EP0442016A1 - Chariot transporteur - Google Patents

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EP0442016A1
EP0442016A1 EP90103057A EP90103057A EP0442016A1 EP 0442016 A1 EP0442016 A1 EP 0442016A1 EP 90103057 A EP90103057 A EP 90103057A EP 90103057 A EP90103057 A EP 90103057A EP 0442016 A1 EP0442016 A1 EP 0442016A1
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deposit lock
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Horst Sonnendorfer
Franz Wieth
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Systec Ausbausysteme GmbH
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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
    • G07F7/0663—Constructional details of the housing of the coin or token activated lock, or of mounting of the coin-lock on the trolley or cart
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/10—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property

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  • the invention relates to a transport trolley which can be inserted into a transport trolley of the same type and is equipped with a device for receiving goods or transport goods, at the rear end of which is connected on both sides by a generally tubular handle and is approximately U-shaped at the free end Executed handle support arms or handle support tubes are firmly attached, in the area of which a coin deposit lock is arranged, which enables a mutual coupling and uncoupling of trolleys with and without using a collection point.
  • Such transport or shopping trolleys with coin-operated locks are known, for example, from the German patents 2 554 916 and 2 900 367 and from the European patents 70 997 and 199 274.
  • Such transport or shopping trolleys are borrowed on a deposit basis and can either be coupled and uncoupled and / or specifically coupled to fixed collection points and thus collected so that they can be borrowed again at any time.
  • Such shopping cart collection and loan systems can be used to prevent, in particular in supermarkets, that, for example, empty shopping carts can be used indiscriminately and unused in parking lots, on the access roads and the like. stand around.
  • the coin deposit locks must be attached to these shopping trolleys at suitable points in such a way that both pushing into one another and convenient handling of the shopping trolleys remain.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a trolley type described at the outset so that, while avoiding the various disadvantages of the known trolley designs, a coin deposit lock can be integrated at least largely solely in the area of one of the handle support arms or one of the handle support tubes.
  • a trolley according to the preamble of claim 1 in that one of the handle support arms or one of the handle support tubes is shorter, and that a coin deposit lock is attached to the shorter handle support arm or tube so that the housing of the coin deposit lock with the vertical center plane of the handle support arms or tubes coincides.
  • a receptacle for holding and securing the generally tubular handle is also provided on an outer surface of the housing of the coin deposit lock.
  • the particular advantage of the trolley according to the invention can thus be seen in the fact that the space which has previously been claimed by the generally U-shaped end of one of the handle support arms is now used in a space-saving manner to accommodate the coin deposit lock.
  • the coin deposit lock is integrated in such a way that the outer dimensions of the transport trolley, in the area of one of the two handle support arms or tubes, practically correspond to those of the transport trolleys previously used, and in particular that the space between the two handle support arms or -tubes provided handle is practically fully available.
  • the invention includes all current embodiments of trolleys and shopping carts that are currently offered and used. These include, for example, all shopping carts which, owing to their shape tapering in the direction of travel, are designed to be pushed into one another for the purpose of space-saving stacking.
  • Such shopping trolleys usually have a chassis provided with four castors which carries a basket which is bounded on the rear by a flap which can be rotated about a horizontal axis located in the upper region and can be pivoted into the basket interior.
  • handle support arms on both sides of the previously usual shopping trolleys, which are connected by a handle, which preferably has a tubular cross section and is firmly connected to the handle support arms by screwing in the known shopping trolley designs.
  • a shorter handle support arm 1 is provided, which is generally formed from two sloping bars.
  • a coin deposit lock 2, shown schematically in FIG. 1, is held on this shorter handle support arm 1 in a manner described in detail below.
  • a receptacle 22 is provided on an outer surface 21a of a housing 21 of the coin deposit lock 2 facing the handle 5, which, like the housing 21, is preferably made of an elastic but resistant plastic and with the housing 21 forms a unit.
  • the handle 5 is accommodated in the receptacle 22 by pushing it in and, if necessary, can be secured to the receptacle 22 by a screw inserted from the underside of the handle. In the usual way, the handle 5 is firmly connected to the other, unshorten handle support arm provided on the left side by screwing.
  • a reception opening 23 is indicated by dashed lines above the shorter handle support arm 1, into which a key can be inserted, which is connected by means of a chain to a transport trolley which is properly parked and coupled to another transport trolley or a collection point.
  • a corresponding chain 3 is attached to the diametrically opposite side of the housing 21 of the coin deposit lock 2 and is only indicated in FIG. 2 by a few chain links.
  • a coin inserting and dispensing slot 24 is indicated by dashed lines in the housing 21 of the coin deposit lock 2.
  • the end 5a of the handle 5 accommodated in the receptacle 22 is indicated in FIG. 1 by two thin circles.
  • the dimension between the center axis of the handle 5 indicated by dash-dotted lines and the shorter handle support arm 1 is such that the handle 5 remains in its previous position and is securely held.
  • the coin deposit lock 2 is essentially accommodated in the area or space which has previously been filled by the U-shaped end of a handle support arm provided in the known shopping trolley embodiments and a handle pocket provided on the free end of such a handle support arm , on which an approach corresponding to the approach 22 for receiving the handle 5 is formed.
  • the coin deposit lock 2 attached to the shorter handle support arm 1 is attached as an extension of the shorter handle support arm 1 and is thus integrated after being installed on or in the trolley according to the invention.
  • the space required by the integrated coin deposit lock 2 is practically hardly or at most only insignificantly larger than the space previously occupied by the handle pocket provided for screwing the handle 5 there.
  • FIG. 3 to 7 show various advantageous configurations of a shorter handle support arm 1 and correspondingly adapted designs of the housing 21 of the coin deposit lock 2.
  • the shorter handle support arm 1 shown in FIG. 3 its two obliquely downwardly extending legs 1a are rigidly connected to one another by a connecting part 1b, so that the fixed positional relationship of the two legs 1a of the handle support arm 1 is thereby secured.
  • an L-shaped holding part shown in dashed lines in FIG. 3 is firmly integrated, so that the coin deposit lock 2 can be securely and securely attached to the connecting part 1b of the handle support arm 1, for example by means of screws.
  • FIG. 1 A further advantageous embodiment of the front end of the shorter handle support arm 1 is shown schematically in FIG.
  • the free end of the shorter handle support arm 1 its two legs 1a are of different lengths, namely that the lower leg in FIG. 4 is longer than the upper leg.
  • correspondingly deep recesses 7 are provided in the housing 21, into which the corresponding legs 1a of the shorter handle support arm 1 can be inserted and then secured in this position by means of screws, for which purpose corresponding opening openings 27 in the housing 21 are provided.
  • the upper leg 1a ′ which is shorter in FIG. 5 is bent approximately at right angles in the direction of the longer leg 1a in FIG.
  • the bent part of the other leg 1a' is accommodated in a corresponding recess 8 in the housing 21.
  • the housing 21 is then secured to the bent part of the leg 1a 'of the shorter handle support arm 1 by means of at least one screw.
  • the shorter handle support arm 1 its two legs 1a are approximately of the same length.
  • a support plate 9 is fastened, preferably welded, to the two legs la of approximately the same length. If, for example, a holding part corresponding to the L-shaped holding part 26 in FIG. 3 is accommodated and integrated in the housing 21 of the coin deposit lock 2, the coin deposit lock 2 is in turn preferably fastened to the support plate 9 of the shorter handle support arm 1 by means of screws.
  • FIG. 6 An advantageous further development of the embodiment according to FIG. 6 is shown in FIG.
  • a support plate 9 'fastened to the legs 1a of approximately the same length of the shorter handle support arm 1 is accommodated in a recess 29 in the housing 2, the recess 29 being designed such that it supports the introduced support plate 9' and the front end of the two Legs 1a grips positively.
  • the housing 21 is secured to the support plate 9 by means of screws.
  • FIG. 8 shows a modified top view of a housing 21 'of the coin deposit lock 2, on which a receptacle 22' corresponding to the receptacle 22 in FIG. 1 is formed as an integrated part, on which the handle 5 is held and is secured accordingly if necessary.
  • the housing 21 ′ facing a shorter handle support tube 10 the latter has a recess adapted to this handle support tube 10 8 'on.
  • the housing 21 'of the coin deposit lock 2 is secured to the shorter handle support tube 10 again, for example, by means of a screw introduced through a bore 25'.
  • FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of a shopping trolley, not shown, which has two short handle support arms 1.
  • a coin deposit lock 2 is fastened to the handle support arm 1 located further forward in FIG. 9, for example in the manner described in detail in connection with the embodiment shown in FIG.
  • the tubular handle 5 is screwed tight.

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AT9090103057T ATE105434T1 (de) 1990-02-16 1990-02-16 Transportwagen.
EP90103057A EP0442016B1 (fr) 1990-02-16 1990-02-16 Chariot transporteur
ES90103057T ES2052992T3 (es) 1990-02-16 1990-02-16 Carretilla.
DK90103057.7T DK0442016T3 (da) 1990-02-16 1990-02-16 Transportvogn
DE59005625T DE59005625D1 (de) 1990-02-16 1990-02-16 Transportwagen.

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EP0508193A1 (fr) * 1991-04-06 1992-10-14 systec POS-Technology GmbH Chariot pour le transport de marchandises muni d'un dispositif de consigne
WO1994007215A1 (fr) * 1992-09-11 1994-03-31 Wanzl Gmbh & Co. Entwicklungs-Kg Chariot muni d'une serrure actionnee par une piece de monnaie
EP0790586A1 (fr) * 1996-02-16 1997-08-20 systec POS-Technology GmbH Chariot de transport à serrure de consigne
WO2000002169A1 (fr) * 1998-07-07 2000-01-13 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Dispositif a glissiere pour fixation sur chariot d'achat

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US3288478A (en) * 1964-01-13 1966-11-29 Wesley H Powers Coin operated adding machine for grocery chain store carts
EP0157943A2 (fr) * 1984-02-14 1985-10-16 Karin Schramme Dispositif de connexion pour chariots d'achat et similaires
DE8614831U1 (de) * 1986-06-02 1986-07-17 Sonnendorfer, Horst, 8034 Germering Einkaufswagen
US4683609A (en) * 1986-04-08 1987-08-04 Cari-All Inc. Shopping cart handle having an integral lock pin
DE3714115A1 (de) * 1987-04-28 1988-11-10 Wanzl Rudolf Gmbh Co Kg Muenzschloss
EP0199274B1 (fr) * 1985-04-26 1989-11-08 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Chariot de transport

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US3288478A (en) * 1964-01-13 1966-11-29 Wesley H Powers Coin operated adding machine for grocery chain store carts
EP0157943A2 (fr) * 1984-02-14 1985-10-16 Karin Schramme Dispositif de connexion pour chariots d'achat et similaires
EP0199274B1 (fr) * 1985-04-26 1989-11-08 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Chariot de transport
US4683609A (en) * 1986-04-08 1987-08-04 Cari-All Inc. Shopping cart handle having an integral lock pin
DE8614831U1 (de) * 1986-06-02 1986-07-17 Sonnendorfer, Horst, 8034 Germering Einkaufswagen
DE3714115A1 (de) * 1987-04-28 1988-11-10 Wanzl Rudolf Gmbh Co Kg Muenzschloss

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0508193A1 (fr) * 1991-04-06 1992-10-14 systec POS-Technology GmbH Chariot pour le transport de marchandises muni d'un dispositif de consigne
WO1994007215A1 (fr) * 1992-09-11 1994-03-31 Wanzl Gmbh & Co. Entwicklungs-Kg Chariot muni d'une serrure actionnee par une piece de monnaie
EP0790586A1 (fr) * 1996-02-16 1997-08-20 systec POS-Technology GmbH Chariot de transport à serrure de consigne
WO2000002169A1 (fr) * 1998-07-07 2000-01-13 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Dispositif a glissiere pour fixation sur chariot d'achat

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