EP0536611A2 - Installation pour la location de chariots de transport - Google Patents

Installation pour la location de chariots de transport Download PDF

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EP0536611A2
EP0536611A2 EP92116502A EP92116502A EP0536611A2 EP 0536611 A2 EP0536611 A2 EP 0536611A2 EP 92116502 A EP92116502 A EP 92116502A EP 92116502 A EP92116502 A EP 92116502A EP 0536611 A2 EP0536611 A2 EP 0536611A2
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Herbert Eberlein
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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
    • G07F7/0618—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

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  • the invention relates to a device for borrowing trolleys, consisting of a number of stackable trolleys, in particular shopping carts, and at least one fixed collection point, each trolley is equipped with a coupling part which has a plug-in part and a locking shaft, so that the trolleys by means their coupling parts can be coupled to each other in a stack row, that each coupling part also has a device for receiving and returning a coin deposit and the device releases a lock contained in the coupling part after the coin has been received, in such a way that the plug-in part of an adjacent trolley or one on the Collecting station located stand from the locking shaft of the coupled trolley is removable so that this trolley can be removed from the stack and that for the purpose of recoupling the locking one again
  • the trolley returned to the collection point is done by inserting the plug-in part of a preceding trolley or that of the holding stand into the locking shaft of the coupling part of the returned trolley and then releasing at least part of the previously paid coin deposit and finally at the collection point in the area of the the furth
  • collection points are provided, to which the customer brings back the trolley, which he has borrowed and is equipped with a coupling part, and thus contributes to the fact that unused trolleys do not stand randomly and scattered around in parking lots.
  • the collection points are designed so that rows of stacking trolleys are aimed for in a predetermined length. These predetermined lengths, however, are often increased by the carelessness or by the irrationality of trolley users by coupling returned trolleys to one and the same stack row until the stack row extends into the lanes of the parking lots belonging to the self-service market and thus completely significantly affect the flow of traffic in these parking lots.
  • each coupling part is arranged so that it acts on the locking member when the force field of the magnet in a partially occupying or locking the space of the locking shaft and when the influence of the magnetic force field decreases acting restoring member is movable into a position releasing the space of the locking shaft for the plug-in part.
  • the invention advantageously uses an extremely simple and therefore inexpensive solution, the effect of which is that it is at the predetermined in the force field At the end of a row of stacked magnets it is no longer possible to couple a trolley returned to the collection point to the last transport trolley located in the collection point, since the free plug-in part of this transport trolley can no longer be inserted into the locking shaft of the coupling part of the returned transport trolley.
  • the locking member which partially takes up the space of this locking shaft, has the effect that the plug-in part of the preceding transport trolley can no longer be inserted into the locking shaft of the coupling part of the returned transport trolley in such a way that coupling actually takes place.
  • the returned trolley can therefore no longer be coupled to the stack row.
  • the coin deposit remains in the coupling part.
  • the user of the trolley has to look for another still free stack row to which he can couple his trolley. An automatic length limitation of the stack row is achieved.
  • the length of the magnet or a magnetic strip is furthermore advantageous to choose the length of the magnet or a magnetic strip to be greater than the length of the stacking distance of two coupled transport trolleys pushed into one another. This ensures that the trolley, which would extend the stack row beyond the desired dimension, is gripped by the force field of the magnet and brought into a state preventing the coupling.
  • the locking member is expediently a simple part that does not have to be worked extremely precisely. Its task is simply to somehow block the locking shaft of a coupling part for a plug-in part to be inserted. This can be done in a relatively imprecise but no less secure manner, especially since the plug-in part of previously known coupling parts is also designed as a simple stamped sheet metal part. The manufacturing costs of such a locking system can therefore be kept relatively low will.
  • Fig. 1 shows a device 1 consisting of a number of trolleys 2, 2 ', in the example they are telescopic shopping carts, and from at least one collection point 4.
  • Each trolley 2, 2' has a coupling part 9, for example one according to EP 90906159.0, so that these trolleys 2, 2 'in can be coupled in a known manner to a stack row 22.
  • a holding stand 5, to which a first transport carriage 2 can be coupled, is expediently located at the collecting point 4.
  • Trolleys 2, 2 'of this type, their coupling parts 9 and the collecting point 4 with a support stand 5 belong to the long-known prior art, so that a detailed description is unnecessary here.
  • a magnet 7, which can also be a magnetic strip, is located furthest from the support stand 5, preferably stationary and, for example, resting on a post 6, at the level of the coupling parts 9 of the transport carriages 2, 2 '.
  • the magnet 7 or the magnetic strip can consist of at least one permanent magnet; however, the magnetic force field can also be generated in a known manner using electrical energy.
  • the drawing shows how a trolley 2 'is moved to the collection point.
  • the area of action 8 of the magnetic lines of the magnet 7 is shown by curved lines.
  • the trolleys 2, 2 ' can be released in a known manner only by paying a coin deposit from the stack row 22 or from the support stand 5, the coin deposit being inserted into the coupling part 9 of the transport trolley 2' to be removed, so that a lock located in the coupling part 9 solved and thus the pulling out of the preferably flexibly fastened plug-in part 14 of the preceding transport carriage 2 is possible.
  • This process has also been known for a long time and therefore need not be described in more detail.
  • the proposed device 1 also assumes that when a trolley 2 'is returned to the collection point 4 and after coupling to a preceding trolley 2, at least part of the coin deposit previously paid will be reimbursed.
  • the coupling part 9 has a coin holder in a known manner - And a coin input and output device 10. Since these devices 10 are not part of the invention but rather of the prior art, a detailed description is also omitted here. It should only be mentioned that the coupling parts 9 are either equipped with a coin slide button or with a coin insertion and ejection opening.
  • each transport carriage 2, 2 ' is also equipped, according to a known manner, with a locking shaft 11 into which the plug part 14 of the coupling part 9 of a further transport carriage 2 can be inserted and locked with the coupling part 9 of the first-mentioned transport carriage 2'.
  • the plug-in part 14 of the further transport carriage 2 is shown in the position in which it is either inserted into the locking shaft 11 or moved out of it.
  • a locking member 16 is arranged in a guide 15 in the interior of the coupling part 9 so that it can be moved.
  • the locking member 16 is guided below or above the locking shaft 11 below or above it and has a hook-like projection 17 on the left in the drawing, which leads, for example, upwards and is directed toward the locking shaft 11.
  • the blocking member 16 which is made of ferromagnetic material, is equipped with a plate-shaped section 18 which, with its free surface 19, faces the magnet 7.
  • a reset member 21 engages with one end in the locking member 16. With the other end, the reset element 21, which is designed as a tension spring in the example, is attached to the housing 13 of the coupling part 9.
  • the reset member 21 holds this Locking member 16 in a position in which the projection 17 of the locking member 16 either does not protrude into the locking shaft 11 at all or the projection 17 is positioned such that it can no longer hinder a plug-in part 14 to be inserted, for example in that a plug-in part 14 can push the projection 17 to the side.
  • the coupling part 9 approaches the magnet 7, its force field pulls the locking member 16 towards it, so that the projection 17 of the locking member 16 projects into the locking shaft 11, i.e. occupies a position that partially occupies the space 12 of the locking shaft 11 or occupies it ( 12) closed, see dash-dotted line.
  • the locking member 16 If the locking member 16 is in this position, it blocks a plug-in part 14 to be inserted in such a way that it cannot be locked with the coupling part 9. However, if the coupling part 9 is moved again out of the force field of the magnet 7, the reset member 21 gradually pulls the locking member 16 back towards itself, so that the projection 17 leaves the locking shaft 11 more and more.
  • the person skilled in the art will choose the projection 17 of the locking member 16 and the shape of the plug-in part 14 in such a way that no jamming can occur if someone tries to insert the plug-in part 14 into a locking shaft 11 blocked by the projection 17 and to lock it there. Also, you will create certain support surfaces, not shown, for the projection 17 of the locking member 16 in the locking shaft 11, in order to avoid damage to the locking member 16, should anyone try to push the plug 14 with great force into the locked locking shaft 11.
  • the locking member 16 is arranged in a guide 15 located transversely to the longitudinal extent of the locking shaft 11, the example according to FIG. 3 shows that the locking member 16 can also be rotatably arranged on a vertically arranged axis 20.
  • the drawing shows that the locking member 16th again has a hook-like projection 17 which can be moved into the locking shaft 11, so that it takes up part of the space 12 of the locking shaft 11 there. From the protrusion 17, the locking member 16 leads below or above the locking shaft 11 in the direction of the magnet 7, where it again has a relatively large-area plate-shaped section 18 at its end, which is directed with its free surface 19 towards the magnet 7.
  • the reset member 21 On the projection 17, the reset member 21 is in turn attached, which is arranged with its other end on the housing 13 of the coupling part 9 stationary. As long as a transport carriage 2, 2 'and thus the coupling part 9 is outside the effective range 8 of the magnet 7, the reset member 21 holds the locking member 16 in a position in which it cannot hinder a plug-in part 14 to be inserted. However, if the coupling part 9 approaches the magnet 7, its force field pulls the locking member 16 towards it, so that the projection 17 of the locking member 16 projects into the locking shaft 11, i.e. occupies a position that partially occupies the space 12 of the locking shaft 11 or occupies it ( 12) closed, see dash-dotted line.
  • the locking member 16 If the locking member 16 is in this position, it blocks a plug-in part 14 to be inserted in such a way that it cannot be locked with the coupling part 9. However, if the coupling part 9 is moved again out of the force field of the magnet 7, the reset member 21 gradually pulls the locking member 16 back towards itself, so that the projection 17 leaves the locking shaft 11 more and more.
  • the length of the magnet 7 or that of the magnetic strip measured in the longitudinal extent of the stack row 22 will be chosen longer than the stacking distance of two nested transport carriages 2, 2 '. Then it can not happen that two coupled transport trolleys 2, 2 'are placed in relation to the magnet 7 so that the coupling part 9 of one transport trolley 2 in front and the coupling part 9 of the other transport trolley 2' behind Magnet 7 and thus are outside the range of action 8 of the magnet 7. If the latter were the case, an automatic length limitation of the stack row 22 could not be achieved.

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  • Current-Collector Devices For Electrically Propelled Vehicles (AREA)
  • Carriers, Traveling Bodies, And Overhead Traveling Cranes (AREA)
  • Chain Conveyers (AREA)
  • Coin-Freed Apparatuses For Hiring Articles (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
EP92116502A 1991-10-08 1992-09-26 Installation pour la location de chariots de transport Expired - Lifetime EP0536611B1 (fr)

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DE4133314A DE4133314A1 (de) 1991-10-08 1991-10-08 Einrichtung zum ausleihen von transportwagen
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WO1994016414A1 (fr) * 1993-01-15 1994-07-21 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Installation permettant le retrait de chariots
EP0610586A1 (fr) * 1993-02-12 1994-08-17 systec POS-Technology GmbH Serrure de consigne pour chariots de transport
FR2848323A1 (fr) * 2002-12-09 2004-06-11 Jean Claude Huot Systeme de gestion d'un parc de chariots
US7337726B2 (en) * 2000-10-17 2008-03-04 Aloys Wobben Wind farm
EP1918889A1 (fr) * 2006-11-02 2008-05-07 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH Chariot de transport
JP2008528361A (ja) * 2005-02-03 2008-07-31 ゾンネンドルフェール、ホルスト ショッピングカート
CN112449577A (zh) * 2018-07-08 2021-03-05 自由零售科技有限公司 推车固锁及发放装置

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DE3520996A1 (de) * 1985-06-12 1987-01-02 Fuchs Peter Kupplungsvorrichtung an transportwagen, wie einkaufswagen, kofferkulis od. dgl.
DE3900538A1 (de) * 1989-01-11 1990-07-12 Peter Fuchs Muenzeinwurf- und rueckgabeanordnung fuer pfandmuenzen
DE3917172A1 (de) * 1989-05-26 1990-11-29 Peter Fuchs Vorrichtung zum rueckfuehren von handwagen
DE4115547A1 (de) * 1991-05-13 1992-11-19 Peter Fuchs Vorrichtung zur begrenzung von einkaufswagenreihen

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WO1994016414A1 (fr) * 1993-01-15 1994-07-21 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh Installation permettant le retrait de chariots
EP0610586A1 (fr) * 1993-02-12 1994-08-17 systec POS-Technology GmbH Serrure de consigne pour chariots de transport
US5425438A (en) * 1993-02-12 1995-06-20 Systec Ausbausysteme Gmbh Deposit lock and token for a transport cart
US7337726B2 (en) * 2000-10-17 2008-03-04 Aloys Wobben Wind farm
FR2848323A1 (fr) * 2002-12-09 2004-06-11 Jean Claude Huot Systeme de gestion d'un parc de chariots
WO2004055743A1 (fr) * 2002-12-09 2004-07-01 Jean-Claude Huot Systeme de gestion d’un parc de chariots
JP2008528361A (ja) * 2005-02-03 2008-07-31 ゾンネンドルフェール、ホルスト ショッピングカート
US8950567B2 (en) 2005-02-03 2015-02-10 Horst Sonnendorfer Shopping trolley
EP1918889A1 (fr) * 2006-11-02 2008-05-07 Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH Chariot de transport
CN112449577A (zh) * 2018-07-08 2021-03-05 自由零售科技有限公司 推车固锁及发放装置
CN112449577B (zh) * 2018-07-08 2023-03-31 自由零售科技有限公司 推车固锁及发放装置

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