EP1777665A1 - Distributeur automatique pour journaux - Google Patents

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EP1777665A1
EP1777665A1 EP06019133A EP06019133A EP1777665A1 EP 1777665 A1 EP1777665 A1 EP 1777665A1 EP 06019133 A EP06019133 A EP 06019133A EP 06019133 A EP06019133 A EP 06019133A EP 1777665 A1 EP1777665 A1 EP 1777665A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/045—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other for sheet shaped or pliable articles
    • 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
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/06—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from top
    • 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
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/14—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for pictures, e.g. in combination with books or seed-bags ; for cards, magazines, newspapers, books or booklike articles, e.g. audio/video cassettes
    • A47F7/141—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for pictures, e.g. in combination with books or seed-bags ; for cards, magazines, newspapers, books or booklike articles, e.g. audio/video cassettes for stacking vertically, e.g. newspaper holders
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/38—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal
    • G07F11/40—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal the articles being delivered by hand-operated means

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  • the invention relates to a distribution container for print media and in particular for newspapers according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such distribution containers are usually placed on streets, public squares or in or on public buildings and serve the distribution of print media and in particular of newspapers in public spaces.
  • print media in the form of newspapers are assumed, however, other print media, such as advertising leaflets, information sheets, brochures, catalogs, etc. are distributed in a similar manner.
  • a well-known distribution container has a box-like housing which is open on its top and covered by a hinged lid flap.
  • a newspaper stack can be inserted after opening the lid flap. If a passer or a user To remove a newspaper from the distribution box, it pays a predetermined amount by inserting a corresponding number of coins into a coin slot and opens the lid flap, thereby gaining access to the top newspaper of the newspaper stack. After removing the newspaper, he closes the lid flap again.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a distribution container for print media, in particular newspapers, in which the information carrier and / or stacked in the interior of newspapers from adverse effects due to the prevailing weather conditions are highly protected.
  • the holding device for the information carrier has a holding plate which is arranged on the interior of the housing facing side of the lid flap, and that the information carrier between the holding plate and the lid flap is clamped.
  • the information carrier is arranged on the inside of the at least partially transparent cover flap and thus largely protected by the prevailing environmental or weather conditions when the cover flap is closed.
  • the information carrier between the cover flap and the holding plate which runs at a close distance parallel to the cover flap, clamped. This ensures that the information carrier is fully applied to the inside of the cover flap and thus can be well perceived by a passerby.
  • the clamping of the information carrier can be achieved, for example, in that the holding plate is under the action of a clamping device by means of which the retaining plate can be tensioned against the cover flap.
  • the tensioning device may be at least one spring and in particular at least one gas spring.
  • the holding plate is mounted pivotably on the cover flap about a second axis, which preferably runs parallel to the first axis of the cover flap.
  • the cover flap is opened only for inserting a new newspaper stack in the distribution container, while the individual newspapers are removed through a separate removal opening.
  • the lid flap is preferably locked by means of a lock and can only be opened by authorized persons.
  • the holding plate runs at a close distance parallel to this, wherein the information carrier is held in the aforementioned manner between the cover flap and the holding plate.
  • the holding plate is arranged substantially horizontally in the open state of the lid flap, so that even a relatively heavy and thick information carrier, e.g. a full newspaper can be placed on the retaining plate without the risk that the information carrier slips off the retaining plate.
  • the holding plate on its lid flap side facing, on which the information carrier is placed at least partially be provided with a slip-resistant pad in particular of an elastomeric plastic.
  • a bottom plate is arranged in a known manner, on which the stack of newspapers can be placed.
  • a removal opening is formed on the front of the distribution container below the lid flap. A user has access through the removal opening to at least the respective upper newspaper of the newspaper stack arranged within the distribution container and can remove it through the removal opening without the opening of the cover flap being required for this purpose.
  • the bottom plate may be inclined downwards in the direction of the front side of the distribution container.
  • the inclination of the bottom plate relative to a horizontal should be in the range of 20 ° to 70 ° and in particular in the range of 30 ° to 60 °. An inclination of about 45 ° has proven useful in practice.
  • This stop may be formed by a front wall of the housing, which is arranged at or near the lower-lying front edge of the bottom plate. It is preferably provided that the front wall of several and in particular two in the widthwise or transverse direction of the distribution container side by side at a distance arranged wall parts between which an engagement opening is formed, in which the user can insert his hand to remove the newspaper.
  • the removal opening is preferably slit-shaped and extends substantially horizontally across the width of the distribution container.
  • the removal opening can be formed between the upper edge of the front wall or the wall parts of the housing and a lower edge of the cover flap.
  • the user inserts his hand into the engagement opening formed between the wall parts of the front wall, grasps the top newspaper of the stack, lifts it and pulls it out of the distribution container through the above-mentioned slot-shaped removal opening. Due to the engagement opening formed between the wall parts of the front wall and the slot-shaped removal opening, which are both arranged on the front of the distribution container, the newspapers of the stack located in the distribution container are largely protected even in the rain.
  • the cover flap has a gripping strip at or near its lower edge.
  • the handle bar can be arranged so that it protrudes in the closed state of the lid flap on the front of the distribution container on this forward in the manner of a canopy, whereby the handle protects the slot-shaped removal opening from the entry of rainwater.
  • the removal opening by means of a hinged cover flap is covered.
  • the cover ensures that the outside no moisture and especially no rainwater can reach the newspapers.
  • the cover flap may be grasped by the user and pivoted about a pivot axis from a closed position to an open position in which the user has access to the newspapers located inside the distribution container.
  • the cover flap in its closed state, in which it covers the removal opening, by means of a locking device can be locked.
  • the locking device In order for the user to pivot the cover flap into the open position, the locking device must first release the cover flap. This is preferably carried out as a function of the checking of an operating state and in particular as a function of a coin testing device.
  • the coin validator it is checked whether the user has inserted a sufficient amount of money into the distribution container. If so, the coin validator generates a corresponding test signal which is fed to a controller. When the controller detects that the test signal is properly present, a release signal is sent to the latch device, thereby releasing the latch device. After releasing the locking device, the user can open the cover and remove a newspaper.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a newspaper distribution container 10 having a box-like housing 11 bounded by two side walls 12, a back wall 12a (see Figure 2), a bottom bottom wall 12b and a front wall 19.
  • the front wall 19 consists of two in the width direction of the distribution container 10 side by side at a distance arranged wall parts 19 a, between which an engagement opening 21 is formed.
  • the front wall 19 extends from the bottom wall 12b only to about one third of the height of the distribution container 10.
  • the cross section of the distribution container 10 which is substantially rectangular, decreases toward the top of the distribution container 10, so an oblique filling opening F (see FIG. 3) facing the user standing in front of the distribution container 10 is formed on the front side of the distribution container 10, through which a user has access to an interior I of the distribution container 10.
  • a cover wall 14 is arranged, which is fixedly connected to a cover flap 13.
  • the lid flap 13 is pivotable together with the top wall 14 about a first axis 26, which is arranged at the upper end of the rear wall 12a and extends substantially horizontally in the width direction of the distribution container 10.
  • the cover flap 13 is transparent in a window region 33, which occupies the major part of the surface of the cover plate 13.
  • a coin slot 15 is provided, through which a user can insert a predetermined amount of money in a coin container, not shown.
  • the coin slot 15 may be equipped with a coin validator and coupled to a locking device so that a newspaper can only be removed when a sufficient amount of money has been inserted. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, however, no coin-checking device is provided and a removal of a newspaper also independent of coin insertion possible.
  • the cover flap 13 covers the filling opening F of the distribution container 10 as far as possible in its closed position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and can be locked in this closed position by means of a lock 16.
  • a holding device 20 is provided by means of an information carrier Z on the inner surface of the lid flap 13 can be maintained.
  • the holding device 20 comprises a holding plate 22 which faces the interior I of the housing 11 Side of the cover plate 13 is arranged and mounted in the upper region near the first axis 26 via a second axis 27 pivotally mounted on the lid flap 13.
  • the first axis 26 and the second axis 27 are parallel to each other in the width direction of the distribution container 10.
  • On the cover flap 13 facing top of the support plate 22 is a slip-resistant support 22a arranged on which the information carrier Z can be placed.
  • bracket 23 In a remote from the second axis 27 portion of the holding plate 22 is attached to this a bracket 23 to which the one end of a gas spring 25 engages, the opposite end engages a bracket 24 which is attached to the rear wall 12 a of the housing 11 is.
  • the front wall 19 facing the end 13a of the lid flap 13 is attached to this a handle 17, which extends over the entire width of the distribution container 10.
  • the handle 17 protrudes freely from the lid flap 13 to the front of the distribution container 10.
  • a user To open the lid flap 13, a user must unlock the lock 16 before it detects the lid flap 13 on the gripping strip 17 and pivots about the first axis 26 upwards into a completely open position, which is shown in FIG is shown.
  • the holding plate 22 also performs pivoting on the one hand together with the cover flap 13 about the first axis 26 and on the other hand relative to the cover flap 13 about the second axis 27, so that they in the open position of the cover plate 13th spaced apart therefrom and oriented substantially horizontally, as shown in FIG.
  • the holding plate 22 is held by the gas pressure spring 25 in this position.
  • the cover flap 13 is in the illustrated embodiment at an angle of about 40 ° above the support plate 22, whereby a user is easily possible to remove an old information carrier Z from the support plate 22 and replace it with a new information carrier Z.
  • the lid flap 13 is pivoted back into the closed position, wherein it hangs on the lying on the support plate 22 information carrier Z and then passes together with the holding plate 22 in the closed position shown in Figure 2, in which the user the lid flap 13 by Lock 26 locked.
  • a bottom plate 18 is arranged, on which a stack S (see Fig. 4a) of newspapers V can be placed.
  • the bottom plate 18 is inclined in the direction of the front side or the front wall 19 of the distribution housing 10 downward, wherein an inclination angle ⁇ of the bottom plate 18 relative to a horizontal is about 45 °.
  • the newspapers V of the stack S lie on the inside of the front wall 19 or their wall parts 19a due to the inclination of the bottom plate 18.
  • the wall parts 19a of the front wall 19 do not extend completely up to the lower edge 13a of the cover flap 13, but between the lower edge 13a of the lid flap 13 and the upper edge of the front wall 19, a slot-shaped removal opening 28 is formed, which extends substantially horizontally across the width of the distribution container 10.
  • the handle bar 17 forms for the slot-shaped removal opening 28 a roof-like cover.
  • the engagement opening 21 is formed, through which a user can reach through with his hand to grab the top newspaper V of the stack F and lift it off the stack S (see Fig. 4a). After lifting the gripped newspaper V, the user can pull it out through the slot-shaped removal opening 28 from the distribution container 10, as shown in Figure 4b.
  • a recess 32 is formed in the bottom plate 18 in the region of the engagement opening 21 (see FIG. 1).
  • the distribution container 10 can be attached with its rear wall 12a to a wall or supported by a stand or a mast directly on the ground.
  • the distribution container 10 has the filling opening F for inserting the stack S into the inner space I of the housing 11 and an independent slit-shaped removal opening 28 for removing a single newspaper from the stack S and since the engagement opening 21 and the removal opening 28 are relatively small and above Be shielded by the front-like handle 17, the arranged in the distribution container 10 stack S is largely protected from rain.
  • FIGs 5a and 5b show a modification of the distribution container 10, wherein at the lower edge 13a of the lid flap 13 instead of the handle 17 now a cover 29 is connected via a hinge 31.
  • the cover flap 29 covers in the closed state both the engagement opening 21 and the slot-shaped removal opening 28 and has at its lower free end a handle 30.
  • a locking device 32 is disposed on the housing 11, by means of the Cover flap 29 can be locked in the closed, shown in Fig. 5a state.
  • the cover flap 29 is locked, it is not possible for the user to have access to the newspapers arranged in the interior I of the distribution container 10.
  • a coin checking device is arranged in a manner not shown, which checks whether the user has a sufficient amount of money in the coin slot 15 (see Fig. 1) thrown. If this is the case, the locking device 32 is released, so that the cover flap 29 can pivot about the hinge 31. A user can then grasp the cover flap 29 on the handle 30 and pivot it upwards about the hinge 21 (see FIG. 5b), so that it has access to the newspapers arranged in the interior I of the distribution container 10 and from the stack S a Newspaper V can be found.

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