EP0433751A1 - Dispositif de limitation de longueur de file pour chariots de supermarché - Google Patents

Dispositif de limitation de longueur de file pour chariots de supermarché Download PDF

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EP0433751A1
EP0433751A1 EP90123175A EP90123175A EP0433751A1 EP 0433751 A1 EP0433751 A1 EP 0433751A1 EP 90123175 A EP90123175 A EP 90123175A EP 90123175 A EP90123175 A EP 90123175A EP 0433751 A1 EP0433751 A1 EP 0433751A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G07F7/0618—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 carts
    • G07F7/0636—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 carts in which the trolleys or carts are kept in a restricted zone such as a coral-like enclosure, or are passing a gate before use is possible
    • 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
    • A47F10/00—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
    • A47F10/02—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets
    • A47F10/04—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets for storing or handling self-service hand-carts or baskets
    • A47F10/045—Row-length limitation means for stored shopping trolleys
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G07F7/0618—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 carts
    • G07F7/0627—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 carts in which the trolleys or carts are kept fixed or linked onto a rail or barrier

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  • the invention relates to a device for delimiting rows of shopping trolleys, that is to say a mechanical lock, which is provided at the end of a row of shopping trolleys, the row of shopping trolleys being parked between guide rods on both sides.
  • These guide rods have a certain length, which are generally matched to the spatial dimensions, for example in a parking lot at a supermarket.
  • the majority of these shopping trolleys are equipped with known coin deposit systems, i.e. the last shopping trolley can only be removed from a coupled shopping trolley row if a coin of a certain value is inserted into a box or similar device intended for this purpose; Conversely, this "deposit coin” is issued again when the shopping cart is coupled again to the shopping cart row after the purchase has been made and the engagement of the coupling systems is restored.
  • This coupling position i.e. the interlocking of adjacent coupling systems means a certain minimum distance between the coupled shopping carts in a row of shopping carts.
  • coin deposit systems in which the coin deposit systems are rigid, i.e. there is also a fixed coupling distance
  • flexible devices such as e.g. Chains the coin deposit systems can be coupled to one another, so that a coupling distance that is variable within certain limits is created, within the range of which the coin deposit systems can be activated.
  • the invention assumes that the respective shopping trolleys are equipped with one of the coin deposit systems described and in the stacking position, i.e. are coupled together in the shopping cart row (coupling position).
  • the aim and object of the invention is therefore to ensure in shopping carts equipped with coin deposit systems that the intended end of the shopping cart row at the end of the mentioned guide rods or guide rails is not exceeded.
  • the basic principle of the invention is therefore that the device according to the invention prevents the filling of the row of shopping trolleys from allowing another shopping trolley to reach the minimum coupling distance required for activating the coin deposit system to issue the deposit coin.
  • the device consists of at least three main functional parts with certain outer contours, which are operatively connected to one another and are held in a predetermined position (normal or open position) by at least one spring element.
  • This mechanism is attached to a base plate, preferably on the right, local guide row at the end or at the exit of a shopping cart row and aligned vertically to the respective dimensions of the shopping cart.
  • the principle of operation of the device is that on the one hand the desired effect is produced with two basic positions (blocking position and normal or open position) and on the other hand, due to the movement triggered and transmitted by the mechanics, mirror-image blocking contours are produced which eliminate any possibility of circumvention and nevertheless ensure trouble-free normal operation.
  • the main functional parts are four control and locking levers 20-23, which are fastened on a base plate 12 via vertical axes of rotation 20A-23A, extend horizontally in determinable sectors into the traffic area of a shopping cart 40 and via connecting links 24-26 assume 40 different positions, in particular a normal or open position, and a blocking position (shown in broken lines in FIG. 2) as a result of external contact through the contours of a shopping cart.
  • Figure 1 shows the coupling principle between the device 10 and a shopping cart 40 (which is only shown in fragments) in the insertion direction E.
  • the device 10 consists of an elongated housing 11, which is closed by end caps 11A, 11B and one on the side facing the shopping cart row Has slot 13 and 14. From these slots 13, 14, the control and locking levers 20, 21, 22 and 23 can be swiveled out and swiveled in, with each other position of one of these control and locking levers also the positions of the other three control and locking levers as a result of the forced coupling defines and defines.
  • the device is located on supports 18 and 19, for example metal profile tubes, at the end of a guide rail, not shown, for the shopping carts coupled to one another, which form a row of shopping carts.
  • Several such devices 10, as can be seen from FIG. 4A, are arranged laterally from one another and spaced such that when the shopping cart 40 (FIG. 1) is pushed through in the insertion direction E (correspondingly also when it is removed in the opposite direction of the insertion direction E), the control and locking levers are forced through the side rail 41 of the shopping cart 40 is actuated and thus brought into the normal or locked position.
  • the device is in the open position, ie the shopping cart 40 shown can move the device in the insertion direction E (by actuating the control and locking levers 21-23 still in front of it) Leave 10 to the left and there are coupled to the "waiting" row of shopping trolleys or its coin deposit system.
  • Figures 2 and 3 show in plan and longitudinal section the structure of the device 10.
  • the control and Locking levers 20-23 are mounted on corresponding vertical axes 20A ... 23A, so that they can be pivoted in the direction of the double arrows indicated in FIG. 2 into the driving area of a passing shopping cart.
  • This pivoting is forcibly coupled, for this purpose three connecting links 24, 25, 26 designed as rods are provided which are rotatably articulated on the control and locking levers outside of these axes of rotation 20A ... 23A, so that each pivoting of one of the control and locking levers is corresponding Defined pivoting of the other three control and locking levers.
  • Two end positions are defined here, the normal or open position (shown in solid lines in FIG.
  • This arrangement is mounted on a base plate 12 and covered by a cover plate 12A, both of which form the essential part of the housing 11.
  • this housing prevents mechanical damage, contamination or weather influences on the moving parts, in particular the articulated parts of the device.
  • the articulation points of the connecting links 24, 25, 26 can be chosen with regard to their distance from the respective axis of rotation in such a way that a certain reduction effect occurs, ie that, as can be seen in FIG. 2, a pivoting of the two middle ones Control lever 21.22 by 90 ° between the two end positions only causes a pivoting of the two outer locking levers 20.23 by 45 °.
  • the exemplary embodiment shown is the preferred embodiment.
  • the outwardly pivotable end regions of the control and locking levers are individually shaped in order to ensure maximum safety and reliability when a spar 41 (FIG. 1) engages with a passing shopping cart 40 in the insertion direction E or in the opposite direction, ie to ensure that on the one hand there is no shopping cart can happen without actuation of the device, but that on the other hand no locks or Deadlocks can occur during operation.
  • the foremost control and locking lever 20 has a locking edge 20C which extends in the locking position perpendicular to the insertion direction E and which reliably precludes non-system-compatible passing of another shopping cart 40 in the locking position of the device 10.
  • the normal or open position is ensured by a spring 27 which is arranged between one of the control and locking levers on the one hand and a fixed point in the housing 11 and which produces the end position (normal or open position) with a dashed line in FIG with a shopping cart 40.
  • the purpose of the invention is therefore achieved when the contour of the last shopping cart of a row of shopping trolleys is in contact with the locking levers in the device, because there is then at least one further locking lever in the locking position and prevents coupling, because the distances between the locking levers are so dimensioned so that the minimum coupling distance from shopping cart to shopping cart cannot be achieved in this position.
  • the limiting device according to the invention thus prevents that rows of cars can be extended beyond the local position of the limiting device in a system-contrary manner.
  • the two rear locking levers 22 and 23 are essentially only required if the coin deposit system contains a coupling distance which is variable up to a maximum value as a result of a coupling chain K; in coin deposit systems with a defined, variable coupling distance K, only the two front control and locking levers 20 and 21 are mandatory, the rear locking lever 23 only prevents the coupled car row from being pulled up in the manner of an accordion in such coin deposit systems with variable coupling distance to achieve an anti-system, undesired coupling position of the coin deposit systems.
  • the locking position is also established when the contour of the shopping cart 40 acts on the last locking lever 23, since in this position the mechanics are blocked according to the connecting links in such a way that the inner locking levers 21 and 22 do not can be overcome and thus take over the blocking function in such a way that neither further couplings are possible nor that it is possible to bring the coupled carriage row into the coupling position of the coin deposit systems.
  • the system shown and explained in Figures 1 to 4 is therefore on the one hand structurally simple and in the preferred embodiment shown with four control and locking members absolutely reliable and not manipulable, for every conceivable type of coin deposit systems, especially those with fixed or such with variable coupling distance of the coin deposit systems.
  • the essential change compared to the first embodiment of Figures 1 to 4 is that the main functional parts are two toggle-shaped locking levers 30 and 31 which are operatively connected to a connecting part 32.
  • the contours of the shopping cart (spar 41) also come into engagement with the device (FIG. 8).
  • the contour of the shopping cart When moving forward in the insertion direction E, the contour of the shopping cart first touches the locking lever 30, which rotates in a definable sector as a result of the fastening arrangement 17A, 17B fastened on the base plate 17.
  • the connecting part 32 which is in operative connection with the locking lever 30 via the connecting member 32 via the connecting bolt 34, changes its position and, while the shopping trolley contour continues to slide, causes a corresponding change in position of the Locking lever 31.
  • All contours of the locking levers 30 and 31 and the connecting part 32 extend in a neutral position into the traffic area of the shopping cart row, are pressed out of this traffic area at intervals as they pass a shopping cart, with at least one locking lever independent of the respective position of the shopping cart 30 or 31 or the connecting part 32 remains in the traffic area.
  • forward and backward movements in the functional sequence are identical.
  • the elongated holes 33 in the connecting part 32 guarantee a smooth functional sequence and smooth change of position of the functional parts; This process is supported by the springs 37A, 37B, which are accommodated in the fastening devices and which are connected to the locking levers 30 and 31 and basically establish the starting position (FIG. 6) when the device is not under stress.
  • the purpose of the device is basically achieved when the row of shopping carts is filled up to the vicinity of the device and is coupled via the coin deposit systems.
  • the last connected shopping cart in this system state is inevitably in the effective range of the device, because the required coupling distance to the row of wagons means that the last shopping cart must inevitably be within the effective range of the device.
  • the position of this last shopping cart coupled in the occupied row within the device causes a change in position of the locking levers 30 and 31, which assume a tong-shaped system contour, triggered via the connecting part 32.
  • the locking levers 30 and 31 are in a non-changeable locking position (FIG. 6), ie , no further shopping trolley can be pushed and coupled and the coupled trolley row 40A, 40B ... cannot be brought into the coupling position either.
  • the dimensioning of the device ie the dimensions of the locking levers 30 and 31 as well of the connecting part 32 are based on the maximum possible distance from shopping cart to shopping cart in the coupling position, ie the distance from the last shopping cart 40B (position within the device) in the coupled row of shopping carts to the outer limitation of the device (locking lever 30) must be greater than that to Coupling essential minimum distance distance (F).
  • the struts 41 to the handle position are preferably provided as the locking engagement position between the device and the shopping cart, which result in the minimum distance from the shopping cart to the shopping cart in the stacking position and thus enable a spatially rational design of the dimension of the device.
  • the device fulfills the meaning and purpose in every conceivable, practical situation, manual avoidance options are excluded, and makes a surprisingly simple, robust form of a problem solution available that meets all conceivable requirements in every respect.

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EP90123175A 1989-12-18 1990-12-04 Dispositif de limitation de longueur de file pour chariots de supermarché Expired - Lifetime EP0433751B1 (fr)

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DE3941740 1989-12-18
DE19893941740 DE3941740A1 (de) 1989-12-18 1989-12-18 Vorrichtung zur begrenzung von einkaufswagenreihen
DE3942088 1989-12-20
DE19893942088 DE3942088A1 (de) 1989-12-20 1989-12-20 Vorrichtung zur begrenzung von einkaufswagenreihen
DE19893943067 DE3943067A1 (de) 1989-12-28 1989-12-28 Vorrichtung zur begrenzung von einkaufswagenreihen
DE3943067 1989-12-28

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FR2682500A1 (fr) * 1991-10-09 1993-04-16 Nord Etudes Lt Sarl Limiteur de file pour chariots a consigne.
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FR2682500A1 (fr) * 1991-10-09 1993-04-16 Nord Etudes Lt Sarl Limiteur de file pour chariots a consigne.
WO2001082239A3 (fr) * 2000-04-20 2002-11-21 Systec Pos Technology Gmbh Procede et systeme pour detecter et recompenser la remise en place de chariots pour magasins
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