Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
  • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
  • G06Q20/08—Payment architectures
  • G06Q20/12—Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
  • G06Q20/127—Shopping or accessing services according to a time-limitation
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
  • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
  • B60L53/30—Constructional details of charging stations
  • B60L53/31—Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F15/00—Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity
  • G07F15/003—Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity for electricity
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
  • G07F17/0014—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
  • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
  • H02J7/00047—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries with provisions for charging different types of batteries
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
  • H02J2310/00—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load
  • H02J2310/10—The network having a local or delimited stationary reach
  • H02J2310/20—The network being internal to a load
  • H02J2310/22—The load being a portable electronic device
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
  • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
  • H02J7/0013—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
  • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
  • H02J7/0042—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction
  • H02J7/0044—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
  • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
  • Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
  • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
  • Y02T10/7072—Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
  • Y02T90/10—Technologies relating to charging of electric vehicles
  • Y02T90/12—Electric charging stations

Definitions

• Equipment for the electrical recharge of accumulators to be placed in a public spot.
• a container or armor plated box that may be installed in public places or in the open to recharge accumulators of mobile equipment - such as cell-phones, computer notebooks, videocameras - containing electronic equipment.
• Batteries are energy charged when inserted in the appropriate chamber with a standard base support and an interchangeable bracket that enables to change the size of the base support with a quick movement so that any kind of battery may inserted.
• NiCD Nickel- Cadmium
• NiMH Nickel Metal Hydrate
• Li-ion Lithium Ion made
• NiMH batteries are more expensive because high-polluting Cadmium- free, and therefore are defined as “green” batteries.
• One worthy element of this battery is its considerably lower "memory effect", which is absolutely non-existent in the lithium-ion batteries that moreover are less cumbersome and have a greater autonomy but are still too costly.
• the "normal" recharging time of batteries is always quite long, sometimes as long as 10 hours or even more. This obviously creates- some inconveniences when recharging cannot be carried out during the night, when the device is not in use, or when the device is in function for twenty four hours a day. In such a case the only solution is to provide oneself with a very fast charger; this means that: a) the battery should be fully and not partially discharged; and b) the charging time should be calculated as a function of the charging current and the battery capacity.
• the invention under propai aims at providing a service, by means of a suitable equipment, for the recharge and electric diagnosis of the accumulators of portable devices such as cell ⁇ phones, notebooks, videocameras etc. that can be carried out in public premises or in places where people stopover for a rest or a short time and that may be managed by private shopkeepers or traders that provide this service along with the ones they usually supply (restaurants, cinemas, discoteques, saloons, large supermarkets or department stores, offices, universities and hospitals, hotels) or that can be placed along main roads or in the service areas along highways, in train stations, airports, sea ports, or any other place where people are compelled to spend some waiting time.
• portable devices such as cell ⁇ phones, notebooks, videocameras etc.
• portable devices such as cell ⁇ phones, notebooks, videocameras etc.
• private shopkeepers or traders that provide this service along with the ones they usually supply (restaurants, cinemas, discoteques, saloons, large supermarkets or department stores,
• Another aim of the invention under proposal is to build a container or box containing the above mentioned equipment for the recharge and diagnosis of batteries, that may be easily transported and installed, that minimizes the space needed for its allocation and that enables easy access to each battery charger, that is of a pretty shape and colour, suitable to the premises in which it is placed and built in recycleable materials, environmentally friendly, and ergonomic, that may be easily used by physically disabled people and that safely preserves the batteries during their recharge also in those areas where vandalism may occur.
• Another aim of the invention under proposal is to build a system as the one above, endowed with a number of chambers suitable for the most common batteries on the market, and that these slot chambers can be adapted to all battery sizes by means of inserting into them a specific adaptation bracket.
• Another aim of the invention above is to use an electronic control and management programmable card that can store optimal data and procedures relative to battery charge and discharge cycles and that can diagnose possible errors or battery faults.
• Another aim of the invention under proposal is to provide each single chamber with a light and sound signal that warns the user if there is any drawback in the charge and discharge procedure, and with a selection of options for users.
• a further aim of the above mentioned invention is to equip the various chambers for the battery recharge with a safety window that may be opened only after introducing a mechanical or magnetic key.
• the above aims are attained by using an electronic control and management equipment for the electrical supply to the batteries that need to be recharged that is placed in the casing of the cylindrical container or box with a rectangular base that can be fixed onto a wall, or a circular based container or box that can be placed on a pedestal, both are provided with a radiused or dome shaped lid and on the lateral surfaces of the container some rectangular shaped openings with rounded corners are built.
• each opening a chamber for the battery recharge is placed; the chamber is formed by a standard base support onto which another interchangeable support is placed that is used to modify the chamber size to adapt it to specific batteries: each opening is protected by a window that may be opened or closed by means of a mechanical or magnetic key and the electric charge and discharge of batteries takes place automatically or when the user selects the option after having inserted one or more coins, paper money or prepaid magnetic card .
• Fig. 1 is a schematic drawing of the front and plan view of the above invention, placed on a pedestal.
• Fig. 2 shows three views of the invention and highlights some production details.
• Fig. 3 shows some models of the invention with a rectangular base and different sizes.
• the invention illustrated in the drawings, in a first production form, includes the casing-container ( 1 ) which is preferably armor plated, built in welded and varnished sheet steel or in a light stratified alloy that reduces the weight burden and creates an intrinsic protection against corrosion that could be caused by atmospheric agents and, where it is deemed convenient, covered by plastic material is pleasant to the eye.
• the casing-container ( 1 ) which is preferably armor plated, built in welded and varnished sheet steel or in a light stratified alloy that reduces the weight burden and creates an intrinsic protection against corrosion that could be caused by atmospheric agents and, where it is deemed convenient, covered by plastic material is pleasant to the eye.
• the casing- container ( 1 ) according to a first model has a cylindrical shape and a circular base and is covered by a dome shaped lid (2) and on its lateral surface there are a number of rectangular shaped and round cornered openings (3 ) in which the standard chambers (4) have been suitably placed and into which the rechargeable batteries must be inserted, each chamber is closed by a window ( 10) that is manoeuvred by a mechanical or magnetic key when inserted in the lock (5) ; another interchangeable bracket (6) can be inserted into the chamber
• each opening (3) there is a set, preferably three, of bright leds (7) that show if the recharge is over or still underway, and controls accidental charging and discharging gf the accumulator before its recharge.
• the casing-container ( 1 ) is not directly placed on the floor but is placed at a suitable hight. in the respect of the ergonomic regulations and the needs of physically handicapped people, by means of a steel tube pedestal (8) with a circular section.
• the base of afore said pedestal (9) is provided with holes to fix the container firmly to the ground by means of bolts screwed into slabs placed on the ground, or where the ground enables it, simply by means of nails.
• the base of the container is rectangular ( 1 1 ) and the top lid has a semi dome shape (12), the openings (3) have been situated only on one side so that the container can be placed next to walls or in places were access to it is possible only from one side.
• the openings (3) have been situated only on one side so that the container can be placed next to walls or in places were access to it is possible only from one side.
• All the models have a money slot ( 17) where a coin or paper money is inserted, or in alternative a slot for prepaid magnetic cards and a money box
• Mode for earring out the invention A practical use of the multiple battery charger illustrated in the invention under proposal occurs in the following manner: the user that wishes to recharge the battery of his own cell phone or other portable battery functioning device chooses the suitable charging chamber (3), identified by the label of the battery make or model and, after having opened the protective chamber window ( 10) by means of a key to be inserted in the lock (5) places the cell phone or the battery in the chamber room supplied with a standard base support (4) or, if it is necessary, with the interchangeable support (6); then, after having shut the window ( 10) inserts the money, the coin or the prepaid magnetic card in the money slot (17).
• the user can choose the charging time preferred among the ones possible for that type of battery.
• One out of five options can be chosen: normal charge; slightly speeded up charge; accelerated charge; fast charge; very fast charge.
• the system can be provided with a small display that enables to visualize the state of the battery and monitor, through the messages, the charging process for each and every single chamber. Once charging is over a second led will warn the user. If the accumulator needs to be discharged before a new charging operation begins a third led will light up.

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