EP1968022A2 - Automate de vente et procédé - Google Patents

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EP1968022A2
EP1968022A2 EP08152158A EP08152158A EP1968022A2 EP 1968022 A2 EP1968022 A2 EP 1968022A2 EP 08152158 A EP08152158 A EP 08152158A EP 08152158 A EP08152158 A EP 08152158A EP 1968022 A2 EP1968022 A2 EP 1968022A2
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Juergen Utschig
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Sielaff GmbH and Co KG Automatenbau Herrieden
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
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    • G07F9/02—Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus

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  • the present invention relates to a vending machine. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for operating such a vending machine.
  • a conventional, well-known vending machine typically has a plurality of goods compartments in which a variety of goods products are presented.
  • the different commodity products are typically sold at different selling prices, and in known vending machines, this selling price is visibly indicated to the potential customer by price tags with printed or otherwise labeled selling prices. These price tags are firmly attached to the respective goods compartments on the respective goods compartment.
  • the present invention is now based on the object of providing a vending machine which enables a more flexible and in particular simpler designation of the sales prices for different goods products.
  • this object is achieved by a vending machine with the features of claim 1 and / or by a use of the vending machine with the features of claim 19.
  • An adjustable price vending machine having a plurality of goods compartments disposed in an interior of the vending machine for receiving commodity products and / or a plurality of product display elements for displaying commodity products, wherein at least one commodity compartment and / or product display element is associated with a controllable electronic display element is designed to display a current electronically changeable sale price of the goods products arranged in the respective goods compartment or goods products offered by the respective product display element.
  • electrically adjustable display devices makes it possible, in a simple manner but in an elegant manner for an operator, to change the price labeling of the goods products in a short time.
  • the advantage is that the changed sales prices can be transmitted to a plurality of functionally identical vending machines, which then, under the control of the same control signal, which contains the information about the new sales price, change their display devices in the same way. A potentially erroneous manual change of individual display elements, especially in a large number of vending machines, can thus be avoided.
  • the vending machine has a drive device which actuates this display element with a drive signal for changing the sales price to be displayed by the display element.
  • This drive signal has information of a new, compared to the old changed selling price.
  • the control device itself is part of the vending machine.
  • a bistable display element is provided, which is controllable via the control device.
  • Bistable ad elements are used for the ad devices because they provide an uninterrupted display of sales prices.
  • the display elements can display the selling price without being connected to control signals or a power supply.
  • the display device therefore advantageously remains virtually unaffected by short and medium-length power outages.
  • bistable In order to prevent the pivoting back of the display plate after switching off the electromagnet, there is a latching device, which consists in the simplest case of a non-circular axis of rotation.
  • the display tile thus has two stable states, hence the term bistable.
  • bistable The advantage of this type of display is that energy is only needed to turn over the plates and they require almost no energy while the display remains the same. They are thus of particular advantage especially in those fields of application in which the display only rarely changes, as is the case with locally installed vending machines.
  • the bistable display element contains bistable liquid crystals.
  • bistable liquid crystals are often referred to as bistable LCD, which do without additional batteries or backup capacitors. Energy is only needed to change the orientation of liquid crystals in this type of display. Once these liquid crystals are in position, Keep this alignment until they are reoriented the next time you adjust.
  • the activation device has an activation device which activates the activation device upon transmission of new sales price data and deactivates the activation device again after the sale prices have been set.
  • the number of display elements preferably corresponds to the number of goods compartments. It is equally possible to combine a number of goods compartments into one group and to assign to the group a display element which displays the sales price for each of the goods compartments of the group at the same time. This is particularly suitable for groups with two adjacent goods compartments.
  • the goods compartments can be arranged horizontally next to each other or vertically next to each other, e.g. a double subject, a fan line, a fan column.
  • a first database device coupled to the control device in which sales prices associated with the commodity products are stored.
  • This database device may for example be part of the memory of the vending machine.
  • this database means the selling prices of the various commodity products are fixed and can be changed, for example, via a central control device.
  • the first and / or second database means in addition to the stored information also contain further information on the best before date.
  • this information could also be provided by a central facility outside the vending machine.
  • the goods compartments in the interior of the vending machine are aligned substantially horizontally, wherein they are arranged in the interior here next to each other and / or one above the other. Essentially, here means that the goods compartments may also be slightly inclined.
  • the setting of the selling price is controlled by a driving device within the vending machine.
  • Conceivable would be an adjustment of the selling price of a central control device outside the vending machine.
  • the information of the sales price to be set is transmitted via a wireless radio link to the drive device of the vending machine.
  • a happy hour mode in which a selling price of a commodity product in at least one of the goods subjects changed temporarily, in particular is reduced.
  • a so-called sell-out operating mode in which a sale price of a commodity product is temporarily reduced, as long as the best before date of this commodity product is reached shortly.
  • the setting of this lead time before reaching the best before date can be chosen here by the operator, so the operator of the vending machine suitable.
  • the particular advantage of this clearance sale as well as in the happy hour operation is that by means of the display element flexible pricing is also possible if the vending machine does not have to be visited by the operator for further assembly or filling.
  • a potential buyer could be alerted to these modes of operation, ie, the Happ-Hour operation and / or the sell-out operation.
  • Fig. 1 schematically a first embodiment of a vending machine 1 is shown.
  • the vending machine 1 has a plurality of goods compartments 2. These goods compartments are usually arranged in columns and rows. The dimensions of the goods compartments are adapted to the dimensions of commodity products that are to be issued in these goods compartments 2.
  • the goods compartments 2 also have a transport device, which publishes a individual goods product from the goods compartment 2 allows. An ejection of the goods product from the goods compartment 2 is typically carried out a collection container to which a user has access.
  • a display device 3 is arranged on each of the goods compartments 2.
  • Each goods compartment 2 has its own display device 3.
  • the display device 3 is used primarily to indicate the retail price of the product, which is designed in the respective product compartment 2.
  • On the display device additional information, such as the product of the goods product, information on the commodity, number of still stocked commodities in the goods compartment, etc.
  • the display devices 3 preferably contain bistable display elements that permanently display the corresponding information to be displayed after a single electrical activation.
  • the bistable display elements require this also no power supply.
  • a preferred type of such bistable display elements is based on bistable liquid crystals. These liquid crystals require an electrical pulse only once to change their polarization properties and then remain in the respective one of two bistable states having different polarization properties.
  • bistable display elements that may find use for the display device are based on electro-mechanically operated flip display elements. These are also known as flip-dot display.
  • the drive device 4 is coupled to a communication device 5 of a vending machine 1.
  • the communication device 5 is used to enter the sales prices to the vending machine 1.
  • the communication device 5 by a keyboard or another type of electro-mechanical input instrument. Preference is given to communication device 5 which allows automatic reading in of a large number of sales prices preferably for all goods compartments 2 together with associated display devices 3 with a few steps to be performed manually.
  • a communication device 5 is set up via conventional computer interfaces with a computer, e.g. B. a laptop to communicate.
  • the sales prices can thus be transmitted directly from the computer to the vending machine 1.
  • the communication device 5 is assigned an identification code of the machine 1. In this way, a query of the selling prices and the arrangement of the commodities in the respective goods compartments 2 for the respective vending machine 1 can be queried by the computer without confusion.
  • a further variant provides that the communication device 5 has an interface equal to a mobile radio system.
  • the communication device 5 can be contacted accordingly via a mobile radio system or the vending machine 1 contacted by means of the communication device 5, a center to query the selling prices and other information.
  • a center to query the selling prices and other information.
  • the vending machine can transmit this information to the center by means of the communication device 5.
  • the sales office maintains a database in which all vending machines and goods products stocked by these vending machines are listed.
  • the central office uses this database to determine whether there is another vending machine in the immediate vicinity of the first vending machine. Furthermore, it is determined whether this additional vending machine still manages the product going out of the first vending machine. If confirmed, the central office will send the location of the other vending machine to the first vending machine.
  • the first vending machine displays on the display device 3 of the goods compartment 2 by means of sold-out goods product in order to guide the potential customer to the further vending machine.
  • a communication device 5 with a mobile radio interface.
  • a connection to the Internet or a self-contained data network is also possible, especially in hospitals or other premises that do not allow a mobile phone transmission, but provide in-house readily access to the intranet ports available.
  • FIG Fig. 2 A second embodiment is shown schematically in FIG Fig. 2 illustrated.
  • the goods compartments 2, display devices 3 functionally correspond to the respective elements of the first embodiment.
  • a database device 7 is provided in the vending machine 1.
  • the database device 7 holds the sales prices for the issued goods in the respective goods compartments 2.
  • several selling prices are stored in the database means 7.
  • the respective sales prices indicate time ranges within which the respective sales prices are valid.
  • a timing controller 8 becomes the beginning and end of such a time range, respectively activates and transmits the respective sales price to the control device 4.
  • the control device 4 changes according to the sales price to be displayed or further information of the respective display device 3.
  • FIG. 3 Another embodiment of the vending machine is in Fig. 3 shown schematically.
  • the vending machine has a drive device 4, goods compartments 2 and display devices 3.
  • an RFID reader is integrated.
  • the RFID reader reads out the RFID tags on the individual goods products.
  • the reader 6 can thus check whether commodities are sold out and / or commodities in the vending machine 1 erroneously, z. B. by incorrect placement, are designed.
  • a database device 9 is provided in which sales prices are stored for the commodity products.
  • the reader 6 is set up in such a way that it can determine in which goods compartments 2 which commodity products are issued.
  • the control device 4 are transmitted for each department 2 with related display device 3 to the corresponding sales prices, if necessary, further information to be displayed.
  • the vending machine 1 thus displays on the display devices 3 largely completely automated the correct sales prices.
  • the detailed representation in the Fig. 5 shows by way of example two of these display tiles 23; 23a, 23b.
  • the display plate 23 On the left side, the display plate 23 is shown with its bright side 23a and on the right side, the display plate 23 with its dark side 23b.
  • These display plates 23 are rotatably mounted about an axis 24.
  • a permanent magnet in the plastic of this display plate 23 In the center of the display plate, a permanent magnet in the plastic of this display plate 23 is arranged.
  • a controllable electromagnet is provided, which generates a magnetic field depending on its activation and in this way can initiate a corresponding rotation of the display plate.
  • reference numeral 50 generally indicates a vending machine for dispensing bottles and cans of various shapes, sizes and shapes.
  • the vending machine 50 generally comprises an outer housing 51 or a cabinet and a front door 53 hinged typically to this housing 51 via hinges 52.
  • the front door 53 and the housing 51 together form an interior space 54 for storing the commodity products 10 'to be sold. and accommodate vending machine cooling functions 56 and other vending machine functions.
  • the front door 53 comprises a transparent glass or clear plastic disk 55, which, when the front door 53 is closed, for a clear view of the interior 54 of the vending machine 50 and thus the commodity products 10 housed therein, in the interior 54 of Vending machines 50 are kept in an orderly manner in goods compartments.
  • a suitable control panel 56 is provided, which comprises product selection input devices and money and credit processing devices, which are well known as well as a coin return device 57.
  • the vending machine 50 also includes a goods issue opening 59 from which a sold commodity 10 can be removed by a buyer.
  • the individual goods compartments 10 are arranged here in five different product lines 60 and eight different product compartments 61 side by side or one above the other.
  • the individual goods compartments 10 each have the same size here, although this is not absolutely necessary. As has already been described in detail above, it is also advantageous if these goods compartments 10 are variably adjustable in their width and / or in their height.
  • the display elements can be equipped with the display elements.
  • the customer sees not directly the products offered, but the products corresponding variety labels, logos, pictures, or text-based information.
  • the display elements for the selling prices are arranged in the immediate vicinity of the individual variety labels.
  • the display elements can also be arranged in the variety images.
  • the variety images themselves can also be represented by the display elements.
  • the special design of a vending machine is only one possible embodiment of such a vending machine, but the invention should not be limited to such a construction. It is essential here only that the individual goods compartments are arranged side by side and one above the other in layers and are oriented more or less horizontally.
  • a plurality of juxtaposed goods compartments and / or several superimposed goods compartments together form a merchandise compartment module in which the goods compartments contained there are fixedly coupled to each other and thus can always be pushed out together and also back into the interior of the vending machine can be pushed.
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EP3764329A1 (fr) * 2019-07-10 2021-01-13 Revermatic Limited Distributeur automatique inverse

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