WO1999058429A1 - Dispositif et procede pour la reception d'emballages - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede pour la reception d'emballages Download PDF

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WO1999058429A1
WO1999058429A1 PCT/EP1999/001783 EP9901783W WO9958429A1 WO 1999058429 A1 WO1999058429 A1 WO 1999058429A1 EP 9901783 W EP9901783 W EP 9901783W WO 9958429 A1 WO9958429 A1 WO 9958429A1
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Uwe Stahl
Günther STAHL
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Asg Automaten Systeme Gmbh
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    • 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
    • G07F7/069—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 box-like containers, e.g. videocassettes, books

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  • the invention relates to a device for accepting packaging, in particular cans, bottles, cups, tetrapaks, and a method for accepting packaging, in particular cans, bottles, cups, tetrapaks.
  • Devices and methods of the type mentioned here serve to accept or take back packaging, for example cans, cups, bottles and the like, which are used, for example, by the beverage, food and luxury goods industries.
  • the known device has a displaceable receiving shaft for the packaging. After the packaging has been inserted, the acceptance shaft is moved to a collection container in which the packaging is stored. The acceptance shaft is then moved back to its starting position and made available for a further insertion of packaging. It has been shown that the time period between two acceptance processes is very long.
  • Another known device provides for the packaging to be compressed by means of a press device before it is deposited in the collecting container. The additional work process increases the time between two acceptance processes. It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a device and a method with the aid of which a relatively short period of time between two acceptance processes can be realized.
  • an acceptance device which has the features of claim 1.
  • the acceptance device comprises at least two acceptance shafts which can be alternately shifted by means of at least one transport device into an acceptance area in which a packaging can be introduced into the acceptance shaft and into a processing area arranged at a distance from the acceptance area and in which the packaging is treated. There is therefore a spatial separation between the acceptance of the packaging and its processing.
  • the at least two acceptance chutes enable two processes to be carried out at the same time, namely processing of a first packaging and acceptance of a further, second packaging. This can ensure a relatively short period of time between two acceptance processes.
  • unprocessed collection in which the packaging is placed untreated in a collection container, as well as reduced-volume collection, in which the packaging is compressed and / or shredded before being deposited in the collection container, as “processing” means being broken up into small parts, understood.
  • the transport device comprises a rotor rotatable about an axis, with which the Acceptance slots are connected.
  • the transfer of the receiving chutes from the receiving area into the processing area and vice versa is advantageously realized by rotating the rotor, the direction of rotation of which can be varied. Due to this configuration, a simple and therefore inexpensive construction of the transport device can be realized.
  • the acceptance device which is characterized in that at least one slide is assigned to each of the acceptance shafts, which slide can be moved in at least two functional positions, a first opening of the acceptance shaft being closed in a first functional position of the slide and the opening in a second functional position Opening is released.
  • the packaging in the acceptance shaft can advantageously be deposited in the collecting container for the packaging, in that the slide is moved into the second functional position after the acceptance shaft has been rotated into the processing area by turning the rotor seen in the vertical direction - preferably above the at least one collecting container for the packaging lying area.
  • a stationary turntable is provided in the acceptance area, which - seen in the vertical direction - below an acceptance unit, into which the packaging is first inserted and from which it arrives in one of the acceptance shafts.
  • the turntable and the acceptance unit are arranged at a distance from one another.
  • the acceptance shafts can be inserted alternately in the space between the turntable and the receiving unit. Due to this design of the acceptance device, it is possible that the packaging, preferably exclusively, with the aid of gravity passes from the acceptance unit into one of the acceptance shafts, in which it is at least largely centered in the acceptance shaft by a rotary movement of the turntable.
  • An embodiment of the acceptance device is particularly preferred, in which a recognition device is provided, with the aid of which at least one characteristic feature of the packaging, for example its height, shape, color or the like, or information provided on the outer surface of the packaging, can be determined.
  • the information is, for example, at least one character, a symbol and / or an arrangement of characters and / or symbols.
  • the detection device can ensure that only one or more special packaging, for example only cans, bottles and / or cups or only certain cans, bottles and / or cups, are accepted or withdrawn by the acceptance device.
  • the detection device thus controls the packaging placed in an acceptance shaft, which enables a sort-by-type collection and an admixture of unwanted packaging or other objects / objects can be avoided.
  • a method for accepting packaging with the features of claim 18 is also proposed.
  • packaging is introduced into a first acceptance shaft, which is arranged in an acceptance area.
  • the packaging for example the can, bottle, mug, tetrapak or the like
  • the first receiving shaft is transferred to a processing area which is provided at a distance from the receiving area.
  • a second acceptance chute is provided for accepting further packaging in the acceptance area.
  • the packaging is collected uncompressed, that is, simply placed in a collection container provided for this purpose.
  • the volume of the packaging is reduced in the processing area, for example by compressing and / or crushing.
  • two packages can be treated at the same time, spatially separated from each other, namely one package can be processed, another, second package.
  • the spatial separation between acceptance and processing of the packaging enables one of the at least two acceptance trays to be quickly made available for further packaging, that is to say a short time period between two acceptance processes can be realized.
  • An embodiment of the method is particularly preferred which is characterized in that at least one characteristic feature of the packaging is preferably determined in the acceptance area.
  • a characteristic feature is, for example, the outer shape, the height, the material and / or the color of the packaging.
  • a characteristic feature can also be formed by a sign and / or a symbol or an arrangement of a plurality of signs and / or symbols on the outer surface of the packaging.
  • Figure 1 shows a part of an embodiment of an acceptance device in side view
  • FIG. 2 shows a top view of the acceptance device according to FIG. 1.
  • the device for accepting packaging described below can be used universally, for example for cans, bottles, cups and / or tetrapaks or the like.
  • the packaging can for example consist of glass, metal, for example aluminum, plastic, paper and / or cardboard.
  • packaging regardless of their material, shape and size, are generally referred to as packaging.
  • Figure 1 shows a part of a highly schematically illustrated embodiment of a device 1 for accepting packaging in side view.
  • the acceptance device 1 here comprises a total of two acceptance shafts, of which, in the functional position of the acceptance device 1 shown in the figure, a first acceptance shaft 3.1 is arranged in an acceptance area 5 and the second acceptance shaft 3.2 is arranged in a processing area 7 of the acceptance device.
  • the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2 formed here by hollow cylinders can be displaced with the aid of a transport device 9 which, in this exemplary embodiment, comprises a rotor 13 which can be rotated about a vertically oriented axis 11 and to which the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2 are attached on opposite sides.
  • the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2 are arranged symmetrically to the axis of rotation 11 of the rotor 13 which can be rotated here in an imaginary horizontal plane, that is to say whose distance from the axis of rotation 11 is the same.
  • the direction of rotation (double arrow 15) of the by means of a in FIG Not shown drive, for example electric motor, drivable rotor 13 can be varied.
  • the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2 are each assigned an electromagnetic slide 17, each of which can be displaced into two functional positions by a separate drive 19.
  • the slides 17 and the drives 19 are attached to the rotor 13. 1 shows the slide 17 in its second functional position, in which the lower opening 21 of the receiving shafts 3.1, 3.2, seen in the vertical direction, is released, that is to say not covered.
  • the slides 17, which are rotatably articulated on the rotor, are displaced radially outward, as seen from the axis of rotation 11, so that the opening 21 is closed, that is to say covered.
  • An object introduced into the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2, for example packaging, can therefore not fall out of the acceptance shafts following gravity.
  • the slides 17 can be displaced independently of one another, so that, for example, the slide 17 assigned to the acceptance shaft 3.1 is arranged in its first functional position and at the same time the slide 17 assigned to the acceptance shaft 3.2 is arranged in the second functional position.
  • an acceptance unit 23 is provided, which is arranged in an area above the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2.
  • the acceptance unit 23 here comprises a passage 25 which has a through opening and serves to receive a packaging which can be inserted into the acceptance device 1 through an insertion opening (not shown), and a light barrier 27 with the latter Help the introduction of packaging into the hollow cylinder 25 can be determined.
  • the acceptance shaft 3.1 is arranged in the acceptance area 5.
  • the lower side 29 of the passage opening of the channel 25 facing the receiving shaft 3.1 can be closed by means of a closure element 31, which here is formed by a flap 35 which can be pivoted about a vertical axis 33 by means of a drive 32, for example an electric motor. In this arrangement, the flap 35 can be pivoted in a plane perpendicular to the image plane of FIG. 1.
  • the closure element 31 and the drive 32 are stationary on a frame 37 of the acceptance device 1.
  • a rotary plate 39 which is rotatable about a vertical axis 43 by means of a drive 41, for example an electric motor, is arranged in a stationary manner below the acceptance shaft 3.1 located in the acceptance area 5.
  • the turntable 39 is arranged at a distance from the channel 25 of the acceptance unit 23 and exactly below it.
  • the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2 can be introduced with the aid of the horizontally pivotable rotor 13 into the intermediate space 45 between the acceptance unit 23 and the turntable 39, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • a material detection device 47 is attached, which has at least one sensor (not shown), with the aid of which the material of the packaging placed in the respective acceptance container arranged in the acceptance area 5 can be determined.
  • the recognition device 53 comprises a reading device for bar codes, 2-D codes and / or stacked bar codes, which is not shown in any more detail.
  • the reading device comprises at least one light source, for example a laser, the light beam of which can be directed into the interior of the receiving shafts through a vertical slot (not shown) in the jacket of the receiving shafts 3.1, 3.2.
  • the structure of the reading device, which is also referred to as a scanner, is known per se, so that it is not described in more detail.
  • a packaging (not shown) that has been introduced into the receiving shaft can be checked with the recognition device 53. If the packaging has at least one bar code, 2-D code and / or stacked bar code on its outer surface, this can be read by the reading device. If the code is accepted by the recognition device 53, the packaging can be accepted and transferred to the processing area 7. In the event of non-recognition or a “wrong” code that is not accepted by the recognition device 53, the packaging can be sent to an output (not shown) of the acceptance device 1 or a separate collecting container.
  • a reading device is provided, with the aid of which both a bar code, 2-D code and / or stacked bar code are read can, as well as the image of the packaging, that is, its outer shape / contour, can be determined or recognized. Because of this configuration, an acceptance device 1 can be implemented with a simple structure. Furthermore, it is possible to identify "wrong" packaging with a high degree of certainty.
  • that of the recognition device comprises a video camera which compares the contents of the acceptance shaft with stored images and accepts or does not accept packaging in accordance with the specifications. It is clear that other embodiments of the detection device are possible. It is important that at least one characteristic feature of the packaging can be determined by means of the recognition device, so that a distinction can be made between the packaging which is to be accepted by the acceptance device and the packaging or objects which are not desired.
  • a height measurement device 55 is provided in the acceptance area 5, which comprises a drive unit 57, consisting of a motor and a rack and pinion gear.
  • a rack 59 can be displaced in the vertical direction (double arrow 61) by means of the drive unit 57.
  • the detection device 53, the material detection device 47 and the height measurement device 55 serve the same purpose, namely the determination of at least one characteristic feature of the packaging placed in the acceptance area 5 in the acceptance shaft.
  • the acceptance device for example, only one or two of these devices are used. If the acceptance device is used, for example, to accept packaging consisting only of plastic, the use of the material detection device is sufficient to check the packaging.
  • the acceptance shaft 3.2 is arranged in the processing area 7.
  • a compression device 63 which is part of a volume reduction device, is provided in the area located above the acceptance shaft 3.2.
  • the compression device 63 fastened to a cross member 65 of the frame 37 comprises a drive device 67 with a motor and a rack and pinion gear as well as a rack 69 which can be displaced in the vertical direction (double arrow 61) by means of the drive device 67.
  • a ram 73 is attached on the rack 69.
  • the press die 73 comprises a first pressure plate 74a rigidly connected to the toothed rack 69 and a second pressure plate 74b which can be brought into contact with a packaging lying on the press table 75 and which can be displaced relative to the first pressure plate 74a.
  • Spring elements 76 for example compression springs, are provided between the pressure plates 74a, 74b.
  • the press ram 73 described here can be used particularly advantageously for compressing cans.
  • the second pressure plate 74b is pressed against the can. It is possible to tilt the second pressure plate against the spring force of the spring elements 76 in relation to the first pressure plate. This begins to squeeze the can at its weakest point. Due to the force compensation realized with the spring elements, only relatively small forces are generated during the pressing process, so that a simple and easy construction of the acceptance device can be realized.
  • the volume reduction device here also includes a shredding device 77, which is arranged below the press table 75 in a channel (not shown) leading to a collecting container or in its mouth area.
  • the comminution device 77 is — seen in plan view of the acceptance device 1 (FIG. 2) — laterally offset arranged to the press table 75.
  • the construction of such a comminution device, which breaks up a package, which may have been previously compressed, into several parts is known per se, so that the description thereof is omitted.
  • the channel in which the comminution device 77 is arranged is part of a sorting unit 79 which has at least one channel leading to a collecting container (not shown).
  • the sorting unit 79 has a plurality, preferably two to six channels, for the packaging transferred from the acceptance area 5 to the processing area 7.
  • the channels of the sorting unit 79 preferably each lead into a separate collecting container.
  • a packaging (not shown) is introduced from above into the channel 25 of the acceptance unit 23, the opening of which is closed on the side facing the acceptance shaft by means of the pivotable flap 35.
  • the flap 35 is pivoted and the packaging preferably falls automatically into the acceptance shaft 3.1 and comes to lie on the turntable 39.
  • the flap 35 is now pivoted back again to close the channel 25 on its side facing the receiving shaft 3.1.
  • the packaging arranged within the acceptance shaft 3.1 is largely centered by rotation of the turntable 39. The rotation of the packaging enables the stationary recognition device 51 to read at least one characteristic feature of the packaging, here a code provided on the outer surface of the packaging.
  • the height of the packaging is determined by means of the height measuring device 55 and / or the material from which the packaging is made is determined by means of the material detection device 47.
  • the slide 17 assigned to the acceptance shaft 3.1 is shifted into its first functional position, in which it closes the lower opening of the acceptance shaft 3.1.
  • the slide 17 thus serves as the bottom to hold the packaging in the acceptance shaft 3.1.
  • the second receiving shaft 3.2 which is also attached to the rotor 13, is shifted from the processing area 7 into the receiving area 5 and made available for the introduction of further packaging.
  • the acceptance shaft 3.1 having the packaging After the acceptance shaft 3.1 having the packaging has arrived in the processing area 7, it is, for example, dependent on the packaging material, the height of the shape and / or treated accordingly by the information read by the recognition device on the outer surface of the packaging.
  • Beverage cans can be pressed together, for example, by means of the compression device 63.
  • the slide 17 assigned to the acceptance shaft 3.1 is shifted into the second functional position (FIG. 1), so that the beverage can comes to rest on the press table 75.
  • the press ram 73 can - as described above - compress the beverage can.
  • the reduced-volume beverage can can then be pushed or pushed from the press table 75 by a movement of the acceptance shaft 3.1 and introduced into the channel of the sorting unit 79 leading to the corresponding collecting container.
  • a packaging consisting of glass for example a bottle
  • it is not pressed together, but instead is fed, for example, to the comminution device 77 or, untreated, that is to say neither compressed nor comminuted, introduced directly into the collecting container provided for this purpose.
  • the procedure for accepting packaging according to claim 18 is readily apparent from the above.
  • This provides for a packaging placed in a first acceptance shaft in the acceptance area to be transferred to a processing area that is spatially separated from the acceptance area and, while the packaging is being processed / treated, to provide a second acceptance shaft for accepting further packaging in the acceptance area.
  • a short period of time between two acceptance processes and thus a short waiting time for the operator can be realized become.
  • the position of the acceptance shafts is changed again, that is to say the second acceptance shaft is now moved to the processing area and the first acceptance shaft to the acceptance area.
  • the processing or processing of a packaging in the processing area 7 can be varied and is selected, for example, depending on the material and / or the shape of the packaging.
  • PET bottles can be collected uncompressed or reduced in volume, the reduction in volume being achieved by compressing and / or crushing.
  • the comminution device 77 - as described above - is designed in such a way that it can be used to cut up a wide variety of materials, for example glass, plastic, metal, for example aluminum, and fibrous materials (paper, cardboard, cardboard) .
  • a number of different comminution devices are provided, which are used for comminuting different materials; for example a first shredding device for plastic, a further shredding device for glass and a third for metal.
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the acceptance device according to FIG. 1.
  • the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals, so that reference is made to the description of FIG. 1.
  • the rotor 13 is rotated, for example counterclockwise, as a result of which the acceptance shaft 3.1 is transferred from the acceptance region 5 to the processing region 7 and the acceptance shaft 3.2 from the processing region 7 to the acceptance region 5.
  • the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2 are arranged on an imaginary straight line G intersecting the axis of rotation 11 of the rotor 13, that is to say on opposite sides of the rotor 13.
  • the rotor 13 is formed here by a disk-shaped wing which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a drive shaft 81 which can be acted upon by a drive unit 83 with a drive or braking torque.
  • the drive unit 83 preferably has a motor, for example an electric motor, and a transmission.
  • openings 85, 87 are provided in the base plate, which are attached to one side of the turntable 39, laterally offset to this.
  • the breakthroughs 85 and 87 serve to remove the packaging from the acceptance area 5 if the packaging is not recognized, that is to say if the packaging is “incorrect” in the sensory sense.
  • the packaging which is arranged in one of the receiving shafts and lies on the turntable 39, is rotated when the rotor 13 rotates thrown from the turntable 39 by means of the acceptance shaft and falls, depending on the direction of rotation of the rotor 13, into the opening 85 or 87 and from there, for example, into a separate collecting container or to an output (not shown) of the acceptance device 1.
  • the slide 17 serving as the base for the receiving shaft is required only for the transfer of packaging from the receiving area 5 to the processing area 7.
  • the sorting unit 79 provided in the processing area 7 comprises a total of four channels 88a, 88b, 88c and 88d, which preferably each lead to a separate collecting container (not shown).
  • the channels 88a, 88b are separated from one another in their opening area facing the press table 75 by a sorting flap 91 pivotable about an axis 89 and the channels 88c, 88d by a sorting flap 91 'pivotable about an axis 89'.
  • the packaging would reach the channel 88a when the rotor 13 was rotated counterclockwise and into the channel 88c if the rotor 13 was rotated clockwise. It should also be pointed out that the decomposition not shown in FIG. reduction device 77 is provided in one of the channels of the sorting unit 79.
  • a plurality of comminution devices are provided, which are preferably arranged in different channels of the sorting unit and are used, for example, for comminuting different materials. These can have an identical structure.
  • a sensor system 95 is also shown in the processing area 7 attached to a second stand connected to the base plate 49, by means of which the receiving shafts 3.1, 3.2 can be positioned precisely in the processing area 7 below the compression device or above the press table 75. Since in this exemplary embodiment the acceptance shafts 3.1, 3.2 — viewed in the direction of rotation of the rotor — are arranged at a distance of 180 ° from one another, the other of the two acceptance shafts is also positioned exactly in the acceptance area 5.
  • the acceptance device 1 can also have more than two acceptance shafts for the packaging, preferably three, four, six or eight acceptance shafts. As a result, the time between two acceptance processes, that is, the waiting time of the user, can be further reduced.
  • the receiving shafts are preferably arranged at the same distance from one another, regardless of their number, as viewed in the direction of rotation of the rotor.
  • the acceptance device 1 comprises a gaming machine, not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. This serves to improve the attractiveness of the acceptance device. For example, after a package has been accepted, a game is started in which a prize can be won. The game can be started manually or automatically by a control.
  • the gaming machine that can be integrated into the acceptance device 1 has at least one edition for the price that can be found in the edition of a game won.
  • Cash, sweets (chocolate, sweets), natural goods, tangible assets, for example CD, a voucher and / or the like can be issued as the price for a game won.
  • a separate expenditure is provided for each different win (a prize can consist of several wins).
  • the costs for the acceptance device 1 can be financed, for example, with advertising.
  • the acceptance device can comprise windows for advertising posters, for example, which can be backlit, for example, by means of a light source.
  • the acceptance device comprises a monitor on which advertising videos are shown.
  • the acceptance device 1 can furthermore comprise an automatic fill level measuring device, which by means of a remote data transmission device the fill level in the at least one collecting container transmitted. Using the transmitted data, for example, the routes of the collection vehicles can be optimized. If the acceptance device comprises a gaming machine, the number of games, the prizes issued and / or the number of prizes still in the machine can also be transmitted as an alternative or in addition to the fill level data in the collecting container.
  • the spatial separation between the acceptance of packaging in the acceptance area 5 and the processing of the packaging in the processing area 7 means that a short period of time can be achieved between two acceptance processes.
  • the waiting time for a person who wants to bring the packaging into the acceptance device 1 is therefore very short.
  • at least one characteristic feature of the packaging is determined after it has been introduced, it is possible to collect the packaging according to type.
  • the volume reduction of the packaging in the processing area with the aid of the compression device and / or the shredding device enables longer time intervals between two empties of the collecting container (s) receiving the packaging, without having to use a collecting container with a larger volume.
  • a volume reduction device By using a volume reduction device, a compactly designed acceptance device can be realized.
  • the acceptance device 1 described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 for accepting different packaging for example se cans, bottles, cups, tetrapaks and the like, can be used.
  • the packaging can consist of different materials, for example plastic, metal, glass and / or paper / cardboard.
  • the acceptance device can thus be used universally, although sorting by type is possible despite the acceptance of different packaging.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif (1) destiné à la réception d'emballages, en particulier de boîtes, de bouteilles, de gobelets et d'emballages parallélépipédiques. Ce dispositif de réception comprend au moins deux puits de réception (31, 32) qui peuvent être amenés de façon alternée, à l'aide d'au moins un dispositif de transport (9), dans une zone de réception (5) dans laquelle un emballage peut être introduit, et dans une zone de traitement (17) qui se trouve à une certaine distance de la zone de réception et dans laquelle l'emballage est traité.
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