(19)
(11) EP 0 826 331 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/10

(21) Application number: 97202610.8

(22) Date of filing: 26.08.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47F 10/04, G07F 7/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 26.08.1996 SE 9603079

(71) Applicant: Hörsted, Sören
4572 NR Asmindrup (DK)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hörsted, Sören
    4572 NR Asmindrup (DK)

(74) Representative: Arwidi, Bengt Dr. 
AHLPATENT AB Förborgsgatan 27
554 39 Jönköping
554 39 Jönköping (SE)

   


(54) Basket machine


(57) The object of the present invention is an automatic machine for receiving, storing and handing out of shopping baskets. In the machine there takes place a control of received baskets concerning their kind and condition. The machine is also intended to make possible the taking of a deposit for the use of a basket.
When a basket is input to the basket machine it is conveyed into the box 15 at a position which is marked by the basket 1. In this position there is an identification or control of the basket by electronic or mechanical means. The accepted basket is brought upwards to the position which in the figure is marked by the basket 2, where it is gripped by toothed wheels 13, 14. In another embodiment of the invention the input and handing out of baskets is from the top of the storage.






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