EP0802511A3 - Empty bottle reverse vending device - Google Patents

Empty bottle reverse vending device Download PDF

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EP0802511A3
EP0802511A3 EP97111001A EP97111001A EP0802511A3 EP 0802511 A3 EP0802511 A3 EP 0802511A3 EP 97111001 A EP97111001 A EP 97111001A EP 97111001 A EP97111001 A EP 97111001A EP 0802511 A3 EP0802511 A3 EP 0802511A3
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bottle
magazine
conveyor
chamber
slider
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Richard Stiefel
Hans-Hermann Trautwein
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Hans-Hermann Trautwein SB-Technik GmbH
Trautwein SB Technik GmbH
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Hans-Hermann Trautwein SB-Technik GmbH
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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
    • G07F7/0609—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

Abstract

The collector has a housing with a bottle input chamber with closable insertion aperture, a motorised conveyor passing empties from the input chamber to a bottle magazine (22), a bottle detector and associated controller for the conveyor. There can be a deposit coin output. The insertion chamber has a surface for receiving upright bottles and the magazine has a base at the height of this surface for receiving upright bottles. The magazine is accessible from the stationary insertion chamber via a closable opening. The conveyor has a linearly reciprocally movable transverse slider and the detector has a reciprocally movable sensor slider (44) crossing the path of the transverse slider in the region of the insertion chamber (14). The sensor slider carries sensors (48) for contactless detection of the bottle contours and dia.
EP97111001A 1994-01-07 1994-12-07 Empty bottle reverse vending device Expired - Lifetime EP0802511B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4400251 1994-01-07
DE4400251 1994-01-07
EP95904432A EP0738409B1 (en) 1994-01-07 1994-12-07 Empty bottle collector

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EP95904432A Division EP0738409B1 (en) 1994-01-07 1994-12-07 Empty bottle collector
EP95904432.2 Division 1995-07-13

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EP0802511A2 EP0802511A2 (en) 1997-10-22
EP0802511A3 true EP0802511A3 (en) 1997-11-19
EP0802511B1 EP0802511B1 (en) 2002-04-10

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EP97111001A Expired - Lifetime EP0802511B1 (en) 1994-01-07 1994-12-07 Empty bottle reverse vending device
EP95904432A Expired - Lifetime EP0738409B1 (en) 1994-01-07 1994-12-07 Empty bottle collector

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EP95904432A Expired - Lifetime EP0738409B1 (en) 1994-01-07 1994-12-07 Empty bottle collector

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US (1) US5788045A (en)
EP (2) EP0802511B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2997317B2 (en)
AT (2) ATE164248T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2179806A1 (en)
DE (3) DE4443406A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2115354T3 (en)
FI (1) FI962760A0 (en)
NO (1) NO314864B1 (en)
WO (1) WO1995019020A1 (en)

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DE10347565B4 (en) * 2003-10-14 2006-08-10 Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh Cleaning system for a reverse vending machine for empty containers, cleaning module and method for operating a reverse vending machine
EP1842169B1 (en) * 2005-01-25 2019-01-16 Tomra Systems ASA Means in a reverse vending machine (rvm) for receiving, handling, sorting and storing returnable items or objects
US8109378B2 (en) * 2005-07-14 2012-02-07 Primo Water Corporation Bottled water distribution method and bottle return apparatus
DE102009026557B8 (en) 2009-05-28 2024-04-18 Sielaff GmbH & Co. KG Automatenbau Herrieden Empty container return device and method for operating an empty container return device
DE102010040177A1 (en) 2010-09-02 2012-03-08 Sielaff Gmbh & Co. Kg Automatenbau Reverse vending machine has control device that switches touch screen from article delivery/return mode to maintenance mode when door is in open state
DE102016000854A1 (en) * 2016-01-27 2017-07-27 Interseroh Dienstleistungs Gmbh Mobile counting and detection device for beverage packaging
EP3693652B1 (en) * 2019-02-07 2023-07-12 CleanTech Swiss AG Filling station for gas bottles and motor vehicles

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US4519307A (en) * 1983-12-08 1985-05-28 Aluminum Company Of America Container recycling apparatus using scanning means to read code markings on containers
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EP0128373A2 (en) * 1983-06-04 1984-12-19 Hans Hermann Trautwein Collecting and settling device for empty bottles
US5111927A (en) * 1990-01-05 1992-05-12 Schulze Jr Everett E Automated recycling machine
DE4127238A1 (en) * 1991-08-17 1993-02-18 Trautwein Sb Technik Gmbh Empty bottle return appts. pref. with automatic deposit repayment - has contact arm at side of bottle insertion chamber for controlling operation of conveyor for moving bottle to storage chamber

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JPH09507323A (en) 1997-07-22
FI962760A (en) 1996-07-05
EP0738409B1 (en) 1998-03-18
EP0802511B1 (en) 2002-04-10
EP0738409A1 (en) 1996-10-23
ATE216109T1 (en) 2002-04-15
DE59405496D1 (en) 1998-04-23
FI962760A0 (en) 1996-07-05
DE59410102D1 (en) 2002-05-16
ATE164248T1 (en) 1998-04-15
CA2179806A1 (en) 1995-07-13
WO1995019020A1 (en) 1995-07-13
EP0802511A2 (en) 1997-10-22
ES2115354T3 (en) 1998-06-16
NO962851L (en) 1996-08-22
DE4443406A1 (en) 1995-07-13
JP2997317B2 (en) 2000-01-11
NO962851D0 (en) 1996-07-05
NO314864B1 (en) 2003-06-02
US5788045A (en) 1998-08-04

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