RU195511U1 - Postamate with automated movement of goods - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of dispatch, delivery, and receipt of goods and parcels, namely, a pedestal with automated movement of goods to the dispensing window. The postamat contains a housing, inside which there are racks and a mechanism for moving goods, and on its front side there is a console with a dispensing window, the side walls of which are made with beveled corners, while the console includes a reader, input-output devices and a vertical-movement shutter with a touch screen made with the ability to close the input-output devices in the lower position, open them in the middle position and open the dispensing window in the upper position. Using a postamate allows you to speed up the procedure for receiving goods. 2 s.p. f-ly, 6 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to the field of dispatch, delivery, and receipt of goods and parcels, namely, a pedestal with automated movement of goods to the dispensing window.

In the prior art, an automated terminal for receiving parcels and goods ordered in online stores is called a postamate.

Known pedestal with cells for the delivery of goods (RU 2603554 C1, publ. 11/27/2016), containing one or more modules with cells for storing and issuing goods and a console including a touch screen and input / output devices, namely a scanner, keyboard, biometric scanner, audio converter, loudspeaker, image capture devices, credit card reader and bill acceptor. Such a device forces after entering data on the console to approach the cell with the ordered goods and pick it up, which is not convenient for the user and increases the time for receiving the goods. In addition, the postamate must have all the cells in sight, which imposes restrictions on the shape of the body and length. It is also difficult to provide protection against a terrorist threat by placing sensors of hazardous substances in each cell due to their high cost.

As a prototype, a pedestal was selected with automated movement of goods (US 2015158679 A1, publ. June 11, 2015), containing a housing inside which there are racks and a mechanism for moving goods, and on the front side there is a console with a dispensing window, including a reader, input devices output and a vertical movement curtain with a display, while the curtain is configured to close the dispensing window in a lower position and open it in an upper position. The disadvantages of the postamate are the insufficiently functional structure of the console. The shutter is with a display and has only two positions: “open” and “closed”, input-output devices are always open and unprotected from external influences, including vandalism. The dispensing window has straight side walls and it is quite difficult to get the goods out of such a window; there is a chance of damaging the packaging and the goods themselves.

The objective of this utility model is to create a pedestal with automated movement of goods, which will reduce the time it takes to receive and deposit the goods by increasing ease of use, minimize the possibility of damage to the goods and provide protection against terrorist threats.

The technical result consists in accelerating the procedure for obtaining goods when using a postamata with automated movement of goods.

This result is achieved by the fact that in a pedestal with automated movement of goods containing a case, inside which there are racks and a mechanism for moving goods, and on the front side there is a console with a dispensing window, including a vertical movement curtain with a display, a reader and input-output devices, the display is touch-sensitive, the side walls of the dispensing window are made with beveled corners, and the curtain is made with the ability to close the input-output devices in the lower position, open them in the medium position and open the window for the delivery of goods in the upper position.

The reader is preferably located on the curtain.

In the issue window, sensors for detecting explosives and detecting radioactive particles can be performed.

The ability to touch input information can reduce the time of receipt and delivery of goods in comparison with push-button input. Thus, the user does not need to look away from the display to the keyboard and vice versa, thus, attention is focused only on the display.

The beveled corners at the dispensing window allow the user, without wasting time to find a comfortable grip, to take the goods by the sides and quickly and at the same time gently remove them, while further reducing the possibility of goods getting stuck in the window.

The vertical movement shutter with the display makes it possible to provide the user with all the necessary information and provide a simple and understandable principle of interaction at any stage. When the shutter is in the lower position, the user is not distracted by extraneous elements of the console, makes less mistakes and understands the interface and the principle of interaction faster. The same is true for the middle position of the curtain - the user immediately discovers the input / output devices and pays for the goods and receives a receipt by the prompts from the display, and when the curtain is in the upper position in the open window, he picks up the goods.

As for the case, the mechanism for moving goods, shelving, reading devices and input-output devices, these elements are inherent in the postamata with automated movement of goods as such.

Thus, by focusing the user at various stages of interaction, the time for receiving the goods is reduced.

The proposed solution is illustrated in figures 1-6.

Figure 1 shows a drawing of the housing of the proposed postamata.

On figa-2B shows the position of the curtain.

Figure 3 presents the image of an example implementation of the device.

On figa-4b presents the drawings of an example implementation of shelving and movement mechanism.

Figure 5 shows the drawings of an example implementation of the movement mechanism.

Figure 6 shows the possible layout of the console and housing.

The post with an automated movement of goods contains a housing 1 with a console 2 on the front side (Fig.1, 3).

The housing 1 includes a frame with panels, while the frame is usually made of metal and its type and shape depend on the device being implemented, so the frame can be in the form of a cylinder or parallelepiped. Varieties of frames are known in the art and are widely used in similar postamates. The panels are made of metal, tempered glass, plastic, wood; can be implemented from LED panels or monitors mounted in them, advertising light panels, etc. (Fig. 3).

The console 2 (figa-2B) is an element of the housing 1, designed to interact with the user, and includes a dispensing window 3, the side walls of which are made with beveled corners, a vertical shutter with a touch display 4 and with a reader 5 in the preferred embodiment implementations, such as a barcode or QR code scanner, and input / output devices 6 — a bill acceptor, a keyboard, a receipt printer, a card reader, paypass devices, and others. The shutter with the display 4 moves on vertical guides and has three positions: lower, in which the input-output devices 6 and the output window 3 are closed; the average at which devices 6 are open and window 3 is closed; and the upper one, at which window 3 and devices 6 are open. It is assumed that when implementing the postamate, the images on the display 4 will change their position when the curtain moves to stay at eye level, which will also increase usability and will speed up the issuing procedure.

In the issuance window 3, sensors for detecting explosives and detecting radioactive particles may be provided. Similar sensors are used in a pulsed gamma and X-ray detection device (UDKS-100), a detection unit for measuring the intermediate neutron flux density (BDPN-100), Zaslon-S explosive detector and other known devices.

Automated movement of goods is carried out by a movement mechanism 7 located inside the housing 1 (Fig. 4-5), which moves goods from the shelving 8 (Fig. 5) to the dispensing window 3 and vice versa.

The movement mechanism 7 includes a carriage with a gripping mechanism and is one or two vertical guides and one or two horizontal guides along which the carriage is moved. Horizontal guides can be placed both in the lower part of the device - on the floor, and in the upper part. The gripping mechanism can capture pallets from racks located on both the left and right sides. Additionally, the movement mechanism has the ability to move the carriage. In General, the mechanism 7 is known in the prior art.

Racks 8 contain pallets moved by the movement mechanism 7 with the carriage, and are located depending on the layout of the device (Fig.6).

The postamate with the automated movement of goods works as follows.

To receive or send goods / parcels, select the appropriate action in the program menu using the touch screen. Next, user identification is carried out either using a reader, for example, a bar / QR code scanner located on the curtain, or using a code that can be entered on the touch screen. After identification, the curtain with the display on the guides moves up to the middle position, opening the input-output devices to which the user's attention is transferred.

To receive goods or parcels, the user, using the prompts on the display, pays by credit card or in cash and receives information about the transaction on the display and / or check. After payment, the transfer mechanism captures the pallet with the goods from the rack, transfers it to the carriage and delivers the pallet to the dispensing window. Next, the curtain goes to its highest position, opening the dispensing window with beveled corners of the side walls, opening part of the goods on the pallet. The user sees the ordered goods and intuitively grabs the parts of the package exposed by beveled corners and without any interference pulls it out. After which the operation is considered to be completed, the shutter moves to the lower position, and information on completion of the issuing procedure appears on the display.

To deliver the goods to the post office, either payment is made or the necessary information is entered using the input / output device, after which the curtain goes to the upper position, or after the user is identified, the curtain immediately goes to the upper position from the bottom. Next, they place the goods in the dispensing window so that part of it remains open by the beveled corners of the window, then the curtain is lowered, and the goods are transferred to the shelves.

When interacting with the console of the postamate, the user has practically no opportunity to make the wrong move or make the wrong choice both due to the lack of alternatives and by focusing on the only right action.

Thus, the use of the proposed postamate with automated movement of goods allows you to speed up the procedure for receiving goods.

Claims (3)

1. A post office with automated movement of goods, comprising a case, inside which there are racks and a mechanism for moving goods, and on the front side there is a console with a dispensing window, including a vertical curtain with a display, a reader and input-output devices, characterized in that the display is a touch, the side walls of the dispensing window are made with beveled corners, and the curtain is made with the ability to close the input-output devices in the lower position, open them in the middle position and open Vat issuance window products in the top position. 2. The postamate according to claim 1, characterized in that the reader is located on the curtain. 3. The postamate according to claim 1, characterized in that the detection window contains sensors for detecting explosives and detecting radioactive particles.

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