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WO2003036573A9 - Procede de vente de produits d'epicerie - Google Patents

Procede de vente de produits d'epicerie

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Publication number
WO2003036573A9
WO2003036573A9 PCT/GB2002/004833 GB0204833W WO03036573A9 WO 2003036573 A9 WO2003036573 A9 WO 2003036573A9 GB 0204833 W GB0204833 W GB 0204833W WO 03036573 A9 WO03036573 A9 WO 03036573A9
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Prior art keywords
container
receiver
loaded
delivery
customer
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PCT/GB2002/004833
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English (en)
Other versions
WO2003036573A3 (fr
WO2003036573A2 (fr
Inventor
Roger Roydon Ford
Vladimir Mikhailovi Vishnyakov
Stephen Eastwood Donnelly
Original Assignee
Univ Salford
Roger Roydon Ford
Vladimir Mikhailovi Vishnyakov
Stephen Eastwood Donnelly
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Application filed by Univ Salford, Roger Roydon Ford, Vladimir Mikhailovi Vishnyakov, Stephen Eastwood Donnelly filed Critical Univ Salford
Priority to AU2002341141A priority Critical patent/AU2002341141A1/en
Publication of WO2003036573A2 publication Critical patent/WO2003036573A2/fr
Publication of WO2003036573A3 publication Critical patent/WO2003036573A3/fr
Publication of WO2003036573A9 publication Critical patent/WO2003036573A9/fr

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/14—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/14—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels
    • A47G29/141—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means
    • 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
    • G07F17/13—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 the containers being a postal pick-up locker
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/14—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels
    • A47G29/141—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means
    • A47G2029/142—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means the receptacle interior being adapted to receive a transportable deposit container for food or large parcels
    • A47G2029/143—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means the receptacle interior being adapted to receive a transportable deposit container for food or large parcels the container comprising identification means, e.g. a bar code
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/14—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels
    • A47G29/141—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means
    • A47G2029/144—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means the receptacle being transportable and attachable to a building
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/14—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels
    • A47G29/141—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means
    • A47G2029/147—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means the receptacle comprising heating or cooling means

Definitions

  • This invention relates to grocery trading.
  • a customer can e-mail an order to a store, where it will be compiled and packaged, then delivered to the customer. Payment may be made by a remote credit card transaction.
  • the customer in at least one manifestation of this practice, nominates a two-hour delivery slot.
  • a delivery can be late for traffic or other reasons, which is irksome.
  • an e-commerce shopper is such because of a busy lifestyle that precludes personal shopping and waiting around for delivery men. Many simply cannot be at home at appropriate times.
  • Deliveries left unsecured at the customer's premises can, of course, be stolen or can perish if left exposed on a warm day for any length of time, and frozen or chilled goods can defrost or melt.
  • a grocery trading method comprising loading goods to order into a container at a store, delivering the loaded container to customer premises equipped with a receiver for said container which secures said container against opening and/or removal except by a customer key.
  • a receiver for a container the receiver being adapted to be fixed to a supporting structure
  • the apparatus comprising a container engagement device, the container engagement device being moveable between a first position, in which a container may be inserted into or removed from the receiver, and a second position in which a container is prevented from being removed from the receiver and further comprises a lock device to lock the container engagement device in the second position.
  • the receiver may comprise a power source.
  • the container further comprises temperature control means to control the internal temperature of the container.
  • the temperature control means may comprise thermal insulation material on the container side walls, a thermal control device such as a refrigeration and/or heating unit, and/or a eutectic compound.
  • the refrigeration and/or heating unit may comprise a Peltier effect arrangement and/or Peltier element or other heat pumps, which may be used for maintaining a temperature above ambient in sub-zero weather, or maintaining a temperature below ambient in warm weather.
  • Other temperature control arrangements can be used, for example, cool packs or liquefied gas, eg. nitrogen, with appropriate control and safety measures.
  • the container With the refrigerator unit, the container may comprise a fridge/freezer combination, and may be taken inside the customer premises to serve as such.
  • the receiver may automatically secure a loaded container delivered to it. The securing action may be triggered by a container weight sensor. It may be arranged that an unloaded container can be removed without a customer key.
  • Receiving a loaded container may trigger container refrigeration, or alternatively warming of the container. This may be dependent on the ambient temperature.
  • the receiver may secure an unloaded container against release except by a delivery man key - or a customer key may also set as a delivery may key.
  • a customer key override may be provided to allow a delivery man to remove a container which contains goods for return, that would otherwise lock the container against access except by a customer key.
  • the container may be loaded at the store automatically according to an electronic order, which might be derived from an e-mail order. It might be arranged that the e-mail format can be automatically processed to comprise instructions for a loading automat, or such instructions might be generated from less-formal e-mail, fax, phone or other order methods.
  • the loaded container may be tagged with a delivery address and loaded with others on to a delivery vehicle according to a vehicle delivery schedule, which might be computed from address information compiled from address information compiled from electronic orders - computing facilities might be programmed to compute a preferred route taking into account the delivery addresses and road and traffic information, and to direct the driver, as by a cab display, to the next delivery address.
  • a vehicle delivery schedule which might be computed from address information compiled from address information compiled from electronic orders - computing facilities might be programmed to compute a preferred route taking into account the delivery addresses and road and traffic information, and to direct the driver, as by a cab display, to the next delivery address.
  • an empty container may be removed into the delivery vehicle for recycling, and the loaded container substituted.
  • the receiver may be adapted to reject an incorrectly addressed receiver - otherwise, a single error early on in the delivery round could have a catastrophic effect.
  • a delivery vehicle can be refrigerated, the goods being themselves refrigerated in the store - even goods that do not need refrigeration such as canned and dry goods, so that "warm" goods do not warm up refrigerated goods.
  • the container may comprise a rigid bin or basket.
  • a container may be selected from a set of containers of different capacities according to the loading requirement - electronic loading instructions may estimate the required capacity, so that an appropriate container is put on a conveyor system taking it past loading points.
  • a container may comprise a basket base adapted for attachment of extension wall units for loading exceeding basket base capacity.
  • the container may have wheels, facilitating transfer from outside to inside the customer's premises.
  • the container, or the receiver may incorporate a computer providing one or more of:
  • • data communication eg. by wireless means
  • alarm system including sensors for eg. power failures, out-of-specification temperature, unauthorised access, tampering;
  • Figure 1 is a view of a container secured to a receiver at customer premises, and a delivery trolley;
  • Figure 2 is an exploded view of another embodiment of a container
  • Figure 3 is a schematic plan view of an automatic container loading arrangement
  • Figure 4 is a diagrammatic side elevation of a receiver attached at a customer's premises, with a container in place;
  • FIG 5 is a schematic plan view of a delivery vehicle.
  • the drawings illustrate a grocery trading method in which goods are loaded into a container 11 at a store 12 ( Figure 3).
  • the loaded container 11 is delivered to customer premises equipped with a receiver 13 ( Figures 1 and 4) for said container 11 which secures said container 11 against opening and/or removal except by a customer key 14 which fits a lock arrangement 15.
  • the lock is a conventional mechanical lock with a regular metal key, but as a practical matter, an electronic arrangement will usually be preferred.
  • the receiver 13 is in the form of a closure for the container 11 secured to an external wall 16 of the premises, connected to a power source 17 for refrigeration.
  • the receiver 13 houses a Peltier effect refrigeration unit 18.
  • the receiver 13 automatically secures a loaded container 11 delivered to it.
  • An electronic lock arrangement can operate automatically when a loaded container 11 is presented from a delivery trolley 19 (Figure 1) or on its own wheels ( Figure 2) by operating electric motor 21 driven hooks 22 in similar fashion to electrically operated automobile boot locks.
  • Load cells 23 weigh the container, differentiating a loaded container 11 from an empty one. Detection of a loaded container triggers a securing action in which the container is only released for access by a customer key 14.
  • An unloaded container 11 may be removed by a delivery man key, which can be a "skeleton" key for all receivers, but which only operates to release empty containers.
  • a customer key can also be arranged to release an unloaded container, for, perhaps, inserting goods for return, and the system may then have an override permitting the delivery man key to operate on a containing goods for return.
  • the container 11 is loaded in the store 12 by an automat 24 from loading units 25 containing products for loading.
  • the containers 11 for a delivery "round" are placed by a placement unit 26 on to a conveyor 27.
  • the conveyor indexes the containers 11 round the loading units, goods being tipped into the containers at the loading units according to an electronic order delivered to a controller 28.
  • the order may originate from an e-mail in an appropriate format from an e-mail input 29, or may be translated by an automatic or human translator 31 from a fax of phone input 32.
  • Loaded containers are transferred to a holding conveyor 33 which accepts a delivery truck load.
  • the containers are tagged, such as by a magnetic code or bar code on a card
  • any other suitable tagging device may be used, such as a radio frequency identity device (RFID).
  • RFID radio frequency identity device
  • the tagging device can carry customer information and is read by a reader 35 in the receiver 13, which can reject and/or provide a warning signal of an incorrectly addressed container.
  • the containers 11 may be all one size, or may be of different sizes, or, as illustrated, may comprise a basket base 11a and extension wall units 1 lb. In any event, different sizes of container can be moved from delivery truck to receiver 13 on the trolley
  • a delivery route can be computed for a vehicle load of containers, and the containers for the route stacked automatically in a delivery vehicle 41, Figure 4, which is shown accommodating four lines of containers 11 (there might, of course, be more than one tier) which are on conveyors 42.
  • End-wise containers 11 are removed in turn at delivery points, the other containers being indexed around to present the next-to-be-delivered container at the end, an empty space being filled by the removed empty container.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a container 71 which can double as a fridge/freezer unit in the customer's premises.
  • Figure 2 shows a partially exploded view of the container 71 showing the upper module 16 and a Peltier cooling assembly 68 and a computer 67 located in the upper module 16.
  • the container also has wheels 61 and a handle 62 for ease of movement eg. from the receiver outside the premises to a kitchen inside.
  • the container has a freezer compartment 63, a refrigerator compartment 64 and a non-perishable goods compartment 65.
  • the container 71 may be loaded into the receiver with doors 69, 70 facing a wall on which the receiver is mounted. This helps prevent unauthorised access to the container 71 while the container 71 is loaded in the receiver.
  • the receiver 13 may be made more secure by enclosing it in a lockable structure, and it may even be arranged that it can be accessed from the inside of the customer's premises - this may be difficult to arrange in existing buildings, but could be designed into new dwellings.

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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Devices That Are Associated With Refrigeration Equipment (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention se rapporte à un procédé de vente de produits d'épicerie, consistant à charger des produits commandés dans un conteneur (11) dans un magasin (12). Le conteneur chargé (11) est livré au domicile du consommateur (16), qui est équipé d'un dispositif de réception (13) pour le conteneur (11). Le dispositif de réception (13) permet d'arrimer le conteneur (11), et empêche son ouverture et/ou son retrait par tout autre moyen qu'avec une clé (14) détenue par le consommateur.
PCT/GB2002/004833 2001-10-25 2002-10-25 Procede de vente de produits d'epicerie WO2003036573A2 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

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AU2002341141A AU2002341141A1 (en) 2001-10-25 2002-10-25 Grocery trading method

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GBGB0125632.0A GB0125632D0 (en) 2001-10-25 2001-10-25 Grocery trading method
GB0125632.0 2001-10-25

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