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公开(公告)号：US5526916A
公开(公告)日：1996-06-18
申请号：US306638
申请日：1994-09-15
CPC分类号： G07F7/0636 , A47F10/04 , G07F7/0627 , G07F7/0681 , Y10S194/905
摘要： A cart management apparatus for retaining and vending carts such as luggage carts, shopping carts, and strollers, includes a retaining rail for receiving cart keys disposed on the carts, a rotatable paddlewheel including a plurality of paddles, at least one of which projects into the retaining rail to provide an obstruction therein, an electromagnetic brake coupled to the paddlewheel to selectively inhibit rotation of the paddlewheel and restrict removal of cart keys from the rail, and a one-way clutch, also coupled to the paddlewheel to allow free rotation of the paddlewheel in a return direction to allow cart keys to be inserted into the retaining rail when carts are returned to the apparatus. The preferred apparatus may be used with existing carts which are retrofit with cart keys that are suitable for being retained within the rail. Furthermore, a plurality of electronic sensors are utilized to detect the removal and return of carts to the apparatus and thereby prevent theft of rewards dispensed by the system. In particular, one such sensor utilizes a transmitter and a receiver which are coupled to a transmitter and receiver of a cart key located in close proximity thereto to determine whether a valid cart key is being detected by the sensor.
摘要翻译： 用于保持和自动售货车（例如行李车，购物车和婴儿车）的小车管理装置包括用于接收设置在车上的小车钥匙的固定轨道，包括多个桨叶的可旋转水轮，其中至少一个突出到 固定轨道以在其中提供障碍物;电磁制动器，其联接到所述水轮以选择性地禁止所述水轮的旋转并且限制从所述轨道移除推车钥匙;以及单向离合器，其还联接到所述水轮以允许所述水轮的自由旋转 在返回方向的水盘上，当购物车返回到设备时，允许将购物车钥匙插入到保持轨道中。 优选的装置可以与现有的手推车一起使用，这些推车适用于适合于保持在轨道内的推车钥匙。 此外，使用多个电子传感器来检测推车到装置的移除和返回，从而防止系统分配的奖励被盗。 特别地，一个这样的传感器利用发射机和接收机，其耦合到位于其附近的车钥匙的发射器和接收器，以确定传感器是否检测到有效的车钥匙。
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公开(公告)号：US6142283A
公开(公告)日：2000-11-07
申请号：US265709
申请日：1999-03-09
申请人： Keith L. Amdahl , Dan L. Otterson , Christopher J. Rogney , Mark G. Bussey , Fred C. Zimmerman , Verne L. Severson
发明人： Keith L. Amdahl , Dan L. Otterson , Christopher J. Rogney , Mark G. Bussey , Fred C. Zimmerman , Verne L. Severson
CPC分类号： G07F7/0636 , A47F10/04 , G06Q20/343 , G07F7/02 , G07F7/0627 , G07F7/0681 , Y10S194/905
摘要： A cart management apparatus for retaining and vending carts such as luggage carts, shopping carts, and strollers, includes a retaining rail for receiving cart keys disposed on the carts, a rotatable paddlewheel including a plurality of paddles, at least one of which projects into the retaining rail to provide an obstruction therein, an electromagnetic brake coupled to the paddlewheel to selectively inhibit rotation of the paddlewheel and restrict removal of cart keys from the rail, and a one-way clutch, also coupled to the paddlewheel to allow free rotation of the paddlewheel in a return direction to allow cart keys to be inserted into the retaining rail when carts are returned to the apparatus. The preferred apparatus may be used with existing carts which are retrofit with cart keys that are suitable for being retained within the rail. Furthermore, a plurality of electronic sensors are utilized to detect the removal and return of carts to the apparatus and thereby prevent theft of rewards dispensed by the system. In particular, one such sensor utilizes a transmitter and a receiver which are coupled to a transmitter and receiver of a cart key located in close proximity thereto to determine whether a valid cart key is being detected by the sensor, as well as the unique identity of that cart key, so that the apparatus may maintain a queue of the carts retained therein. A control unit in the preferred apparatus utilizes a non-volatile audit memory mounted in the apparatus for storing system parameters such as statistical and configuration information, whereby if the control unit is replaced the system parameters may be restored to the new control unit.
摘要翻译： 用于保持和自动售货车（例如行李车，购物车和婴儿车）的小车管理装置包括用于接收设置在车上的小车钥匙的固定轨道，包括多个桨叶的可旋转水轮，其中至少一个突出到 固定轨道以在其中提供障碍物;电磁制动器，其联接到所述水轮以选择性地禁止所述水轮的旋转并且限制从所述轨道移除推车钥匙;以及单向离合器，其还联接到所述水轮以允许所述水轮的自由旋转 在返回方向的水盘上，当购物车返回到设备时，允许将购物车钥匙插入到保持轨道中。 优选的装置可以与现有的手推车一起使用，这些推车适用于适合于保持在轨道内的推车钥匙。 此外，使用多个电子传感器来检测推车到装置的移除和返回，从而防止系统分配的奖励被盗。 特别地，一个这样的传感器利用发送器和接收器，其耦合到位于其附近的购物车钥匙的发送器和接收器，以确定传感器是否正在检测有效的车钥匙，以及唯一身份 该车钥匙，使得该装置可以保持保持在其中的推车的队列。 优选装置中的控制单元使用安装在装置中的非易失性审计存储器来存储诸如统计和配置信息的系统参数，由此如果更换控制单元，则可以将系统参数恢复到新的控制单元。
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公开(公告)号：US6125985A
公开(公告)日：2000-10-03
申请号：US264925
申请日：1999-03-09
申请人： Keith L. Amdahl , Dan L. Otterson , Christopher J. Rogney , Mark G. Bussey , Fred C. Zimmerman , Verne L. Severson
发明人： Keith L. Amdahl , Dan L. Otterson , Christopher J. Rogney , Mark G. Bussey , Fred C. Zimmerman , Verne L. Severson
CPC分类号： G07F7/0636 , A47F10/04 , G06Q20/343 , G07F7/02 , G07F7/0627 , G07F7/0681 , Y10S194/905
摘要： A cart management apparatus for retaining and vending carts such as luggage carts, shopping carts, and strollers, includes a retaining rail for receiving cart keys disposed on the carts, a rotatable paddlewheel including a plurality of paddles, at least one of which projects into the retaining rail to provide an obstruction therein, an electromagnetic brake coupled to the paddlewheel to selectively inhibit rotation of the paddlewheel and restrict removal of cart keys from the rail, and a one-way clutch, also coupled to the paddlewheel to allow free rotation of the paddlewheel in a return direction to allow cart keys to be inserted into the retaining rail when carts are returned to the apparatus. The preferred apparatus may be used with existing carts which are retrofit with cart keys that are suitable for being retained within the rail. Furthermore, a plurality of electronic sensors are utilized to detect the removal and return of carts to the apparatus and thereby prevent theft of rewards dispensed by the system. In particular, one such sensor utilizes a transmitter and a receiver which are coupled to a transmitter and receiver of a cart key located in close proximity thereto to determine whether a valid cart key is being detected by the sensor, as well as the unique identity of that cart key, so that the apparatus may maintain a queue of the carts retained therein.
摘要翻译： 用于保持和自动售货车（例如行李车，购物车和婴儿车）的小车管理装置包括用于接收设置在车上的小车钥匙的固定轨道，包括多个桨叶的可旋转水轮，其中至少一个突出到 固定轨道以在其中提供障碍物;电磁制动器，其联接到所述水轮以选择性地禁止所述水轮的旋转并且限制从所述轨道移除推车钥匙;以及单向离合器，其还联接到所述水轮以允许所述水轮的自由旋转 在返回方向的水盘上，当购物车返回到设备时，允许将购物车钥匙插入到保持轨道中。 优选的装置可以与现有的手推车一起使用，这些推车适用于适合于保持在轨道内的推车钥匙。 此外，使用多个电子传感器来检测推车到装置的移除和返回，从而防止系统分配的奖励被盗。 特别地，一个这样的传感器利用发送器和接收器，其耦合到位于其附近的购物车钥匙的发送器和接收器，以确定传感器是否正在检测有效的车钥匙，以及唯一身份 该车钥匙，使得该装置可以保持保持在其中的推车的队列。
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公开(公告)号：US6024203A
公开(公告)日：2000-02-15
申请号：US934422
申请日：1997-09-19
CPC分类号： G07F7/0636 , A47F10/04 , G07F7/0627 , G07F7/0681 , Y10S194/905
摘要： A cart management apparatus and method for retaining and vending carts such as luggage carts, shopping carts, and strollers, includes a retaining device for selective retaining at least one of the carts; a cart identification sensor for uniquely identifying carts retained by the retaining device; a control device for controlling the vending and returning of carts, wherein the control device maintains a queue of carts identified by a cart identification sensor and retained by the retaining device; a reward device for dispensing a reward when a cart is returned to the retaining device; and a counter for counting a number of times that an identification of the cart is missed from the queue of carts so as to prevent the reward device from dispensing a reward when the number of times exceeds a predetermined value of the counter.
摘要翻译： 用于保持和自动售货车（例如行李车，购物车和婴儿车）的推车管理装置和方法包括用于选择性地保持至少一个推车的保持装置; 用于唯一地识别由保持装置保持的车的车辆识别传感器; 用于控制推车的售货和返回的控制装置，其中所述控制装置维持由购物车识别传感器识别并由保持装置保持的推车的队列; 用于当购物车返回到保持装置时分配奖励的奖励装置; 以及计数器，用于计数从车的队列中错误识别车辆的次数，以便当次数超过计数器的预定值时，防止奖励装置分配奖励。
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公开(公告)号：US5921373A
公开(公告)日：1999-07-13
申请号：US531953
申请日：1995-09-21
申请人： Keith L. Amdahl , Dan L. Otterson , Christopher J. Rogney , Mark G. Bussey , Fred C. Zimmerman , Verne L. Severson
发明人： Keith L. Amdahl , Dan L. Otterson , Christopher J. Rogney , Mark G. Bussey , Fred C. Zimmerman , Verne L. Severson
CPC分类号： G07F7/0636 , A47F10/04 , G06Q20/343 , G07F7/02 , G07F7/0627 , G07F7/0681 , Y10S194/905
摘要： A cart management apparatus for retaining and vending carts such as luggage carts, shopping carts, and strollers, includes a retaining rail for receiving cart keys disposed on the carts, a rotatable paddlewheel including a plurality of paddles, at least one of which projects into the retaining rail to provide an obstruction therein, an electromagnetic brake coupled to the paddlewheel to selectively inhibit rotation of the paddlewheel and restrict removal of cart keys from the rail, and a one-way clutch, also coupled to the paddlewheel to allow free rotation of the paddlewheel in a return direction to allow cart keys to be inserted into the retaining rail when carts are returned to the apparatus. The preferred apparatus may be used with existing carts which are retrofit with cart keys that are suitable for being retained within the rail. Furthermore, a plurality of electronic sensors are utilized to detect the removal and return of carts to the apparatus and thereby prevent theft of rewards dispensed by the system. In particular, one such sensor utilizes a transmitter and a receiver which are coupled to a transmitter and receiver of a cart key located in close proximity thereto to determine whether a valid cart key is being detected by the sensor, as well as the unique identity of that cart key, so that the apparatus may maintain a queue of the carts retained therein.
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