EP0691633A2 - Dispositif et méthode pour l'identification d'un objet, en particulier un récipient de boisson, du type gobelet - Google Patents

Dispositif et méthode pour l'identification d'un objet, en particulier un récipient de boisson, du type gobelet Download PDF

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EP0691633A2
EP0691633A2 EP95109816A EP95109816A EP0691633A2 EP 0691633 A2 EP0691633 A2 EP 0691633A2 EP 95109816 A EP95109816 A EP 95109816A EP 95109816 A EP95109816 A EP 95109816A EP 0691633 A2 EP0691633 A2 EP 0691633A2
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Klaus Moser
Klaus Jäckle
Robert Seibold
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    • 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
    • G07F7/0609—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 fluid containers, e.g. bottles, cups, gas containers

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  • the invention relates to a device for identifying an object provided with an identifier, in particular a cup-like drinking vessel in a receiving space of a return device, using a measuring device which optionally contains a light barrier.
  • DE-OS 41 26 258 describes a device for checking an identifier attached to the cylinder wall of a cup in cup return machines with a guide cylinder receiving the cup and a reflex light barrier arranged outside the guide cylinder close to a window and penetrating through this window into the interior of the guide cylinder and in conjunction with a downstream signal processing circuit, the cup detection is recorded and evaluated.
  • the object - above all a drinking cup - is provided within the receiving space in the central axis of the measuring device which is designed to be lowerable and is arranged above it and which is connected to a vertically movable door, the object resting on a movable section of a base plate and the latter Section controlled by that measuring device is displaceable.
  • the measuring device is attached to a carrier plate which is fixed on the one hand to the door and on the other hand is supported by at least one telescopically extendable energy store, that is to say can be raised and lowered in a controlled manner by the movement of the door; this provides an exact positioning of the measuring system on the cup by guiding the sliding door. Thanks to a pair of microswitches, one of which is provided on the carrier plate and faces a fixed counter switch in the measuring position, the cup is easily checked over a comparison distance and the two switches - there is no drive for the height adjustment. Also, the cup does not have to be transported to the measuring system, since this - as already discussed - descends on it.
  • a drive is provided on the carrier plate for a measuring bell, which is connected to it by a gear and is arranged below the carrier plate and which - during the measuring process after lowering the measuring bell - can be rotated in the central axis.
  • the light barrier is provided in the measuring bell parallel to a straight line crossing the central axis and at a lateral distance from it, preferably in an inclination plane enclosing an angle of more than 90 ° with the central axis. This is determined by the position of the transmitter and receiver for the light barrier, both of which rest in inclined, aligned holes in the peripheral wall of the measuring bell.
  • the rotating plate is pivoted around its bearing pin by a driving pin on the measuring bell side, in whose circular movement path a stop tongue engages the rotating plate. The latter is thus moved via the measuring bell gear.
  • the above-mentioned movable section of the base plate is preferably a rotary slide mounted on it, which engages under a recess in the base plate and is rotated above a receiving space for the objects when the measuring process has ended and the cup has been positively identified.
  • the light barrier rotating with the measuring bell interacts with an identifier of the cup; the light barrier rotates around the central axis and at the same time through the crenellated edge of the cup base.
  • the identifier which is offered by the configuration of that crenellated interrupted cup bottom edge, is thus scanned by the light barrier; Thanks to the angle of incidence described, a sharp reading edge is created, and there is also no need to influence the light barrier due to the curvature of the cup base.
  • This measuring system according to the invention is supported by a microprocessor control, which enables simple conversion to other identifiers.
  • cup crown namely the crenellated cup rim described as an identifier for cup return machines
  • Cups with foot-like spacers have been known for many years to improve stackability and avoid undesired air chambers, the use of such a cup crown for the identification is an inventive use.
  • the detection system is also flexible; on the one hand it can be easily and quickly switched to a cup with a new identifier and on the other hand it is possible to compare the identifier of a cup with several different reference identifiers. For this purpose, the amount by which the identifier of the cup may deviate from the stored reference identifier can be selected and is calculated as a percentage of the absolute value of the match.
  • the cups are not mechanically stressed in the cup return apparatus which is equipped according to the invention and can be adjusted to different cup sizes.
  • the robustness of the cup return device is maximized by reducing the number of moving parts and drives.
  • the lowering of the measuring system onto the cup was integrated into the operation of the sliding door and, as already mentioned, there was no drive. Since the measuring system sits on the cup, no additional positioning of the cup to the measuring system is required.
  • the cup return device can be loaded with cups continuously and without waiting.
  • the entire cup wall can be used as an advertising space, since the identification is contained in the crown on the cup bottom - and not on the cup wall.
  • a detection device for a cup 18 to be identified is arranged behind a lifting or sliding door 14 in a cup input space 16. This is - after lifting the sliding door 14 in its stroke direction x - opening the cup input space 16 with the mouth edge 20 of its wall 22 by a user on a rotary valve 26, which is mounted centrally driven at 27 and a circular recess 28 of that Reaches under base plate 12.
  • This rotary valve 26 is - as shown in FIG. 3 - tongue-shaped.
  • the cup 18 After closing the sliding door 14, the cup 18 is identified with regard to its origin. If the recognition is positive according to predetermined criteria, the user receives the deposit money presented back from a cash dispenser or hopper neglected in the drawing; the cup 18 does not meet the specified criteria the user has no claim to the deposit and, after reopening the sliding door 14, take back the cup 18 from the cup input space 16.
  • two measuring methods are used, firstly the measurement of the outer cup height h and secondly the scanning of a cup recognition by means of a light beam.
  • the measuring system performing both processes is connected to the sliding door 14 and is controlled by its actuation.
  • a hat-like measuring bell 30 of the measuring system is lowered in the direction of the arrow y onto the cup base 24, which is directed upward and is surrounded by battlements or studs 23 of the arc length n which are arranged at an arc spacing b.
  • This measuring bell 30 hangs under a support plate 32 which is fixed at 33 on the sliding door 14 and guided linearly by this, which on the other hand is connected to lifting cylinders 36 via lateral pendulum sleeves 34 by means of pivot pins 35. The latter are articulated downwards via axle bolts 37 of their pistons 38 to floor bearings 40.
  • the measuring bell 30 is rotatably mounted on that carrier plate 32 on a bush 42 running in a central axis A; thanks to a gear transmission driven by a stepper motor 44, it rotates through 360 ° from a starting position 46 and a toothed disk 48 fixed to the measuring bell 30 during a measurement. In the following measurement, it turns back to that starting position in the opposite direction.
  • a stop serves as an orientation aid during a possible reference travel of the stepping motor 44.
  • Beneath the toothed washer 48 is a cover plate 50 which rotates thereon as a cable support.
  • a rotary plate 54 with an eccentric bore 55 is articulated on a vertical bearing pin 52, into which a stationary stop pin 56 of the support plate 32 projects as a rotation limiter; when driving the rotary plate 54 around its bearing pin 52, the stop pin 56 lies against the bore edge 57 and inhibits the turning process.
  • the rotary plate 54 covers one of two transmitter eyes 58 of the carrier plate 32, which lie at a center angle t of approximately 45 ° to one another outside the measuring bell contour. These positions - one of which is indicated by a dashed line in FIG. 3 at 54 '- are controlled by a driver pin 60 of the toothed disc 48, which carries a stop tongue 53 of the rotary plate 54 until that stop pin 56 has reached the edge 57 of the bore. In Fig. 3 a position of the driver pin 60 is indicated at 60 ', in which that rotary plate 54 has reached its one end position.
  • a concave disk 62 as the head of a measuring stamp 64 provided in the bell chamber 31 which is open at the bottom, lies on the curved cup bottom 24 within its crenellated border. If the disc 62 is seated on the cup base 24, a microswitch 66 is actuated, which cooperates with a stationary counter switch 67 when the cup 18 offers the predetermined height h and the sliding door 14 is closed.
  • the switched-on state of the two microswitches 66, 67 is also a condition for the start of the second measurement, namely the scanning of the identifier and the locking of the sliding door 14 with a magnetic switch.
  • a light beam 68 inclined at an angle w of, for example, 100 ° to its central axis A is generated in FIG. 2, which scans the edge of the cup base 24 and is interrupted by the studs 23 or the cutouts delimited by them 23 a is let through; the resulting sequence of signals forms the specific identifier of the cup 18.
  • the transmitter 70 and receiver 72 of the light beam 68 are mounted in correspondingly inclined bores 73 in the peripheral wall 74 of the measuring bell 30 described, which rotates about the vertical central axis A. Since the light beam 68 to the measuring stamp 64 has a clearly defined height and the measuring stamp 64 rests on the cup base 24, the height of the light beam 68 to the cup rim is also defined.
  • the identifier read is compared with a stored identifier of a microprocessor control.
  • the light beam 68 is not disturbed by the aforementioned curvature of the cup bottom 24 or by one of the opposite studs 23 between the recesses 23 a , it falls at a horizontal distance q of, for example, 4 mm to the central axis A and in a plane of inclination intersecting it limited with the central axis A that defined angle w.
  • Transmitter 70 and receiver 72 are provided off-center at this distance q from a straight line D parallel to the light beam 68, for which reference is made in particular to FIG. 4.
  • the microprocessor control can be switched over to an additional device in a learning mode.
  • the cup 18 with the new identifier is then placed in the cup input space 16 in accordance with the cup return and the sliding door 14 is closed.
  • the new identifier is automatically read in by the microprocessor control and is now available as Reference identifier ready.
  • Reference identifier ready Several identifiers can also be read in as reference identifiers.
  • a similarity factor can also be determined via the additional device, which determines the tolerance range in which the identifier of a cup 18 can differ from the stored reference identifier. If a cup 18 has exceeded this tolerance range, it is no longer accepted by the cup return device.
  • a cup 18 standing in the recess 28 of the base plate 12 has passed the recognition test, it is released by the microprocessor control. Driven by an electric motor, the aforementioned rotary slide valve 26 moves about its vertical axis B below the cup 18 and briefly clears the recess 28, so that the cup 18 can get into a plastic bag or the like. That rotary slide valve 26 continues to rotate to 180 °, so that the surface section of the rotary slide valve 26 located on the right in FIG. 1 moves under the recess 28. The next cup 18 can now be placed in this for testing on the rotary slide valve 26.

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DE4421672 1994-06-23
DE4421672 1994-06-23
DE4429541 1994-08-19
DE4429541A DE4429541C1 (de) 1994-06-23 1994-08-19 Vorrichtung zum Identifizieren eines Gegenstandes, insbesondere eines becherartigen Trinkgefäßes

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DE230284C (fr) *
GB1019405A (en) * 1964-04-08 1966-02-09 Shuford Entpr Inc Article receiving and storing apparatus
DE2645024A1 (de) * 1975-10-16 1977-04-21 Platmanufaktur Ab Abnehmer fuer in lagerungsorganen untergebrachte artikel
FR2580418A1 (fr) * 1985-04-16 1986-10-17 Muller Sarl Recuperateur de gobelets de boisson
FR2631477A1 (fr) * 1988-05-11 1989-11-17 Poncet Jea Recuperateur de gobelet

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE230284C (fr) *
GB1019405A (en) * 1964-04-08 1966-02-09 Shuford Entpr Inc Article receiving and storing apparatus
DE2645024A1 (de) * 1975-10-16 1977-04-21 Platmanufaktur Ab Abnehmer fuer in lagerungsorganen untergebrachte artikel
FR2580418A1 (fr) * 1985-04-16 1986-10-17 Muller Sarl Recuperateur de gobelets de boisson
FR2631477A1 (fr) * 1988-05-11 1989-11-17 Poncet Jea Recuperateur de gobelet

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