettes out of the respective storage compartment with the aid of rails which can be moved into the storage compartments and lifted vertically, a stepper motor delivers a drive by means of conveyor belts and the entire removal and loading process is computer-controlled.
  • a sensor arrangement monitors the position of the video cassettes during transport.
  • a reading device is provided for reading codes on the video cassettes.
  • DE-OS 34 33 709 describes a cabinet-like machine for the rental and sale of video cassettes.
  • the cassettes stored in compartments are pressed against a compartment wall by a spring.
  • This spring is used in particular to hold a remaining cassette when another cassette 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 e.g. Video tapes 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 use the code to continue and track the cassettes.
  • the cassette boxes are arranged in a frame with compartments that are inclined forward and downward.
  • the cassettes are each held by a bent arm, which can release the cassette by a rotary movement, so that it then slips off a rail.
  • a tray is arranged for the return of the cassette, which holds the cassette boxes vertically. In this known machine, too, the number of cassettes stored is limited due to the relatively large space requirement.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a machine for renting and selling video cassettes, the is simply constructed 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 the same can be moved horizontally and vertically, as a result of which the processing time for a single cassette or cassette box is very short.
  • the cassette transport carriage is equipped with a push-pull device that can move a transported cassette into the associated storage compartment or remove a desired cassette and accommodate 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 appropriate storage compartments.
  • the cassette transport carriage is equipped on both sides with a push-pull device with a gripper arrangement, the gripper arm of which is from a rest position in the cassette transport carriage is extendable in the direction of the respective storage compartment or the input / output shaft and can be brought into engagement with the cassette box by means of recesses or pins.
  • Each gripper arm is designed as an articulated lever with a cam-like profile, on which there is a switching axis adjustable by a magnet, through which the lever can be controlled in such a way that when a cassette box is removed from a storage compartment or the input / output shaft due to a pivoting movement into a Appropriate opening of the cassette box engages and abuts a pin on the front of the cassette box when transporting a cassette box to a storage compartment or the input / output shaft.
  • Such a pivoting and advancing movement can be carried out simply, the effort being minimal.
  • the cassette transport carriage In order to make access secure 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. However, in order to enable the machine to be operated even in the event of a power failure and the like, it is provided for an exemplary embodiment of the invention that, in the unlocked state, the cassette transport carriage can be moved horizontally by hand and the entire horizontal guide including the cassette transport carriage can be moved vertically by hand.
  • 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. This enables the position of a cassette box to be determined, i.e. how far she has entered or left the transport space. Based on the determined position of the cassette box, the push-pull device for transporting the cassette into the corresponding storage compartment can then be started accordingly.
  • the light barrier arrangement preferably each comprises a swivel lever, one end of which can be deflected by a cassette box located in the transport space, the other end of the swivel 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 fully inserting a cassette box inserted into the transport space is coupled to the light barriers, the cassette box being centered after the response of both light barriers and the associated standstill of the motor the transport space is kept.
  • a particularly reliable and simply constructed mounting of the cassette boxes in the storage compartments results from the fact that a detent spring arrangement is provided in the storage compartments at the rear with a leaf spring projecting obliquely into the cassette box track on one side and a stop spring arranged on the other side at the storage compartment end, and in that a projection is arranged on the side of the stop spring and can be brought into engagement with an opening in the cassette box.
  • the storage compartments are each provided with contacts, which show 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 which cartridges are still available.
  • the inner end of the input / output shaft is arranged adjacent to the path of the cassette transport carriage. In this way, the transport route of newly introduced cassettes or for the dispensing of selected cassettes is minimal.
  • the input / output shaft comprises a lock section with a front and a rear flap.
  • this enables an exact localization of the cassette and, on the other hand, prevents a second cassette from being pushed in from the outside, with the additional factor that an exact control of a drive mechanism for the further transport of the cassette is possible.
  • 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 with the provision of a cassette box for removal and initiates the return transport of the cassette box into 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 specialist arrangements, since no assembly work is required at all. Maintenance work is also much easier. Only one door needs to be opened to access the compartments or the transport mechanism.
  • a third door is expediently attached, which is designed as an attachment 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 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 operator guidance, a category selection and a code number selection can be displayed.
  • the parts are easier to replace and can be adapted to the requirements more quickly.
  • An asymmetrically arranged feature carrier for the purpose of recognizing the object and the correct direction of insertion is advantageously located on the cassette box, with a corresponding object recognition being assigned to the input / output slot.
  • a rental and vending machine according to the invention is shown generally.
  • 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 inserted, 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 (FIG. 2).
  • 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 for receiving credit cards and the like.
  • the titles selected from the folding card title display 18 can be displayed simultaneously .
  • an operator prompting, a category selection, for example only Wild West video cassettes, or a code number selection can be displayed on the screen 26.
  • FIG. 2 the machine illustrated in FIG. 1 is 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 comprises part of the input / output shaft 38 towards the outside. If the two doors 40, 42 are 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 which is movable in the direction of the x-axis, the so-called x drive (however, hereinafter referred to as cassette transport carriage 46), can be moved back and forth along toothed racks 48.
  • the y drive 52 is arranged close to the one toothed 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 Shown is a compartment width, taken approximately six times the door width results.
  • Two vertical side walls 54 are shown, each carrying laterally projecting horizontal strips 56 on which the cassette boxes 44 can be moved.
  • Three cassettes each fit into such a truss subdivision, with one slot or storage compartment having an address.
  • the front end of the compartments is on the left, while the rear end is on the right in the drawing.
  • the side walls in a storage compartment each have projections 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 protrusions serve as abutments of the cassette boxes, and the cassette boxes are pivoted about these protrusions 60 when removed to disengage them from the protrusions 58.
  • FIG. 3 further illustrates support rods 67 and 69.
  • support rods 67 and 69 can also be used to form such a rack for cassette boxes.
  • a storage compartment is shown 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 diagonally opposite the opening 62 in the cassette box. The gripper arm of the pull-push device engages in this opening 62 ′ and pivots the cassette box around the projection 60 and then pulls it into the x drive, ie the cassette transport slide 46.
  • the opening 62 is opposite an opening 64 and the opening 62 'is opposite an opening 64'.
  • the rear projection 58 which is then located below, is sufficient to hold the cassette box in its position.
  • 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 part of the input / output shaft 38 with a cassette box 44 partially 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 entry-side end of the first flap 70.
  • the light barrier 74 is caused by the passing of the cassette box 44 operated, ie it emits a pulse.
  • the flap 70 then opens up to the position illustrated in FIG. 5, which enables the cassette box 44 to be inserted into the lock arrangement 68. 5, the second flap 72 is closed.
  • Attached to the side wall 76 is a fixed disc 78 which carries three light barriers 80a, 80b, 80c.
  • the inside of the pane has an opening within which a further pane 82 can be rotated 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.
  • the left flap 72 is opened. If the light barrier 80b is interrupted, the right flap is closed, while if the light barrier 80c is interrupted, the left flap is closed.
  • the signal generator 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 74 by the entering 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.
  • actuation of a light barrier 104 sets in motion another, downstream drive in order to lead the cassette box out of the input / output shaft and to feed it to the x drive or the cassette transport carriage 46. For this purpose, 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.
  • the drive of the x drive or the cassette transport carriage 46 is illustrated in FIG. 7.
  • 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 lateral flanges 118 directed towards the rack 110, in the recesses of which guide rollers 120 run for the y movement.
  • a motor 124 seated on a vertical holder 122 actuates a gear wheel 128 running on a rack 126.
  • a drive rod 130 serves for the symmetrical entrainment of the x-bearing and is mounted at the other end in an analogously designed vertical guide 131.
  • FIG. 8 shows the cassette transport carriage 46 in a view from below.
  • the lower plate 132 is shown partially broken away, so that a motor 134 can be seen, which drives friction rollers 138 by means of a pinion 136.
  • 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 is adjustable 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 as a push-pull device will be explained later (cf. FIGS. 10 and 12). Return springs 158 are also shown.
  • FIG. 9 further illustrates the adjustment of the lower rollers 112 by means of an adjustment lever 160. A pivoting of the adjustment lever 160 outwards 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.
  • a motor 164 and a pinion 166 and two gear wheels 108, 168 are illustrated.
  • 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 a partial enlarged view of FIG. 10 and illustrates the cartridge transfer mechanism between the storage bin and the cartridge transfer carriage.
  • the gripper arm assembly 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 that the Controls movement of the gripper arm or 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.
  • a guide channel for the gripper arms is provided between the plates 156 and 132. 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 protrusion 180 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 in the rest position 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 from.
  • the gripper motor 170 rotates the worm wheel with the link, the gripper arm 154 being actuated, namely the right or left gripper arm being actuated in accordance with the selected compartment arrangement.
  • the switching axis 172 which can be adjusted by the magnet 200 (FIG. 14)
  • 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, in that 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.
  • 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 slide, on which electronic circuit parts sit.

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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.

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  1. Machine de location et de vente, en particulier pour vidéocassettes, avec un boîtier en forme d'armoire (10), deux casiers opposés l'un à l'autre, logés dans le boîtier, pour le stockage des boîtes de cassette (44) contenant les vidéocassettes, avec un dispositif de lecture pour lire un code d'identification désignant les cassettes et avec un pupitre de commande (20) disposé à l'extérieur sur le boîtier pour la sélection de la cassette souhaitée et pour la demande, respectivement la charge d'une cassette ; le pupitre de commande présentant un clavier d'entrée (28, 30, 32) et un afficheur (26), avec un dispositif de transport de cassette commandé par ordinateur, qui est mobile le long d'un guide horizontal ou vertical entre les deux casiers et est prévu pour la réception de boîtes de cassettes (44) et pour leur transport depuis et vers une case de stockage déterminée, respectivement un puits d'entrée/sortie (38) dans le boîtier et comprenant un chariot de transport de cassette (46), réglable ensemble avec le guide horizontal, respectivement vertical suivant la direction horizontale, respectivement verticale, l'entraînement étant actionnable en même temps suivant la direction horizontale et suivant la direction verticale, et avec un dispositif de traction-poussée (153) disposé sur le chariot de transport de cassette (46) constitué de bras preneur (154) pour le transport d'une boîte de cassette (44) depuis une case de stockage, respectivement depuis le puits d'entrée/sortie dans l'espace de réception de cassette du chariot de transport de cassette (46) et inversement, les bras preneurs (154) étant déplaçables depuis une position de repos dans le chariot de transport de cassette (46) suivant la direction de chaque case de stockage, respectivement du puits d'entrée/sortie (38), caractérisée en ce que deux dispositifs de traction-poussée (153) disposés à l'opposé sur le chariot de transport de cassette (46) sont prévus et en ce que chaque bras preneur (154) est réalisé comme un levier articulé (155) avec profil en forme de came, sur lequel est disposé un axe de commutateur (172) réglable par un aimant (200), par lequel le levier (155) peut être commandé de sorte que lors de l'extraction d'une boîte de cassette (44) d'une case de stockage, respectivement du puits d'entrée/sortie il vient en engagement avec la boîte de cassette (44) au moyen d'évidements (174) ou de tenons en raison d'un mouvement de pivotement, et lors du transport d'une boîte de cassette (44) vers une case de stockage, respectivement vers le puits d'entrée/sortie il repose par un tenon (173) sur le côté avant de la boîte de cassette (44).
  2. Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le chariot de transport de cassette (46) est verrouillable dans une position en face d'une case de stockage adressée.
  3. Machine selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que dans l'état non verrouillé le chariot de transport de cassette (46) est lui-même déplaçable à la main horizontalement et le guide horizontal en totalité y compris le chariot de transport des cassettes (46) est déplaçable à la main verticalement.
  4. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce qu'un dispositif de roues à friction (98, 138) est prévu pour le mouvement préalable des boîtes de cassette (44).
  5. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le chariot de transport de cassette (46) présente chaque fois à la zone d'entrée de la boîte de cassette (44) dans l'espace de transport un moyen à barrière lumineuse (140, 142).
  6. Machine selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que le moyen à barrière lumineuse (140, 142) entoure chaque fois un levier pivotant (144) dont l'une des extrémités est orientable par une boîte de cassette (44) se trouvant dans l'espace de transport, l'autre extrémité du bras pivotant étant guidée hors du moyen à barrière lumineuse par un tel mouvement orienté.
  7. Machine selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisée en ce qu'un moteur (134) est couplé aux barrières lumineuses (140, 142) pour l'entraînement de galets de friction (138) pour l'introduction complète d'une boîte de cassette (44) poussée dans l'espace de transport, la boîte de cassette (44) étant maintenue au centre de l'espace de transport après la réponse des deux barrières lumineuses (140, 142) et l'arrêt consécutif du moteur (134).
  8. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce qu'à l'arrière, dans les cases de stockage, un moyen à ressort d'arrêt est prévu avec un ressort à lame (65) dépassant obliquement latéralement dans la trajectoire de la boîte de cassettes d'un côté et un ressort de butée (66) disposé de l'autre côté à l'extrémité de la case de stockage et en ce qu'une saillie (58) est disposée sur le côté du ressort de butée (66), qui peut être mise en engagement avec un orifice (62) dans la boîte de cassettes (44).
  9. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisée en ce que les cases de stockage sont munies chacune de contacts qui affichent l'état de remplissage des cases.
  10. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisée en ce que l'extrémité intérieure du puits d'entrée/sortie (38) est disposée à proximité de la trajectoire du chariot de transport de cassette (46).
  11. Machine selon la revendication 10, caractérisée en ce que le puits d'entrée/sortie (38) comprend une section à sas (68) avec un clapet avant et un clapet arrière (70, 72).
  12. Machine selon la revendication 10 ou 11, caractérisée en ce qu'un moyen à barrière lumineuse (104, 102, 74) est prévu dans le puits d'entrée/sortie (38), au passage duquel un entraînement de moteur pour le transport de cassette vers le chariot de transport de cassette (46) se met en marche.
  13. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisée par un compteur, un transport de retour de la boîte de cassette (44) dans sa case étant prévu après dépassement d'un état prédéterminé du compteur à partir de l'instant de la mise à disposition d'une boîte de cassette (44) pour extraction par le puits d'entrée/sortie (38).
  14. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisée en ce qu'un dispositif d'exploration (106) est prévu sur l'orifice d'entrée/sortie, qui lit le code d'identification.
  15. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 14, caractérisée en ce que le boîtier (10) présente deux portes pivotantes (40, 42) avec chacune un casier pour des boîtes de cassette (44), la porte avant contenant l'orifice d'entrée/sortie (36).
  16. Machine selon la revendication 15, caractérisée en ce qu'une troisième porte (12) est disposée sur le côté avant du boîtier, qui est formée comme une pièce rapportée et soutient le pupitre de commande (20).
  17. Machine selon la revendication 16, caractérisée en ce que la façade (23) du pupitre de commande (20) est rabattable depuis la troisième porte (12) par l'intermédiaire d'une articulation (25).
  18. Machine selon les revendications 16 et 17, caractérisée en ce que le pupitre de commande (20) contient un afficheur de titres à cartes rabattables (18) avec écran associé (26), sur lequel le titre sélectionné sur l'afficheur de titres à cartes rabattables (18) peut être affiché en synchronisme et sur lequel un guide de service, une sélection de catégories et une sélection de numéros de code peuvent être représentés.
  19. Machine selon les revendications 1 à 18, caractérisée en ce que le pupitre de commande (20) et le puits d'entrée/sortie (38) sont protégés par une vitre de sécurité guidée dans le boîtier en cas de non-utilisation de la machine.
  20. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 19, caractérisée en ce que chaque boîte de cassette (44) présente un repère (61) disposé de façon asymétrique aux fins de reconnaissance de l'objet et de la direction de poussée correcte, une reconnaissance de l'objet (59) correspondante étant associée au puits d'entrée/sortie (38).
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