Patents Assigned to SYSTEC Ausbausysteme GmbH
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Patent number: 5951029Abstract: A transport cart which can be stacked in a column with other carts is equipped with a deposit lock for uncoupling it in return for a deposit token and for coupling it up again in exchange for returning the deposit token. For moving the cart, it is provided at its rear end with a handle bar extending transversely between lateral supporting arms with handle caps standing at either end. The token device housing is formed in one piece laterally directly on one side of one of the handle caps and is provided on its opposite side with a receptacle for the correspondingly shortened handle bar.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: SYSTEC Ausbausysteme GmbHInventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
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Patent number: 5860698Abstract: A device for generating a rocking motion in child recliners and the like includes a lift drive with a coupling element, wherein the coupling element of the lift drive can be brought directly into engagement with the recliner in a detachable manner without intermediate elements and assembly operations.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1996Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Assignee: Systec Ausbausysteme GmbHInventors: Ludwig Asenstorfer, Markus Fischer
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Patent number: 5722351Abstract: A device is provided for securing movable things, in particular dogs, against unauthorized removal. A security lock is used which, after insertion of a deposit token, releases an additional lock with an accompanying key or only the key. This additional lock is connected to a restraining device in order to secure the movable thing, so that it is not able to be removed at anyones disposal.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1995Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Assignee: Systec Ausbausysteme GmbHInventor: Brigitte Christiane Roper
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Patent number: 5444263Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a pocket sized instrument for reliable recognition of authenticity features of banknotes and other security documents. A basic embodiment of the instrument includes an elongated rod with a handle part at one end. The handle part contains the battery housing and the switch and is provided with a clip for facilitating handling. The other end of the rod includes a frontal test part. A banknote can be passed through a slit in the frontal test part and exposed to the enclosed optical elements. Authenticity features of the document become visible through illumination.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1994Date of Patent: August 22, 1995Assignee: Systec Ausbausysteme GmbHInventor: Wolfgang R. Mastnak
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Patent number: 5425438Abstract: Deposit locks for transport carts are in use in which the coupling member of one cart is lockable in the deposit lock of the next cart, and the deposit lock has a locking mechanism which upon insertion of a deposit token into the locking mechanism locks the token while releasing the cart and releases the token upon recoupling of the cart. To prevent misuse of these deposit locks, the deposit token is provided with an additional positioning member which forms an operative connection between the deposit token and the locking mechanism necessary for the functioning of the lock.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1994Date of Patent: June 20, 1995Assignee: Systec Ausbausysteme GmbHInventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
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Patent number: 5406271Abstract: A system shopping cart for use in multi-department self-service stores is shown and described. The cart includes a digital memory for storing information specific to a department. Information is transferred to the cart by infrared light transmission coming from transmitters located in each department. The cart includes a display which provides a visual message for the cart user, and also includes an infrared transmitter for transmitting information to a department infrared transceiver for the purpose of identifying cart location and time for the purpose of customer shopping pattern analysis.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1992Date of Patent: April 11, 1995Assignee: SYSTEC Ausbausysteme GmbHInventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
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Patent number: 5388667Abstract: The invention is directed to an unloading system for shopping carts wherein a conveyor device is disposed in the entry area of a cash register or scanning apparatus, and acts on the products lying randomly in the shopping cart to subject them to a transporting motion in a defined unloading direction, whereby a side wall of the basket in this direction is to be opened.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1993Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Assignee: Systec Ausbausysteme GmbHInventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
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Patent number: 5259633Abstract: A transport cart with a coin-operated lock. A connection between the coin-operated lock and an associated carrier arm permits an automatic coin mechanism to be pivoted relative to the plane of insertion of a key about an axis of rotation parallel to the handle of the transport cart and is secured at various angles of inclination relative to the handle.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1992Date of Patent: November 9, 1993Assignee: Systec Ausbausysteme GmbHInventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
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Patent number: 5180045Abstract: A securing device (1) for carts having a chain (82) with a first end secured to a screw (7) mounted on a cart, a first key secured to a second end of the chain (82), a coin receptor for releasing and retaining an introduced coin (50, 51), and additional apparatus for coupling and uncoupling the cart to and from another parked cart. When a second key (8') secured to the other parked cart is introduced into the securing device (1) to couple and securely hold the cart to the other parked cart, a coin (50, 51) from the coin receptor of the cart is released and the cart can be uncoupled from the other parked cart by introducing a next coin (50, 51) into the coin receptor thereby releasing the second key (8') while the next coin (50, 51) is retained in the coin receptor.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1990Date of Patent: January 19, 1993Assignee: SYSTEC Ausbausysteme GmbHInventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
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Patent number: D411763Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Systec Ausbausysteme GmbHInventors: Ludwig Asenstorfer, Markus Fischer