EP0577121B1 - Machine de vente pour supports d'information audiovisuels et digitaux et signe d'identification associé - Google Patents

Machine de vente pour supports d'information audiovisuels et digitaux et signe d'identification associé Download PDF

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EP0577121B1
EP0577121B1 EP93110506A EP93110506A EP0577121B1 EP 0577121 B1 EP0577121 B1 EP 0577121B1 EP 93110506 A EP93110506 A EP 93110506A EP 93110506 A EP93110506 A EP 93110506A EP 0577121 B1 EP0577121 B1 EP 0577121B1
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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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  • the present invention relates to a device for the automatic distribution of products such as audiovisual and digital media and to a media identification tag which can be used with the device.
  • the device according to the invention can also be used to distribute products for various consumption, such as drugs, cigarettes, food products, batteries, etc., so long as they are enclosed in packages substantially shaped like a parallelepiped.
  • vending machines require, for verification or checkout, the insertion in appropriate slots of tokens, coins, bank notes or magnetic identification cards issued beforehand by the owner to the customer when a contract is drawn up. These cards are inserted in an appropriate reader located on the vending machine, authorizing the checkout and return of videocassettes, by means of the clearance signal of a computer which analyzes the customer data read from the magnetic card, comparing them with the data it stores.
  • Vending machines of the latest generation are usually composed of box-like containers internally provided with at least one loading/unloading magazine for accommodating the videocassettes; the magazine cannot be accessed from outside except by authorized personnel.
  • the container contains at least one handling unit which moves the videocassettes, a magnetic card reader which has an opening onto the outside, and an optical reader located downstream of the videocassette entry/exit slot for identifying bar codes applied to the sides of the videocassettes.
  • There is also a means for communicating with the outside which consists for example of a monitor, of a keyboard, of an entry/exit slot, which can be accessed from outside in order to allow the customer to make his selections.
  • a central processing unit actuates and controls the various loading/unloading operations after identifying the customer and the videocassette to be handled.
  • Handling units essentially consist of clamp devices with movable jaws which are actuated by electric or magnetic actuators so that they lock against the sides of the cassette.
  • the videocassettes gripped by the clamps are moved on sliders or conveyor belts to position them on the handling units, which convey and deposit the selected videocassette outside the machine, or do the reverse if the videocassette is being returned.
  • Known handling units are generally constructively rather complicated and are therefore subject to a high fault rate. If they are provided with clamps with magnetic locking devices, these devices can demagnetize the videocassettes.
  • vending machines A limitation of known vending machines consists of their scarce flexibility, since they are designed exclusively for the distribution of a single type of videocassette, and both the related handling units and the internal magazines do not provide for the handling and containment of other audiovisual or digital media of different dimensions and types.
  • a further drawback consists in the difficulty of placing identification labels on media having a limited height, such as for example so-called compact discs.
  • WO-A-8602758 discloses a vending machine of the type described above and wherein the handling device is adapted to handle items of only one size.
  • DE-A-3314189 discloses a handling device adapted to handle items of different size but not capable of re-loading the unloaded items.
  • the aim of the following invention is to eliminate the drawbacks described above by providing a vending machine for products substantially shaped like a parallelepiped, in particular for audiovisual and digital media, which is capable of handling media of different formats and sizes stored simultaneously inside the device.
  • An object is to provide a vending machine which allows to recognize, in a highly reliable manner, identification tags arranged even on media which have a cylindrical symmetry and a limited thickness and are arranged within containers shaped substantially like a parallelepiped.
  • Another object is to provide a vending machine which allows to simultaneously perform the operations for checking out and returning audiovisual and/or digital media on the part of multiple users, increasing the productivity of the apparatus.
  • a vending machine for products substantially shaped like a parallelepiped, for example audiovisual and digital media includes a substantially closed container 2 which is approximately shaped like a parallelepiped and is formed by a metallic structure covered with front, lateral and top panels, so as to form a larger front face 3.
  • the container 2 contains a magazine M for audiovisual and digital media S, at least one handling unit T for handling the media S, and a central processing unit E for controlling the handling unit T and the operating functions of the device.
  • a means for interfacing with the user which consists of at least one alphanumeric keyboard 4, of a monitor 5, of at least one slot 6 for the entry/exit of the media, and of at least one slot 7 for magnetic custom identification cards.
  • a particular characteristic of the invention consists of the fact that the magazine M is suitable to contain audiovisual and digital media S 1 , S 2 , S 3 ... of various kinds and dimensions, and is provided with a means for recognizing and handling each one of the media independently of their dimensions and types.
  • the magazine M can be divided into sections M 1 , M 2 , M 3 , .... meant to accommodate the corresponding media S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , .... of different types and dimensions.
  • videocassettes in the VHS standard, audio cassettes, compact discs, videodiscs, videogames in various formats, but also drugs, cigarettes, food products, confectionery products, batteries, contained in box-like packages externally shaped substantially like a parallelepiped.
  • the different sections may be arranged both frontally and on the rear of the vending machine in mutually adjacent or facing positions in order to utilize the available space as much as possible. As an alternative, some sections may also be arranged on the sides of the container 2.
  • each individual magazine section is constituted by a set of compartments or cells V which are substantially prism-shaped and are suitable to accommodate the corresponding media with a certain play.
  • the handling device T can move in a controlled manner along three mutually perpendicular directions in a space comprised between the magazines and the entry/exit slot 6.
  • the handling unit is advantageously constituted of a moving carriage 8 formed by a pair of plates 9 which can slide along first vertical guides, constituted by lateral metallic profiled members 10 and vertical rods 11, which are anchored to the structure of the container 2.
  • a carriage movement means is provided and comprises gearmotors 12 coupled to an appropriate actuation means 13, for example of the type with a chain closed in a loop or of the screw-and-nut type.
  • a pair of substantially horizontal and mutually parallel sliding rods 14 is rigidly coupled to the two plates; the rods form a second guiding means for a slider which is generally designated by the reference numeral 15.
  • the slider 15 has a main body 16 with a transverse cross-section shaped substantially like an inverted U, which includes ballscrew bushes 17 for sliding along the rods 14 of the carriage and an electric micromotor 18 which engages on a belt 19 the ends of which are fixed to the plates 9, for the movement of the slider parallel to the rods 14.
  • a clamp means is mounted on the slider 15 to grip the media and comprises a pair of profiled members 20 which are elastically connected to rigid jaws 21 by means of flat springs 22.
  • the jaws 21 are mounted on a clamp body 23 which is slidingly mounted on a pair of bars 24 which are at right angles to the rods 14 and form a third guiding means.
  • a micromotor 25 is associated with the clamp body 23 and cooperates with a toothed belt 26 the ends of which are anchored to the slider body 16 for movement along the bars 24.
  • the jaws 21 In order to move the jaws 21 mutually closer and further apart, so as to grip and release the media S adapting to their corresponding widths in a transverse direction, the jaws can move parallel to the rods 14, since they are mounted on a pair of profiled members 27 which form a fourth guiding means and are respectively coupled to the complementarily threaded ends of an actuation bar 28 which is connected to a micromotor 29.
  • optical sensors 30 Proximate to the longitudinal ends of the grip profiled members 20 there are optical sensors 30 for detecting the relative position of the handled media.
  • the sensors send signals to the computer, which actuates the clamp body for the number of times required for the perfect positioning of the media on top of the body 16 of the slider 15.
  • stroke limiting microswitches are associated with the various guiding means and are suitable to report to the computer the exact position of the handling unit and to consequently coordinate the various movements thereof in the space inside the vending machine.
  • Both the slider and the clamp body can be made of plastic materials in order to reduce the weight and inertia of the moving parts. All the moving parts are furthermore provided with bearings of various kinds; furthermore, the guides are preferably constituted by round metal bars manufactured with a high degree of surface finish in order to minimize friction.
  • a map of the media inside the magazine is stored in the computer E and is updated automatically at each operation, as described hereinafter.
  • Each medium S is provided with a label 31 on which a bar code is provided; in the case of prism-shaped media having a sufficient height, the label is applied to one of the sides.
  • Recognition of each code is performed by means of an optical reader 32 which is fixed just inside the media entry/exit slot 6 above a conveyor belt 33 so as to perform the reading operation during translatory motion.
  • the products are constituted by media which have cylindrical symmetry, such as compact discs, and in any case have a limited thickness and are placed within cassettes which are substantially shaped like a parallelepiped, it is not possible to apply bar codes to one of the sides of the medium, and therefore it is necessary to apply the label on the upper or lower main face thereof.
  • this arrangement would pose considerable problems in identifying the direction of the label and would therefore be difficult to execute.
  • a media identification tag 34 with a plurality of radial bars centered on the axis of the medium which is at right angles to the main faces of the medium.
  • the radial bars are produced on an annular data plate the radial width of which is equal to the maximum positioning error of the medium on the conveyor belt 33.
  • a second optical reader 35 which is arranged above the belt 33 and is anchored to a platform 36 which can rotate about a vertical rotation axis 37.
  • the axis 37 is aligned with the centerline of the conveyor belt 33 and is arranged at a preset distance from the slot 6, at a position in which the medium S is temporarily stopped prior to its inward or outward translatory motion.
  • Identification of the user and the possible charge related to the rental and/or sale of media is performed automatically and in a per se known manner by means of a magnetic card which contains the customer information, is provided to the customer at a prior time and can be inserted in an appropriately provided slot 7 which is associated with a card reader.
  • the vending machine 1 it is possible to provide two magnetic card readers to allow simultaneous use thereof on the part of two customers, one programming the checkout of a medium and the other one returning another medium, even of a different format.

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  1. Dispositif automatique pour la distribution de produits ayant une forme essentiellement parallélépipédique, en particulier des supports audiovisuels et numériques comprenant un conteneur extérieur en forme de boite (2) définissant en son intérieur un magasin (M), auquel on ne peut accéder de l'extérieur et qui est adapté pour contenir des supports (S), au moins une unité de manipulation (T) pour charger/décharger de façon externe lesdits supports par une fente (6) formée dans ledit conteneur (2), des moyens (32,34) d'identification des supports pour lire une étiquette d'identification (34) associée à chaque support (S), des moyens (4,5) de sélection des supports pour permettre à un utilisateur de sélectionner un support prédéterminé, et des moyens de paiement (7) permettant à l'utilisateur de payer automatiquement le support choisi, ladite unité de manipulation (T) possédant un couple de mâchoires élastiques (21,22) qui sont déplaçables l'une par rapport à l'autre pour saisir un support choisi, caractérisé en ce que ledit magasin (M) convient pour contenir des supports audiovisuels et numériques (S1,S2,S3) ayant différents formats et différentes dimensions, et en ce que les dites mâchoires (21,22) possèdent des organes de saisie (20) profilés longitudinalement et adaptés pour coopérer avec les bords latéraux d'un support choisi (S), des moyens (28,29) étant prévus pour adapter ladite distance à la largeur dudit support sélectionné.
  2. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite unité de manipulation (T) comprend un chariot (8) qui est déplaçable le long de premiers moyens de guidage vertical (10,11) ancrés dans ledit conteneur, un coulisseau (15,16) qui est déplaçable le long de seconds moyens de guidage horizontal (14) couplés rigidement audit chariot (8) et un corps de serrage (23) qui supporte lesdites mâchoires (21,22) et à son tour est déplacable le long de troisièmes moyens de guidage horizontal (24) couplés rigidement audit coulisseau (15,16).
  3. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que lesdites mâchoires (21,22) sont montées de manière à pouvoir glisser sur des quatrièmes moyens de guidage horizontal (27) qui s'étendent, perpendiculairement auxdits troisièmes moyens de guidage (24).
  4. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits organes de saisie profilés (20) possèdent des moyens formant capteurs optiques (30), situés à proximité de leurs extrémités longitudinales, pour détecter la position relative du support par rapport aux mâchoires (21,22).
  5. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit conteneur en forme de boîte (2) comporte intérieurement une pluralité de sections séparées (M1,M2,M3) adaptées chacune de manière à pouvoir loger des supports correspondants (S1,S2,S3) ayant différents formats et différentes dimensions.
  6. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que lesdites sections séparées (M1,M2, M3) du magasin comprennent des cellules (V), qui ont des formats identiques et des dimensions identiques.
  7. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre des moyens pour charger/décharger le support sélectionné (S), lesquels moyens sont constitués par une bande convoyeuse (33), qui est disposée à l'intérieur du conteneur en fore de boite (2), au voisinage de ladite fente (6).
  8. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'identification des supports comprennent au moins un premier lecteur (3) de codes à barres linéaires, qui est disposé à proximité de ladite fente (6) dans une position latérale par rapport à ladite bande convoyeuse (33).
  9. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'identification des supports comprennent un second lecteur (35) de codes à barres radiales (35) disposé à proximité de ladite fente (6) dans une position supérieure centrale par rapport à la bande convoyeuse (33).
  10. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que ledit lecteur (35) de codes à barres radiales (35) est monté de manière à pouvoir tourner autour d'un axe qui est essentiellement perpendiculaire à ladite bande convoyeuse (33) et est situé à proximité de l'axe central de cette bande pour lire un disque annulaire de données (34) portant des codes à barres radiales, centrées sur l'axe d'un support qui est essentiellement perpendiculaire aux dimensions principales de ce support.
  11. Dispositif automatique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de paiement automatique comprennent des premiers moyens pour identifier des cartes magnétiques personnelles ou des moyens analogues de chaque utilisateur, et facultativement des seconds moyens d'identification pour permettre une utilisation simultanée du distributeur par deux utilisateurs différents.
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