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WO2002016233A1 - Appareil et procede pour l'echange d'articles a acces limite - Google Patents

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WO2002016233A1
WO2002016233A1 PCT/GB2001/003698 GB0103698W WO0216233A1 WO 2002016233 A1 WO2002016233 A1 WO 2002016233A1 GB 0103698 W GB0103698 W GB 0103698W WO 0216233 A1 WO0216233 A1 WO 0216233A1
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Robert Fair
Trevor Piggott
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PICKUPWORKS Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical
    • B65G1/12—Storage devices mechanical with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles being books, documents, forms or the like
    • B65G1/127—Storage devices mechanical with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles being books, documents, forms or the like the circuit being confined in a vertical plane
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/10—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property
    • G07F17/12—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/46—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports
    • G07F11/58—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the articles being supported on or by endless belts or like conveyors
    • 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
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means

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  • This invention relates to exchange of items, particular, it relates to the exchange of merchandise between a supplier and a customer.
  • a store also provides a service in which the customer may order, by telephone or over the Internet for example, a number of goods and the store then collects these goods from their shelves or storage and then supplies them to the customer.
  • the supply may be by delivery.
  • delivery can be costly because of the ever increasing cost of fuel and transportation and is also inconvenient because the customer must be present to receive delivery.
  • a delivery time slot must be agreed and the delivery may be delayed due to road conditions or other reasons, which can be unsatisfactory.
  • There are other problems such as a possible lack of suitable parking space at the delivery point and the fact that unavailability of stock may lead to a customer not obtaining the complete order he is expecting to obtain. Once the delivery is made, there is little that the store can do at the time of delivery to correct this sort of circumstance.
  • a merchandiser can collect a bundle of goods as before and keep them on their premises for collection by the user.
  • This approach requires the user to attend the merchandiser's store whilst that store is open for business and valuable storage space can be taken up.
  • a parcel delivery service may have to make several attempts at delivering a package to a particular address if the intended recipient is not present to sign for receipt. This occupies valuable time of the delivery service operative, and is therefore an expense to the delivery company.
  • the delivery service operative may leave a calling card at the addressees premises that indicates a collection address where the intended recipient can collect his or her package.
  • the collection address may be remote from the recipient's premises, and may only be open for collections at inconvenient times.
  • the present invention arose in an attempt to provide an improved method of exchanging items between merchandisers and customers.
  • apparatus for the exchange of goods comprising an enclosure having means for storing a plurality of containers internally, means for moving a container to an access means where a container can be loaded and/or unloaded, wherein the container is only able to be accessed for unloading when a user performs a specified security operation, including the step of identifying himself or his authority to unload a specified container.
  • two access means are provided at different parts of the enclosure, a first one of these being operable by a supplier of the merchandise to insert containers into the containers into the enclosure, or to load containers within the enclosure, and a second access means being operable by a customer to obtain access to a previously stored or loaded container.
  • a single access means can be provided; the containers being loaded into, and removed from, the one access point.
  • the access means comprises a conveyer system for moving a plurality of containers within the enclosure and means for moving selected ones of the containers to the/or each access means when required.
  • the security operation may comprise the customer inputting a security number, or inputting an identification device, such as a credit card, smart card or other personal identification device and the apparatus is operable, upon an identification device being correctly presented, to present a container which has previously associated with that identity, to the access means for access by that customer.
  • the access means comprises a door having an electronic lock.
  • an apparatus for the exchange of goods comprising: an enclosure including a movable receptacle compartmentalisable by the insertion of one or more removable divider; means for moving the receptacle to a loading or an unloading point; wherein, the receptacle and a door located at the loading or unloading point can be brought into a relative position that only facilitates access to a specified receptacle or to a specified compartment located therein.
  • an apparatus for the exchange of goods comprising: a plurality of receptacles, disposed within an enclosure, linked to form a paternoster that is adapted to transport the receptacles between a loading point and an unloading point; wherein a plurality of access doors are provided at the loading point and the unloading point that are integral to and distributed along a larger maintenance door that facilitates direct access to the paternoster located within the enclosure.
  • Figure 1 shows a storage enclosure
  • Figure 2 shows a container
  • Figure 3 shows a container for storing items at other than ambient temperature
  • Figure 4 shows a door arrangement of the secure enclosure
  • Figure 5 shows a door locking arrangement
  • Figure 6 shows a door arrangement with a door in a semi-raised position
  • Figure 7 shows a door arrangement with a door in a semi-lowered position
  • Figure 8 shows a door arrangement
  • Figure 9 shows a door in the same arrangement as Figure 8 with a receptacle in a lowered position
  • Figure 10 shows an alternative receptacle configuration
  • Figure 11 is a detail of the access point of the apparatus showing several doors arranged on a larger maintenance door
  • Figure 12 is a detail of the access point of the apparatus with the maintenance door removed;
  • Figure 13 shows a transportable apparatus
  • FIG 14 is a detail of the access point of the apparatus showing the maintenance door in an open position.
  • a storage and retrieval system for assembled items of merchandise comprises a secure enclosure 1 which is preferably provided with two openings 2 and 3. However, more or less openings than this may of course be provided (see Figures 11 to 13).
  • the enclosure is mounted such that one of the openings 2 is accessible from inside a store or other merchandising premises and the other opening 3 is accessible from externally of the premises.
  • the enclosure may be placed against the outside wall of a premises, perhaps with a hole knocked through the premises wall in line with opening 2.
  • the enclosure may be built into the structure of the premises or access may be obtained through an existing doorway, window way, vent or other opening in the premises.
  • the enclosure is formed of a material suitable for the intended environment such as a metal or weather resistant plastics material for example.
  • the enclosure is provided with a means for receiving and storing a number of collections of merchandise via opening 2 and for presenting a selected one of these to opening 3.
  • this comprises a vertical conveying machine chain 4 which comprises two spaced apart endless chains 5 arranged to synchronously move up and down in a guided vertical direction (under the control of a motor for example) and around a pair of toothed wheels (not shown). Attached at regular intervals to the chains are a number of pairs of triangular shaped links 6.
  • the triangular links are provided on either side of the apparatus, attached to each chain and they are pivotally connected, at apices 7 to a vertical side members of receptacles 8, which each have a base and side panels and are open at their front and rear.
  • the apices of the triangular members are shown as being pivotally connected about two thirds the way up each side panel of each receptacle 8. In practice they may not necessarily be so positioned and may be positioned at any suitable position. It has been found desirable to mount them approximately one third of the way from the top of the receptacle.
  • the combination of chain, links and receptacles may be referred to as a 'paternoster' for simplicity.
  • Each receptacle is open at both ends to enable it to receive containers via one end and to subsequently dispense them via the other end.
  • the receptacles are held so that they can pivot. As shown, under the effects of gravity, as each receptacle moves with the chain, as it passes over the top it pivots relative to the chain such that the end which was distal to the chain becomes proximal and the proximal end becomes distal.
  • Receptacles may be subdivided into compartments by the deployment of one or more removable dividers 19 (e.g. as shown in Figures 6 and 7). These dividers can be inserted in a horizontal or vertical orientation, and the receptacles are adapted to receive them. By using two or more spaced-apart dividers, a receptacle can be divided into three or more compartments.
  • the openings in the enclosure are preferably in the form of doorways and vertically sliding doors, 9, 10 may be provided which can be slid vertically to open a doorway to allow the entry of a container into a receptacle (or the removal of a container for a receptacle) and then vertically slid downwards to closed position.
  • Figure 2 shows a typical container 11 having a base 12, two side walls 13, 14, rear wall 15 and lowered front wall 16.
  • Front wall 15 is preferably lower than the rear wall 15 to enable easier loading and unloading but this is not essential.
  • the front and rear walls are provided with gripping holes 17, 18 for enabling manipulation of the receptacle, which is in itself shaped and sized to be able to fit into the receptacles 8 attached to the chain mechanism in the storage enclosure 1.
  • the openings 2 and 3 are preferably aligned so that when a receptacle is positioned adjacent to the first opening 2 another receptacle aligns with the second opening 3 to the second door opening.
  • the panel door 10 over the opening through which merchandise is retrieved and, optionally, also the door 9 through which merchandise is placed into the enclosure, are preferably provided with secure locking means such as electronic locks. They may be preferably associated with means such as credit card or smart card readers or keypads, to enable identification of an authorised person before they can be opened. Other means such as fingerprint or retina scans may be used.
  • each opening is provided with a generally rectangular panel door such as door 10 shown in Figure 4.
  • This is retained in vertical parallel guides 20 situated adjacent to vertical sides of the opening 3 so that when the door is moving it is guided in a generally vertical direction, one movement mechanism, attached to the door 10 by an anchorage 23 is one end of a flexible rope or chain 24 which passes over a number of suitably shaped wheels 25 each of which freely rotatable about a central pivot.
  • the other end of the rope or chain is positively attached to a counter weight 26 which is chosen to approximately equal the weight of the panel door.
  • each receptacle 14 includes, at its rear end 15 a raised lip portion 27 which is sufficiently high to abut the door when the door is in its highest position. This then prevents the receptacle from being withdrawn entirely and inadvertently or otherwise removed by the customer. The customer must pull out the receptacle and remove items loaded within it and then pushes the receptacle back in order to be able to close the doors.
  • counter balance instead of the counter balance shown, many other methods of balancing the door may be used, such as spring means, or by dividing the panel into about the horizontal access and using the lower section to counter balance the upper section.
  • the counter weight 26 may be replaced by powered means or the panel may be hinged about one of its sides. Other opening methods may be used.
  • the door panels include a handle portion 28 enabling lifting of the door.
  • door opening and/or closing may be fully automatic, e.g. controlled by the processing system.
  • the door may be locked and unlocked by means of an electrically locking mechanism as is stated in Figure 5.
  • the door, or a separate member attached to the door is provided with a recess 30.
  • a mechanical locking bolt or other means 31 engages into this recess, under the resilient force of a spring 32 and prevents movement of the door until an opening force is exerted on the locking member 31 by means of an electro-magnet 32. This causes the locking bolt 31 to retract away from the recess and thereby to free the door for movement.
  • This mechanism is shown as generally as 33 in Figure 4.
  • a known code reading device 34 which may be for example a smart card or credit card reader causes an electrical signal to be passed to a control device 35 which acts, upon a particular identification being read, to cause a known receptacle 8 to align with the door opening 3. Once the receptacle is aligned with the door opening, then the control apparatus 35 activates the electro-magnetic lock and enables the door to be opened, or the door may be opened automatically by means of a suitable drive mechamsm.
  • the door can be closed (manually or automatically) and the electronic lock is re-activated.
  • a selected receptacle is moved to a selected position relative to the opening, so that a door can be opened and goods removed from the receptacle.
  • the receptacles are divided into sub-compartments by one or more dividers, as described above. This enables two or more separate sets of goods, e.g. different orders, perhaps for different customers, to be supplied from a single receptacle. However, it then becomes important that a customer can only retrieve his goods, not any other goods stored in another compartment.
  • adjusting the relative rest position of a receptacle and opening position of the door This is achieved, in embodiments of the invention, by adjusting the relative rest position of a receptacle and opening position of the door. This may be achieved by altering the rest position of the receptacle, so that when the door is opened it only allows access to one compartment. Alternatively, the receptacle can always come to a fixed rest position and the door be selectably movable to an upper or lower 'open' position, each of which allows access to a particular compartment.
  • Figures 6 and 7 show the door 10 in reciprocal positions; in Figure 6 the door 10 is in a semi-raised position to only allow access to the lower compartment 43 of the selected receptacle 8, and in Figure 7 the door is in a semi-lowered state to only allow access to the upper compartment 44 of the receptacle 8.
  • the control electronics can be used to determine which position the door is to open to, dependent on the particular compartment to be accessed.
  • the selected receptacle can be moved to a rest position relative to the door position as shown in Figures 8 and 9.
  • the door 10 is in a semi-raised position, and the receptacle is moved from a position where only the lower compartment 43 is accessible ( Figure 8) to a position where only the upper compartment 44 is accessible ( Figure 9).
  • the control electronics can determine the exact rest position (upper or lower) of the receptacle, depending on the particular compartment to be accessed.
  • the number of compartments in a receptacle is not restricted to two, but can in fact be any number depending upon a given situation.
  • Figure 10 shows a receptacle 45 that includes three compartments.
  • the enclosure 1 will include more than one 'paternoster', with each paternoster operating in parallel (or independently) with adjacent paternosters.
  • one or more paternosters may be employed that are orientated in an horizontal plane as opposed to the vertically orientated paternoster shown in Figure 1.
  • the means by which the stored goods are moved to the loading/unloading door or doors in the horizontal arrangement may not necessarily be via a paternoster type mechanism.
  • An alternative means of conveying the load for example by a travelling table on rails accessing a bank of storage racks, may be employed.
  • this mechanism may be housed in a portable horizontal enclosure such as a standard freight container.
  • FIGs 11 and 11A depict a detail of the apparatus in an embodiment where four paternosters are employed.
  • the Figures also show a larger maintenance door 50; in Figure 11 the maintenance door is in a closed position, and in Figure 11 A the maintenance door is shown in a partially open position.
  • Each access door 10 to 10c is located on and operates within the larger maintenance door 50.
  • this maintenance door allows easy access to the internal workings of each paternoster within the enclosure of the apparatus, and facilitates expedited maintenance of the apparatus. In certain situations it is desirable for the apparatus to be easily transportable. This can be achieved in a number of ways.
  • One way is exemplified in Figure 13 where the apparatus forms part of trailer 60 that can be readily attached to a motorized cab.
  • the door 10 is shown in a lateral wall of the enclosure, but it could equally be located at the rear of the trailer in a position indicated by 61.
  • the entire apparatus may be motorized or be placed in a standard size freight container that can be transported in any of the known ways. Note that the internal paternoster arrangement housed within the trailer 60 is orientated in the horizontal plane.
  • a customer contacts the merchandiser in any appropriate way, generally by telephone or using the Internet, and places an order for a number of goods.
  • the merchandiser takes details of the customer, or if an existing customer, retrieves these details from an database, and takes payment details, such as a credit card number and other security details, from the customer.
  • payment details such as a credit card number and other security details
  • the merchandiser then sends a member of its staff to collect the various items on the order from either shop shelves or from a warehouse or from other locations. Once these have all been collected, they may be placed into first storage containers such as carrier bags, or boxes, as shown schematically by 36 and 37 in Figure 1.
  • the merchandiser then places these into one of the containers 14 ( Figure 2) and places this into the storage enclosure 1.
  • each individual receptacle 8 within the storage enclosure has unique identification, such as a unique identity number and the merchandiser programmes into the apparatus the identity number of the receptacle in which he has placed a particular collection of goods, together with the identity of the customer, or an identity number of that order.
  • the receptacle bearing the goods is moved to a suitable storage region within the enclosure.
  • the customer attends the enclosure, which, it will be recalled can be attended at any time and enters identification details into the identification verification unit 34.
  • This preferably comprises the action of inserting his credit card, smart card or other identity means into the card reader 34 or may be by entering a code by a keypad, or otherwise, to verify the identity or authority of the customer.
  • a combination of actions may be required, e.g. card- reading and entry of a PIN.
  • the chain- linked receptacles are moved so that the relevant one of the receptacles is moved adjacent to opening 3.
  • the receptacle is moved to the appropriate one of a plurality of 'rest' or 'access' positions.
  • Door 10 is then unlocked and the customer may open the door, as described above, and retrieve his articles from the apparatus. After unloading, he pushes the container 14 back into the apparatus and closes the door.
  • the container 14 can be mounted on runners, or other suitable means may be provided, whereby the container can be automatically retracted into the apparatus after a defined period for example so that if a user inadvertently forgets to push to retract the container it is automatically retracted after a while.
  • the merchandiser will find that one or more of the goods are not in stock or that he cannot supply an item for any number of reasons.
  • the customer initially gives details of his credit card and his credit card is debited with the projected cost of the order.
  • control apparatus such as reader 34 so that when a customer subsequently attends and inserts his credit card, his credit card account can then be automatically credited with the required amount.
  • an insulated container 40 such as shown in Figure 3 may be used.
  • This has sides, base and hinged lid of a material, such as foamed polystyrene or plastics material, which is suitable for insulation so as to keep items inside at the desired temperature for as long as possible.
  • a material such as foamed polystyrene or plastics material, which is suitable for insulation so as to keep items inside at the desired temperature for as long as possible.
  • This may also be provided with an extension lip 41 to prevent the container's removal from the storage system.
  • tokens such as intelligent tokens (smart cards), identity cards, etc, may be used which may store data electronically, magnetically, optically or otherwise.
  • an apparatus is used by a plurality of suppliers, to supply goods to customers, rather than by a single merchandiser.

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L'invention concerne un appareil servant à échanger des biens, qui comprend une enceinte munie de moyens pour stocker plusieurs contenants, de moyens pour déplacer un contenant vers un dispositif où le contenant est accessible et peut être chargé et/ou déchargé, et où le contenant est uniquement accessible pour être déchargé lorsqu'un usager accomplit une opération de sûreté précise consistant, notamment, à s'identifier ou à présenter une autorisation de décharger un contenant déterminé.
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