EP0802511B1 - Dispositif pour le retournement de bouteilles vides - Google Patents

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EP0802511B1
EP0802511B1 EP97111001A EP97111001A EP0802511B1 EP 0802511 B1 EP0802511 B1 EP 0802511B1 EP 97111001 A EP97111001 A EP 97111001A EP 97111001 A EP97111001 A EP 97111001A EP 0802511 B1 EP0802511 B1 EP 0802511B1
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Richard Stiefel
Hans-Hermann Trautwein
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    • 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

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  • the invention relates to an empty bottle return device with a housing, with at least one lockable Entry opening accessible from the outside Input chamber for empty bottles with one attached to the input chamber subsequent empty bottle magazine, with a motor-driven conveyor for transport individual empty bottles from the input chamber in the empty bottle magazine, with one in the area of the input chamber located device for bottle detection and with a preferably on output signals of Bottle detection device responsive control device to control the conveyor and, if necessary a deposit payment, the input chamber a footprint to hold an upright standing empty bottle and the empty bottle magazine at the level of the shelf for holding upright empty bottles.
  • Such an empty bottle return device is from the EP-A2-567 732 known.
  • There the empty bottles are in different Levels via separately loadable input chambers entered into stationary magazine compartments. In every input chamber is its own bottle detection facility intended. Once the magazine is full, it must be in place and Point can be emptied by removing the bottles individually.
  • the empty bottle magazine in one in a magazine chamber to arrange the retractable chassis.
  • the Empty bottle magazine has one there by a chain drive adjustable in height in the chassis Magazine floor, the height of which is through the top one Limit switch touching bottle adjustable in the bottle magazine is.
  • the bottles are lying in the input chamber inserted and by an acceptance rotor on a bottle pyramid forming on the magazine bottom stored. Through the automatic adjustment of the floor height it is avoided that it hits the bottles there is a glass break on the bottle pyramid. As soon as the mobile bottle magazine is full, it will exchanged for an empty magazine.
  • Through the lying Bottle intake however, there is a risk of residual liquid leak out of the bottles and into one Contamination of the bottle magazine. in addition comes that randomly messed up in the bottle magazine lying bottles during the removal and the subsequent Sorting require a significant amount of work.
  • the invention is based on the object an empty bottle return device at the beginning specified type to develop, which is easy to use enabled when loading and emptying the empty bottle magazine.
  • the measures according to the invention make a special one simple and quick bottle replacement achieved that the empty bottle magazine in one in one Magazine chamber of the retractable chassis is arranged, the magazine bottom of the empty bottle magazine when set in the magazine chamber Chassis with the footprint of the associated input chamber flees.
  • the latter is according to the invention thereby enables that on the chassis and / or on the housing at least one-sided on the input chamber side arranged guide or support rollers provided are used by the chassis when entering the Magazine chamber at least with its input chamber side Casters from the floor to a defined position within the housing can be lifted off.
  • the housing has at least two on top of each other arranged, each with a sensor slide and a cross slide equipped input chambers and the chassis a corresponding number arranged one above the other Has empty bottle magazines.
  • the magazine bottoms expediently have one rectangular border as a stop for the Empty bottles on.
  • the fill level can in the opposite of the passage opening Border margin area on a pushed-on empty bottle attractive, preferably housing-fixed sensor element can be arranged, for example, as around a vertical axis pivotable lever is formed can be one in the beam path of a reflection light barrier arranged reflector carries or Microswitch actuated.
  • the empty bottle return device shown in the drawing consists essentially of a housing 10, two arranged one above the other in the housing, on one Entry opening 11 can be closed by a sliding door 12 Input chambers 14 for upright Empty bottles 16, one in a magazine chamber open to the front 18 of the housing adjustable chassis 20 with two empty bottle magazines arranged one above the other 22, and a control panel 24 with receipt button 26, Receipt 28 and display 30.
  • the housing-fixed footprint 32 forward and backward through an adjustment threshold 34 and a rear stop wall 36 is limited.
  • the footprint 32 of the input chambers 14 is via a passage opening 38 with the neighboring Empty bottle magazine 22 of the chassis 20 connected and aligns with the magazine bottom 40.
  • the passage opening 38 is through that at the same time as a sliding door trained boom 42 of the sensor slide 44 closable.
  • One opposite the first boom 42 Boom 46 of the sensor slide carries nearby its front end several, as optoelectronic Transceivers trained sensors 48 that together with the mirrors 50 on the bracket 42 reflection light barriers form for scanning the bottle contour.
  • the Sensor slide 44 is by means of a geared motor 52, a gear 54 and a rack 56 between a front, shown in solid lines Input position and a rear, in dashed lines Lines shown end position horizontally in the direction of the double arrow 58 to and fro.
  • the Empty bottle 16 remains when the sensor slide is moved 44 on their footprint 32 in the input chamber 14 stand.
  • the sensors move on the shifting distance 48 past the bottle and feel its diameter at different heights above the footprint 32.
  • the gear motor 52 drives with its output shaft 60 one as a gear 62 made of magnetizable material and a magnetic probe 64 formed incremental Sensor in cooperation with the Sensors 48 contributes to bottle detection.
  • the sliding door arm 42 gives the end position of the sensor slide 44 clear the passage opening 38. In this end position, the one in the input chamber 14 located empty bottle 16 with the help of a motor 66 driven cross slide 68, the displacement of the sensor slide 44 in the area of the input chamber 14 crosses through the passage opening 38 are pushed out into the empty bottle magazine 22.
  • the input chamber 14 is when the cross slide is retracted 68 in the lower part by the slider stamp 116 while limited by either the upper part a housing-fixed or by a sensor slide fixed Boundary wall is limited. If necessary in stamp 116 and in the boundary wall above Sensor screens, not shown, for the Cut out passage of the sensor light.
  • the cross slide 68 is with the help of the gear motor 66, a Gear 67 and a rack 68 between a rear, Input position shown in solid lines and a front one, in dashed lines illustrated end position horizontally in the direction of Double arrow 69 can be pushed back and forth.
  • the geared motor 66 with its output shaft 160 a as a gear 162 made of magnetizable material and a magnetic probe 164 formed incremental Displacement sensor in cooperation with the sensors 148 contributes to bottle detection.
  • the cross slide 68 has a slide-resistant platform 120, which as Space for the empty bottle 16 to be set is used.
  • a slide-resistant Boundary wall 116 provided while the rear wall 36 of the input chamber is arranged fixed to the housing.
  • the platform 120 arrives with the one on it Bottle 16 via the displacement path through the passage opening 38 into the empty bottle magazine 22 and becomes bottle detection along the displacement path sensed by sensors 148 without contact.
  • the actual transfer of the empty bottle 16 into the empty bottle magazine 22 is carried out by a scraper 124, the with the cross slide 116 extended with the aid of a drive motor 126 across the platform 120 in front of the Passage opening 38 is moved so that the subsequent Retracting the cross slide 116 Empty bottle 16 is stripped from the platform 120.
  • the bottle scraper 124 is used in this embodiment at the same time as a closing door for the passage opening 42.
  • a passage to the sensors 148 and to the passage opening Preventing 38 is an additional one Partition 128 provided which is rigid with the wiper 124 connected and movable together with this can be.
  • the magazine bottoms 40 have a substantially rectangular shape Boundary edge 118 on that shown in the Embodiments through the vertical outer walls of the chassis 20 is formed.
  • the passage openings 38 are each through a wall opening in the input side Wall area of the chassis 20 formed, under the action of a spring, not shown when removing the chassis from the magazine chamber 18 are closed automatically.
  • the chassis 20 with relatively large casters 110 provided.
  • the bottles are used for emptying 16 first from the top magazine bottom 40 from above removed and, if necessary, in ready-made bottle crates sorted. For emptying the lower magazine bottom 40 becomes the previously emptied upper magazine bottom 40 for example on a hinge joint folded up to freely from above to the concerned Bottles 16 to be able to get.
  • the invention refers to an empty bottle return device with an input chamber 14 for empty bottles 16 and one Chassis 20 as a change magazine 22.
  • To a simple Handling when loading and emptying the change magazine 22 is the empty bottle magazine 22 via an aligned transverse to the input opening 11 closable passage opening 38 from the stationary input chamber 14 accessible from. Is further a conveyor is provided which transversely to Input direction through the input chamber 14 in Can be pushed back and forth towards the passage opening 38 Cross slide 68 has.
  • a smooth transition between the input chamber 14 and the chassis side Precautions are to be taken to ensure magazine bottom 40 for aligning the magazine bottom with the shelf the associated input chamber at in the magazine chamber inserted chassis 20 hit.

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  1. Dispositif pour le retournement de bouteilles vides, comprenant un carter (10), au moins une chambre d'introduction (14) pour des bouteilles vides (16) accessible de l'extérieur par une ouverture d'introduction (11) obturable, un magasin de bouteilles vides (22) faisant suite à la chambre d'introduction (14), un dispositif de transport (68) à entraínement motorisé pour le transport de bouteilles vides individuelles (16) de la chambre d'introduction (14) dans le magasin de bouteilles vides (22), un dispositif (44, 48 ; 70, 72) pour l'identification des bouteilles situé dans la région de la chambre d'introduction (14), et un dispositif de commande (82) pour la commande du dispositif de transport (68) et éventuellement d'une restitution de consigne (28), qui répond de préférence à des signaux de sortie du dispositif d'identification des bouteilles, la chambre d'introduction (14) comportant une surface de pose (32) pour la réception d'une bouteille vide (16) en position debout et le magasin de bouteilles vides (22) étant pourvu d'un fond de magasin (40) placé au niveau de la surface de pose pour la réception de bouteilles vides (16) en position debout, caractérisé en ce que le magasin de bouteilles vides (22) est logé dans un chariot (20) pouvant être engagé dans une chambre de magasin (18), des rouleaux de guidage ou d'appui (112) étant montés sur le chariot (20) et/ou sur le carter (10), au moins unilatéralement sur le côté de la chambre d'introduction (14), rouleaux par l'intermédiaire desquels le chariot (20) peut être relevé du sol (108), lors de l'entrée dans la chambre de magasin (18), au moins par ses roulettes (110) situées côté chambres d'introductions, dans une position définie à l'intérieur du carter (10).
  2. Dispositif pour le retournement de bouteilles vides selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par une glissière de guidage (114) concourant avec les rouleaux de guidage et d'appui (112).
  3. Dispositif pour le retournement de bouteilles vides selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que le chariot monte avec une glissière de guidage (114) sur les rouleaux d'appui et de guidage (112) disposés côté carter, qui s'engagent dans la chambre de magasin (18) sur le côté des chambres d'introduction (14), avec relèvement des roulettes (110) situées côté chambres d'introduction.
  4. Dispositif pour le retournement de bouteilles vides selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le carter comprend au moins deux chambres d'introduction (14) superposées, équipées chacune d'un coulisseau de détection (44) et/ou d'un coulisseau transversal (68), et en ce que le chariot (20) comporte un nombre correspondant de magasins de bouteilles vides (22) superposés, les fonds (40) des magasins de bouteilles vides (22) étant alignés avec les surfaces de pose (32) des chambres d'introduction (14) associées lorsque le chariot (20) est inséré dans la chambre de magasin (18).
  5. Dispositif pour le retournement de bouteilles vides selon l'une des revendications 1 et 4, caractérisé en ce que les fonds de magasin (40) présentent un rebord périphérique sensiblement rectangulaire formé de préférence par des parois verticales du chariot, et en ce que dans la zone du rebord périphérique opposée à l'ouverture de passage (38) est disposé un élément de détection (120), de préférence solidaire du carter, qui répond à une bouteille vide (16) engagée.
  6. Dispositif pour le retournement de bouteilles vides selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de détection (120) est réalisé sous la forme d'un levier pivotant de préférence autour d'un axe vertical, contre la force d'un ressort, qui porte un réflecteur placé dans la marche des rayons d'un barrage photoélectrique à lumière réfléchie ou actionne un microrupteur.
  7. Dispositif pour le retournement de bouteilles vides selon l'une des revendications 5 et 6, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de détection (120) est disposé dans la région d'un coin du rebord des fonds de magasin (40), et en ce que l'ouverture de passage (38) est décentrée sur son bord périphérique associé en direction du coin du rebord périphérique diagonalement opposé.
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EP0738409B1 (fr) 1998-03-18
US5788045A (en) 1998-08-04
DE59405496D1 (de) 1998-04-23
ATE164248T1 (de) 1998-04-15
NO962851L (no) 1996-08-22
FI962760A (fi) 1996-07-05
DE4443406A1 (de) 1995-07-13
NO962851D0 (no) 1996-07-05
ES2115354T3 (es) 1998-06-16
WO1995019020A1 (fr) 1995-07-13
EP0738409A1 (fr) 1996-10-23
CA2179806A1 (fr) 1995-07-13
NO314864B1 (no) 2003-06-02
JP2997317B2 (ja) 2000-01-11
FI962760A0 (fi) 1996-07-05
JPH09507323A (ja) 1997-07-22

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