EP0643372A1 - Méthode et dispositif pour la distribution et la récupération de chariots de transport emboîtables pour limiter l'encombrement - Google Patents

Méthode et dispositif pour la distribution et la récupération de chariots de transport emboîtables pour limiter l'encombrement Download PDF

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EP0643372A1
EP0643372A1 EP94113679A EP94113679A EP0643372A1 EP 0643372 A1 EP0643372 A1 EP 0643372A1 EP 94113679 A EP94113679 A EP 94113679A EP 94113679 A EP94113679 A EP 94113679A EP 0643372 A1 EP0643372 A1 EP 0643372A1
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Rudolf Wanzl
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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
    • G07F7/0636—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 in which the trolleys or carts are kept in a restricted zone such as a coral-like enclosure, or are passing a gate before use is possible
    • 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
    • A47F10/00—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
    • A47F10/02—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets
    • A47F10/04—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets for storing or handling self-service hand-carts or baskets
    • A47F10/045—Row-length limitation means for stored shopping trolleys

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for releasing and receiving transport trolleys, which are kept ready at a collection point, a number of locks being arranged on the collection point on at least one holder, which locks are intended for the lockable reception of locking elements fastened to the transport trolleys, and wherein the trolleys coupled to the locks with the aid of the locking elements can be removed from the collection point by paying a deposit or a fee and can be coupled back to the locks at the collection point after use.
  • a method is proposed according to which the wagon user is informed by signaling devices located at the collection point, from which lock a transport wagon can be uncoupled and to which lock the returned transport wagon is to be coupled again.
  • the invention proposes to provide a control central unit which is electrically connected to a coin-operated machine located at the collecting point and each lock has a locking device which can be controlled by the control central unit, the locking unit being intended for receiving and releasing a locking element and each lock a signaling device is assigned which indicates which of the coupled transport trolleys is intended for removal and to which lock a returned transport trolley is to be coupled.
  • the invention advantageously makes it possible that only the last dolly in a row of stacked dollys can be removed and a returned dolly can only be coupled in such a way that there is no gap between the row of stacked dollys and the returned dolly. The desired order is thereby achieved.
  • the collection point 2 being designed as an extremely simple structural arrangement for better understanding and the number of transport carriages 3 and thus that of the locks 7, 8, 9 .
  • the collection point 2 can also have a roof, it can be designed as a housing or, as shown, as a simple frame construction.
  • the number of transport trolleys 3 that can be parked in a stack row per collection point 2 can also be very different. Thirty to fifty trolleys 3 per row are a realistic number.
  • the device 1 has a number of transport trolleys 3 which can preferably be pushed into one another to save space and a collection point 2 intended for the transport trolleys 3.
  • the collection point 2 is equipped with at least one holder 6, on or in which locks 7, 8, 9...
  • the bracket 6 is advantageously designed as a rail or tube construction.
  • the locks 7, 8, 9 ... n are approximately of the type that is known, for example, from coin locks located on shopping trolleys. Each lock 7, 8, 9 ... n is assigned a signal device 17, the function of which will be described later.
  • the signaling devices 17 can be attached directly to the locks 7, 8, 9 ... n or to the holder 6.
  • a coin machine 18 is preferably provided at the beginning of the collecting point 2. The coin machine 18 is intended to accept a coin deposit or a fee that is usually due when a trolley 3 is removed from the collection point 2.
  • each lock 7, 8, 9 ... n is equipped with an electronic control unit 14 and with a locking device 15 which is in operative connection with the control unit 14 and which (15), for example, is designed in this way can be as described in EP 0 427 819.
  • a control central unit 16 is preferably arranged in the coin machine 18, which is connected electrically and / or electronically both with the coin machine 18 and with the control unit 14 and, via this (14), with the locking device 15 of each lock 7, 8, 9 ... n is connected or switched.
  • the drawing shows only a partially occupied collection point 2.
  • the function of the device 1 is described in more detail using the method steps mentioned below:
  • a coin deposit or a fee must be deposited in the coin dispenser 18.
  • the receipt of the fee or the coin deposit is reported to the control central unit 16 by the coin machine 18.
  • the control central unit 16 is activated by this message. Provided that the corresponding programming is carried out, this interrogates the locks 7, 8, 9 ... n, to which locks 7, 8, 9 ... n a locking element is coupled and to which not.
  • This is followed by the determination of the lock equipped with a locking element 4, in the example it is the lock 9 which is adjacent to a free, empty lock. In the present case, this is the lock 10.
  • the control central unit 16 After determining the lock intended for release, this is prompted by the control central unit 16 to unlock its locking device 15.
  • the locking element can now, based on the exemplary embodiment, be released from the lock 9 and the transport carriage 3 carrying this locking element 4 can be removed from the collection point 2.
  • each lock 7, 8, 9 ... n is assigned a signal device 17.
  • the signaling devices 17 are expediently designed as green lights.
  • the visible front fronts of the locks 7, 8, 9 ... n can also be illuminated over the entire surface and serve as signaling devices 17.
  • the signaling devices 17 can be controlled by the control central unit 16 via the control units 14 of the locks 7, 8, 9 ... n.
  • the signaling device 17 of the free lock 7, 8, 9 ... n that immediately follows a occupied lock 7 or 8 or 9 or ... n lights up. In the example, this is the signal device 17 of the lock 10.
  • the signal device 17 lights up on the lock whose locking element 4 is now released .
  • this is the signaling device 17 of the lock 9.
  • the signaling device 17 of the lock 10 goes out, but not that of the lock 9.
  • the signaling device 17 of the Lock 8 on and the signal device 17 of the lock 9 goes out when the trolley 3 is disconnected from the lock 8.
  • the signal device 17 of the lock 8 remains illuminated. If a wagon user now brings his transport wagon 3 back, it can only be coupled where a signal device 17 lights up. In the example, this would be the lock 8. If the transport carriage 3 is coupled to the lock 8, the signaling device 17 of the lock 8 goes out and the signaling device 17 of the next free lock, here it is the lock 9, starts to light up.
  • a trolley 3 If a trolley 3 is returned to the collection point 2, it can only be coupled to the lock whose signaling device 17 lights up. This is always the free lock that immediately follows a occupied lock. According to the drawing, this is the lock 10.
  • the locking element 4 By inserting the locking element 4 into the lock 10, the locking element 4 is locked by the locking device 15 of the lock 10.
  • the locking process triggers a contact, which is reported by the control unit 14 of the lock 10 to the control central unit 16.
  • This causes the coin machine 18, if provided, to return at least a portion of the coin deposit previously paid. If a fee is paid, no payment will be made.
  • the signaling device 17 of that lock goes out, in the example it is the lock 10 to which the trolley 3 last returned has been coupled.
  • the signal device 17 of the lock 11 now lights up, as a sign that a trolley 3 can be coupled there.
  • the locks 7, 8, 9 ... n do not necessarily have to be equipped with an electronic control unit 14. If one accepts a somewhat more extensive wiring of the electrical components, the locking device 15 located in the locks 7, 8, 9 ... n, for example electromagnetically acting, can be directly controlled by the control central unit 16, in order to achieve the intended use achieve. It is also easy for a person skilled in the art to switch the locks 7, 8, 9 ... n with the control central unit 16, for example by parallel connection, in such a way that if one of the locks 7 or 8 or ... n fails, the functionality of the other locks 7 or 8 or ... n and the signaling devices 17 are retained.
  • n has a locking device 15 for a locking element 4 which can be controlled by the central control unit 16 and that signaling devices 17 are switched on, which indicate exactly which transport carriage 3 is to be taken from the collection point 2 and where a returned transport carriage 3 can be coupled without causing gaps.
  • the invention includes all common types of telescopic trolleys 3 which are movable by hand. These include, in particular, platform trolleys, shopping trolleys for all kinds of markets and luggage trolleys for train stations and airfields.

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EP94113679A 1993-09-07 1994-09-01 Méthode et dispositif pour la distribution et la récupération de chariots de transport emboîtables pour limiter l'encombrement Expired - Lifetime EP0643372B1 (fr)

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DE4330255A DE4330255A1 (de) 1993-09-07 1993-09-07 Verfahren und Einrichtung zur Freigabe und Entgegennahme von platzsparend ineinanderschiebbaren Transportwagen

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EP0762347A3 (fr) * 1995-08-09 1997-11-26 EXPRESSO DEUTSCHLAND TRANSPORTGERÄTE GmbH Dispositif pour l'approvisionnement des chariots à bagages à pousser
WO2001082239A2 (fr) * 2000-04-20 2001-11-01 Systec Pos-Technology Gmbh Procede et systeme pour detecter et recompenser la remise en place de chariots pour magasins

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FR2612063A1 (fr) * 1987-03-13 1988-09-16 Fayolle Fils Entreprise J Dispositif de rangement de chariots
EP0360264A2 (fr) * 1988-09-21 1990-03-28 Wolfgang Beyer Kg Installation pour le blocage de chariots d'achat, de transport ou semblables
DE3900538A1 (de) * 1989-01-11 1990-07-12 Peter Fuchs Muenzeinwurf- und rueckgabeanordnung fuer pfandmuenzen
DE4135548A1 (de) * 1991-10-28 1993-04-29 Peter Fuchs Vorrichtung zur anzeige des belegungszustandes von einkaufswagenstationen

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DE3238091A1 (de) * 1981-07-15 1984-04-19 Peter Ing.(grad.) 7500 Karlsruhe Fuchs Sicherung an einkaufswagen, kofferkulis und aehnlichen einrichtungen
FR2582605A1 (fr) * 1985-05-30 1986-12-05 Ronis Sa Installation de consignation d'objets, en particulier pour chariots, et dispositif de consignation correspondant
EP0231934A2 (fr) * 1986-02-06 1987-08-12 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Procédé et dispositif pour la distribution et la récupération de chariots de transport, tels que des chariots à bagages ou à achats
FR2612063A1 (fr) * 1987-03-13 1988-09-16 Fayolle Fils Entreprise J Dispositif de rangement de chariots
EP0360264A2 (fr) * 1988-09-21 1990-03-28 Wolfgang Beyer Kg Installation pour le blocage de chariots d'achat, de transport ou semblables
DE3900538A1 (de) * 1989-01-11 1990-07-12 Peter Fuchs Muenzeinwurf- und rueckgabeanordnung fuer pfandmuenzen
DE4135548A1 (de) * 1991-10-28 1993-04-29 Peter Fuchs Vorrichtung zur anzeige des belegungszustandes von einkaufswagenstationen

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EP0762347A3 (fr) * 1995-08-09 1997-11-26 EXPRESSO DEUTSCHLAND TRANSPORTGERÄTE GmbH Dispositif pour l'approvisionnement des chariots à bagages à pousser
WO2001082239A2 (fr) * 2000-04-20 2001-11-01 Systec Pos-Technology Gmbh Procede et systeme pour detecter et recompenser la remise en place de chariots pour magasins
WO2001082239A3 (fr) * 2000-04-20 2002-11-21 Systec Pos Technology Gmbh Procede et systeme pour detecter et recompenser la remise en place de chariots pour magasins
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