WO2005029419A1 - Selbstbedienungsautomat zur rückgabe von verpackungsleergut - Google Patents
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- WO2005029419A1 WO2005029419A1 PCT/DE2004/002025 DE2004002025W WO2005029419A1 WO 2005029419 A1 WO2005029419 A1 WO 2005029419A1 DE 2004002025 W DE2004002025 W DE 2004002025W WO 2005029419 A1 WO2005029419 A1 WO 2005029419A1
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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
- G07F7/0609—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 fluid containers, e.g. bottles, cups, gas containers
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- the invention relates to a self-service machine for returning packaging empties.
- PET plastic
- the major chain stores in the food retail trade have an obvious interest in only refunding the deposit on beverage containers that are subject to a deposit and that were originally purchased in one of the respective branches. This necessitates sorting work, which is often carried out “by hand” and ties up the work capacity of the staff. Often, the logistics also leave something to be desired when returning deposit containers.
- the customer has to put the empties into the store, if not in the rear storage area or bring it to the cash register to hand it in. The empties therefore annoyingly accompany the customer through large parts of his purchase.
- the object of the invention is to provide a self-service machine for the return of packaging empties, which can be placed in a user-friendly manner, requires little maintenance and offers the customer's play instinct.
- the self-service machine that solves this task has an inlet for packaging empties, which is automatically blocked and released.
- the machine has one or more presses which are / are suitable for pressing the goods and have / have a collecting container for the pressed goods.
- a sorting unit allows acceptable goods to reach the or a suitable press, while unacceptable goods reach an outlet therefor.
- the machine has an input unit for the options "money return” and "gambling” and it has a receipt printer.
- the machine according to the invention is designed for self-service by the customer. This avoids waiting times when returning empties.
- the machine hardly ties up any personnel capacity, and it does not need to be set up in the work area of the staff.
- a preferred location is the parking lot in front of the branch. The customer will get rid of their empties there before the start of the purchase.
- the automat according to the invention has a very compact structure. It needs a small space of approx. I m 2 . A very high compression is achieved with the machine. This saves storage and transport costs for the empties.
- the inlet for the empties is automatically blocked and released so that the goods reach the sorting unit individually.
- the automat has a light barrier, the passage of which enables the shut-off mechanism for the inlet to take effect. At the same time, the size of the thrown goods is detected with the light barrier. After the sorting process, the inlet of the machine is released again.
- the sorting unit distinguishes containers that are subject to a deposit from containers that are not subject to a deposit, as well as containers from the machine operator's range from those that do not belong to them.
- the sorting unit can contain a bar code reader (bar code reader).
- the container shape and / or size can be recorded with a holding and / or transport mechanism for the container.
- Possible further components of the sorting unit are a load cell and a metal detector.
- Containers made of metal and plastic are preferably separated and each fed to the machine's own press. The material to be pressed is collected and collected separately. Containers, which the sorting unit does not accept, reach an outlet at which the user receives them again.
- the user has the options “return money” or "gambling”. He optionally enters this on an input unit. Under the “return money” option, the receipt printer prints a credit note an amount of money that corresponds to the deposit on the effectively returned containers. The user can use the receipt as a shopping voucher or have the money paid out at the cash register. Under the "Gambling” option, the user chooses a game of chance in which he either wins a shopping voucher immediately or participates in a lottery organized by the branch using the amount of money. The receipt printer issues the shopping voucher or a lot with the corresponding lot number Users see themselves as immediate or at least potentially future winners. There is no cash refund on the shopping voucher.
- the filling level of the collecting container (s) for the material to be pressed is automatically monitored by a monitoring unit.
- the unit gives an alarm when the container is almost full. The staff then changes the container.
- the collecting container (s) is / are preferably mobile.
- the machine has a display on which the number of successfully emptied empties, the amount of the corresponding deposit, operating instructions and error messages are displayed.
- Figure 1 is a side view of a self-service machine for returning packaging empties.
- Fig. 2 is a front view of the machine, which is shown with the housing broken.
- the machine has a cuboid housing, the front wall of which is recessed at the top with a 45 ° bevel. At this recess there is a central opening 1 for empty packaging.
- the thrown-in material arrives in an inclined downward shaft, at the lower end of which there is a light barrier 2. After passing the Photoelectric barrier 2, the insertion opening 1 is blocked in order to separate the goods for the subsequent sorting process.
- the shaft secured to me by the light barrier 2 makes it impossible for the user to reach into the machine.
- the following sorting and pressing process takes place in a place inaccessible to the user inside the machine housing. This eliminates any risk.
- a load cell 4 which detects the weight of the good, serves for further differentiation between acceptable good and unacceptable good.
- a bar code reader 22 (bar code reader) can also be provided, in front of which the goods are preferably rotated about its longitudinal axis in order to read a bar code (bar code).
- a metal detector 5 differentiates between empties made of metal and plastic.
- Unacceptable goods either fall between the gripping arms 3, or are released by the gripping arms 3, which open again synchronously.
- the material falls into a collecting container 12 located directly under the gripping arms 3, from which it arrives at an ejection opening. Acceptable goods are conveyed from the gripping arms 3 to the side into a collecting funnel 8, depending on whether it is made of plastic or metal, to the left or to the right.
- the goods fall into the pressing chamber 10 of a pressing unit 9 each.
- the pressing chamber for goods made of plastic is designated 19
- the pressing chamber for goods made of metal is designated 20.
- the stamps of the pressing units 9 are operated with hydraulic cylinders 7.
- the material located in the press rooms 19, 20 is compressed in a volume ratio of approximately 10: 1.
- At the end of the working stroke of the stamp there is an ejection opening on the bottom of the press rooms 19, 20, which is closed with an ejection flap 15.
- the flap 15 is actuated by a hydraulic cylinder 16. All hydraulic Lik cylinders 7, 16 are fed by a central hydraulic unit 6.
- the ejection flap 15 is opened.
- the pressed material falls into a collecting container 17, 18 which runs on rollers.
- the fill level of the collecting containers 17, 18 is automatically monitored. If they are about three quarters full, a flashing light 21 lights up.
- the quantity (number of pieces) of the successfully emptied, pressed empties and the amount of money of the corresponding deposit are displayed on a display 13.
- a receipt printer 14 prints out a corresponding deposit receipt. Operating instructions and error messages also appear on the display 13.
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DE112004002288T DE112004002288D2 (de) | 2003-09-17 | 2004-09-11 | Selbstbedienungsautomat zur Rückgabe von Verpackungsleergut |
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DE102006004560A1 (de) * | 2006-01-26 | 2007-08-09 | Stiefel Gmbh | Warenrücknahmevorrichtung |
DE102009026557B4 (de) | 2009-05-28 | 2024-02-22 | Sielaff GmbH & Co. KG Automatenbau Herrieden | ergut-Rücknahmevorrichtung und Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Leergut-Rücknahmevorrichtung |
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DE102009026557B4 (de) | 2009-05-28 | 2024-02-22 | Sielaff GmbH & Co. KG Automatenbau Herrieden | ergut-Rücknahmevorrichtung und Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Leergut-Rücknahmevorrichtung |
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