EP0449248B1 - Méthode d'achat en libre-service - Google Patents

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EP0449248B1
EP0449248B1 EP91104859A EP91104859A EP0449248B1 EP 0449248 B1 EP0449248 B1 EP 0449248B1 EP 91104859 A EP91104859 A EP 91104859A EP 91104859 A EP91104859 A EP 91104859A EP 0449248 B1 EP0449248 B1 EP 0449248B1
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    • 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
    • A47F9/00—Shop, bar, bank or like counters
    • A47F9/02—Paying counters
    • A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
    • A47F9/045—Handling of baskets or shopping trolleys at check-out counters, e.g. unloading, checking

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  • the invention relates to a method for shopping goods in self-service shops, in which shopping carts are provided, which are intended for carrying a position-changeable container, which is provided in the use position for receiving the goods to be bought, and the shopping carts with or without child seat device and with or without at least one additional storage are equipped and at least one cash register-operated cash register with a cash desk and / or at least one registration point that can be used by the customer is necessary to determine the total price of the purchased goods and each shopping cart has at least one storage space outside the container, which can carry at least one the carrying container belonging to the customer can be used if the customer brings this at least one carrying container for shopping and takes it home loaded after the shopping process.
  • a first proposal as documented, for example, in DE-Gm 88 14 136.5, aims to equip a shopping cart with a basket which has an inclined sliding floor on which the goods registered and accounted for by the cashier at the checkout are placed in the basket is pushed.
  • the repacking process at the checkout is accelerated in this solution in that the cashier already loads an empty shopping cart provided with the invoiced goods while the shopping cart is being unloaded.
  • a third idea proposes the settlement of the goods at a registration point that can be operated by the customer.
  • This registration office developed by Nixdorf AG under the name "Scan Tower”
  • This registration office consists of a desk-like piece of furniture, which has an electronically controlled device for electronically scanning, recognizing and registering the price and weight shown on the goods in bar code.
  • the customer drives his filled shopping cart to said registration point, removes the goods individually, drives the goods over the electronically controlled device and places the goods registered in this way in another empty shopping cart, which is only separated by the registration point, next to the filled one Shopping cart stands.
  • cashier staff can be largely dispensed with.
  • the object of the invention is to develop a method of the generic type which avoids moving small children from the shopping cart originally used into another shopping cart when the goods are settled. Even if the method to be proposed mainly targets shopping carts with a child seat are equipped, the method should also be applicable to shopping carts that have no child seat device. The new process is also intended to help prevent shoplifting.
  • a first advantage of the proposed method is that a small child can remain in the shopping cart once selected for the entire shopping and billing process, even during the transport of the purchased goods from the self-service store to the parking lot and there to the car.
  • the hassle of moving the toddlers at the checkout is now a thing of the past. This contributes in an extremely advantageous manner to the rapid processing of the customers at the checkout zones.
  • the already arduous process of lifting out somewhat larger toddlers for women is reduced to the absolutely necessary minimum.
  • a second advantage can be seen in the fact that the carrier containers only until after the purchased goods have been settled can be parked on the shopping cart when not in use. As a result, the carrying containers cannot be loaded with goods in an unfair manner during the shopping process. If you wanted to try this anyway, you would have to put the carrier (s) in the open position, i.e. in the position of use, either in the basket or in another position on the shopping cart. However, this would be noticed immediately at the checkout, so that theft of goods is made relatively difficult, if not impossible, with the proposed method.
  • the method according to the invention is explained in more detail using two exemplary embodiments.
  • the drawings use the schematic representation form.
  • the first method is described in more detail with reference numbers 1 to 7 and the second method with reference numbers 10 to 15 , reference being made first to the components required to carry out the method and then to the method itself.
  • the shopping cart 1, see code 1, has a chassis 2 which is equipped with a child seat device 3.
  • no basket is provided which would be fixed in place on the chassis.
  • the shopping cart 1 can be equipped with a known floor grate or, for example, with a storage compartment for beverage crates which can be folded out backwards, as is described in more detail, for example, in EP-A-0 141 398.
  • the chassis 2 is equipped with a support frame 4 which is provided for receiving at least one support container 5.
  • the support frame 4 is constructed so that him at least one container 6, see code 2 , can be parked, regardless of whether 4 carrier containers 5 are parked on the support frame or not.
  • the at least one carrying container 5, see key figures 1 and 5 can be a flexible bag for hanging in a known manner, it can also be designed as a container with handles or handles, with movable walls, the walls being designed in such a way that the carrying container 5 occupies a space-saving, non-use position.
  • the container 6, see key figures 2 and 6 is usually an independent basket made of thin wire mesh or made of plastic, which has a relatively low weight when empty.
  • the support frame 4 forms a storage surface for the at least one support container 5 located outside the container 6.
  • the registration point 7, see key figures 4 to 6 is a structure made of a vertical and a horizontal unit 9, 8, the scanner device 10 being provided in the horizontal unit 8 arranged at a distance from the floor.
  • a collecting device 11 is also provided for the containers 6, which is usually connected to a transport device 12, which conveys the containers 6 after their emptying to the collecting point 11, which is preferably immediately adjacent. A more detailed description of the transport device 12 is omitted, since its shape is not the subject of the proposed method.
  • Key figure 1 The customer comes with a toddler and with his own carrier 5 to the self-service shop. He takes a shopping cart 1, places the toddler in the child seat device 3 and places his carrier 5 in a space-saving non-use position, for example in individual compartments located on the carrier frame 4.
  • Key figure 2 In the self-service business, the customer removes a container 6 from a collection point 11 (not shown in any more detail) and places the container 6, which can thus be changed in position, on the support frame 4 in a manner such that it cannot move, the carrier containers 5 being located below the container 6. In the attached state of the container, the container 6 covers the carrying container 5; these cannot be loaded with goods.
  • Key figure 3 During shopping, the container 6 gradually fills with goods.
  • Key figure 4 Arrived at the registration point 7, the customer places his shopping cart 1 in such a way that a long side of the shopping cart 1 connects to the registration point 7.
  • the container 6 is raised a short distance by suitable means (not described in more detail) located at the collection point 11, so that the now unrelated shopping cart 1 is arranged transversely to the direction of passage, (direction of passage see dash-dotted arrow) below the registration point 7 can be pushed through. It is only pushed so far that it (1) now lies with its other long side against the registration point 7.
  • Key figure 5 The customer now brings his carrier 5, for example by opening the side walls, into a ready-to-use position. When this is done, the customer removes his goods from the container 6, which is held in a raised position by the transport and collection device 11, 12, move the goods over the scanner device 10 and place them in its carrying containers 5.
  • Key figure 6 The transport and collection device 11, 12 is electrically connected to the registration point 7 so that after the receipt of the receipt containing the total amount of the purchased goods, means become active which move the now empty container 6 away from the registration point 7 and into one position bring from which the container 6 can be used by a new customer for a new purchase.
  • the containers 6 provided by the self-service store preferably remain in the sales area. You are not leaving the self-service business.
  • Key figure 7 The carrier containers 5 are filled. The customer is still in possession of the shopping cart 1 that he selected at the beginning of the shopping process, he did not have to move his toddler into another shopping cart 1. He uses the same shopping cart 1 to transport his purchased goods and his toddler to his car in the parking lot. Once there, he places his carrier 5 in the trunk, removes the toddler from shopping cart 1 and puts it in the car. The shopping cart 1, without the container 6, is available for a new customer.
  • the method just described can also be used if, instead of a registration point 7, at which the customer bills his own goods, at least one cash register is provided in a known manner and cash register staff bills the goods.
  • the container 6 is separated from the shopping cart 1 at the checkout.
  • the registered goods are reloaded into the carrier containers.
  • the empty container 6 is manually parked at the registration point 7 or at the cash register by the subsequent customer at the adjacent collecting device 11.
  • the shopping cart 1 has a chassis 2 which carries a container 6 which can be pivoted in a known manner about a horizontal axis from a position of use into a position of non-use.
  • the container 6, which is preferably designed as a basket, is pivoted upward in the non-use position.
  • the container 6 is pivoted downward into the ready-to-use position.
  • the shopping cart 1 is equipped with a child seat device 3.
  • the proposed method can also be used with shopping carts 1 that do not have child seat devices 3.
  • the shopping cart 1 can additionally be equipped with a stationary storage in the form of a small basket, which is integrated into the child seat device 3 in a known manner, for example.
  • the chassis 2 has a support frame 4, which is provided for receiving at least one support container 5, which the customer brings with him for shopping.
  • the supporting frame 4 forming a storage surface for the at least one carrying container 5 is arranged in such a way that this (4) is covered by the container 6 in the position of use.
  • the container 6 can also be supported on the support frame 4 in this position.
  • the at least one carrier container 5, see key figures 10 and 14 is known and preferred as one in one Space-saving non-use position designed foldable container, which can be parked on the support frame 4 in this position.
  • the container 6 is generally a basket made of wire mesh or plastic, which is arranged to be pivotable about 90 ° about a horizontally arranged axis located on the chassis 2.
  • Shopping carts 1 designed in this way are known and therefore do not need to be described in more detail.
  • the registration point 7, see codes 13 and 14 is in the example a known cash desk with a cash register, which is operated by an operator.
  • the registration point 7 can also be formed by a customer-operated goods settlement system, as is known for example from DE-OS 35 24 231 A1.
  • Key figure 10 For example, the customer comes to the self-service shop with a toddler and with his own carrier containers 5. He takes a shopping cart 1, places the toddler in the child seat device 3 and places his carrier 5 in a space-saving non-use position, for example in individual compartments located on the carrier frame 4.
  • Key figure 11 The customer swivels the container 6 located on the shopping cart 1 and intended to hold the goods to be purchased from the non-use position into the horizontal position of use. In this position, the container 6 covers the carrier container 5, not visible in the drawing; these cannot be loaded with goods.
  • Key figure 12 During shopping, the container 6 gradually fills with goods.
  • Key figure 13 Arrived at the registration point 7, the customer provides his Shopping trolley 1 so that the end of the container 6 pointing in the sliding direction connects to the registration point 7. The customer loads the goods onto the conveyor belt of the registrar 7. There, the goods are billed and transported to a place where the customer can repack the goods.
  • Key figure 14 In order to be able to pack the goods, the customer drives his shopping cart 1 to the point just mentioned, swivels the now empty container 6 upwards into the non-use position, so that the storage area of the support frame 4 is fully usable and unfolds its on the support frame 4, further on the carrier frame 4 remaining carrier container 5. Then he stows the goods in the carrier container 5 which is now in the position of use.
  • Key figure 15 The carrying container 5 resting on the supporting frame 4 are filled.
  • the customer is still in possession of the shopping cart 1 that he selected at the beginning of the shopping process, he did not have to move his toddler into another shopping cart 1.
  • He uses the same shopping cart 1 to transport his purchased goods and his toddler to his car in the parking lot. Once there, he places his carrier 5 in the trunk, removes the toddler from shopping cart 1 and puts it in the car.
  • the shopping cart 1 is available for a new customer.
  • the invention also allows the carrying container or containers 5 not to be parked on the supporting frame 4 but, for example, in the non-use position in compartments which are arranged between those supports which extend upwards from the rear of the chassis 2 and at least the container 6 wear. After emptying the container 6 for the purpose of accounting for the purchased goods, the container 6 is then pivoted upward into the non-use position, so that the at least one carrier container 5 in the position of use on the support frame 4 of the chassis 2 can be parked and loaded there with the goods.
  • the carrying containers 5 are not designed to be foldable, but rather to be nestable. Such carrier containers 5, which cannot be brought into a space-saving, non-use position, can only be parked on the carrier frame 4 in such a way that their opening points downwards in order to prevent shoplifting.
  • the method according to the invention also includes the use of a checkweigher, not shown, but known, which is usually provided at registration offices 7, in order to be able to make a comparison between the total amount of the purchased goods and their total weight. This measure is also used to prevent shoplifting. If a checkweigher is present, the shopping cart 1 freed from the container 6 is placed on the checkweigher together with the empty carrying containers 5 and weighed. The carrying containers 5 are then filled with goods, the shopping cart 1 remaining on the checkweigher.
  • the invention is not limited to shopping carts 1 which are equipped with a child seat device 3. It also includes those shopping carts 1 which do not have a child seat device 3, but are otherwise identical. This can be explained by the fact that in many self-service shops, identical shopping carts 1 are used, which are equipped with and without child seat device 3. Decisive for the establishment of such a mixed shopping cart park are cost reasons alone, since shopping carts 1 without child seat device 3 are somewhat cheaper.

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  1. Procédé pour l'achat de marchandises dans des magasins en libre-service, dans lequel il est prévu des chariots à provisions (1) destinés à porter un conteneur (6) dont la position peut être changée et qui est prévu pour recevoir les marchandises à acheter dans une position d'utilisation, les chariots à provisions étant équipés ou non d'un dispositif (3) à siège pour enfant et comprenant ou non au moins un autre support, cependant qu'est nécessaire au moins une caisse qui peut être tenue par du personnel de caisse et qui comprend un comptoir de caisse et/ou au moins un point d'enregistrement (7) pouvant être utilisé par le client pour déterminer le prix total des marchandises achetées, et que chaque chariot à provisions comporte au moins une surface de pose qui se trouve à l'extérieur du conteneur et qui peut être utilisée pour porter au moins un réceptacle portable (5) appartenant au client lorsque le client emporte ce ou ces réceptacles portables pour faire ses achats et qu'il les rapporte à la maison chargés des marchandises lorsque ses achats sont terminés, caractérisé par le fait :
    - que le ou les réceptacles portables (5) ne peuvent être posés sur la surface de pose que dans leur position de non-utilisation exclusivement si l'on veut utiliser le conteneur (6), ou qu'indépendamment de la position du conteneur (6), le ou les réceptacles portables (5) ne sont également posés que dans leur position de non-utilisation en un autre endroit prévu sur le chariot à provisions (1),
    - qu'après que les achats ont eu lieu et que les marchandises ont été enlevées du conteneur (6) en vue du paiement des marchandises, le conteneur (6) est déplacé manuellement ou automatiquement jusque dans une position de non-utilisation qui rend pleinement utilisable la surface de pose, et :
    - que le ou les réceptacles portables (5) sont amenés dans leur position d'utilisation et posés sur la surface de pose en vue de leur chargement et de leur transport ultérieur consécutif.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que l'on met à la disposition du client du magasin en libre-service un conteneur indépendant (6) qui est prévu pour recevoir les marchandises à acheter et que le client pose sur le chariot à provisions (1) au-dessus de son ou de ses réceptacles portables (5).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 et/ou 2, caractérisé par le fait qu'à chaque caisse ou à chaque point d'enregistrement (7), on sépare du chariot à provisions (1) le conteneur (6) qui est rempli de marchandises.
  4. Procédé selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé par le fait que l'on déplace le chariot à provisions (1) libéré du conteneur (6) jusque dans une position prévue au voisinage du conteneur (6), et que le client amène ensuite son ou ses réceptacles portables (5) dans une position d'utilisation où ils sont prêts à recevoir des marchandises, afin de transférer les marchandises du conteneur (6) jusque dans le ou les réceptacles portables (5).
  5. Procédé selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé par le fait que le conteneur vide (6) est transporté de préférence automatiquement jusqu'à un dispositif collecteur (11) en vue de sa réutilisation.
  6. Procédé selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait qu'après que le conteneur (6) a été séparé du chariot à provisions (1), on pousse le chariot à provisions (1) dépourvu de conteneur pour le faire passer au-dessous du point d'enregistrement (7).
  7. Procédé selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé par le fait que les conteneurs (6) restent dans la zone de vente du magasin en libre-service.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que le client fait pivoter le conteneur qui est monté mobile sur le chariot à provisions depuis une position de non-utilisation jusque dans une position d'utilisation où il est apte à recevoir les marchandises.
  9. Procédé selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 8, caracterisé par le fait que les réceptacles portables (5) ne peuvent pas être atteints en vue de leur chargement à travers le conteneur (6) lorsque celui-ci est posé.
  10. Procédé selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé par le fait que les réceptacles portables (5) sont posés sur le cadre porteur (4) avec leur ouverture vers le bas.
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DE19904010264 DE4010264A1 (de) 1990-03-30 1990-03-30 Verfahren zum einkaufen von ware in selbstbedienungsgeschaeften
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