FR2884402A1 - Perishable food product storage furniture for e.g. food service industry, has cabinet with two doors providing private and public access, respectively, and separately accessible compartments arranged according to nature of product - Google Patents

Abstract

The furniture has a cabinet (10) delimited by two lateral walls (13, 14), a floor, a roof and two doors (21, 22), where the cabinet is used as a fixed connecting tunnel between a private ground (60) and a highway (50). The door (21) provides private access through the ground and the door (22) provides public access through the highway. Preservation compartments for preserving a perishable product are arranged according to the perishable nature of the product and are accessible separately by suppliers.

Description

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  The invention relates to furniture equipment intended both for catering professionals and individuals and can serve as temporary stores of perishable food deliverable home.

  Current telecommunications means, internet or otherwise, currently allow to make instantly and remotely orders for various products, to pay for them and to have them delivered.

  But in the case of perishable food, if we can consider their order online, delivery is a problem. Not only is the packaging of these foods fragile and relatively bulky, but their perishability requires their immediate handling to prevent their degradation or even their loss.

  There are currently no good answers to this problem.

  It is in seeking them that the plaintiff had the idea of his invention.

  For this purpose, the invention relates to storage furniture perishable foodstuffs, comprising at least one compartment for the preservation of said commodities arranged according to the perishable nature of the foodstuffs and characterized in that it is arranged in a communication chamber between a private access and public access.

  For example, the furniture may be a thermal enclosure comprising a freezer compartment, a refrigerator compartment, etc., and two access doors, one private and the other public. The delivery is made public side, and the grip, private side. Perishable goods can be delivered without the customer being in control.

  Naturally, the invention would apply equally well to other perishable products, without it being food, such as some medical or surgical products. 2-

  Preferably, public access is protected so as to allow it only for expected deliveries and to prohibit the intervention of a third party.

  Advantageously, each compartment is accessible separately. This avoids a misallocation of commodities in the various compartments possible.

  More preferably, the access is obtained on delivery of a specific code, for example a code of the product to be delivered and possibly its deliveryman. For this purpose, near the airlock, there is at least one code entry device connected to means for opening the public side lock and at least one code entry device connected to the private side storage means.

  Also preferably, the opening means comprise code recognition means and control means of at least one electromagnetic lock.

  Advantageously, the recognition means comprise a delay of predetermined duration, initiated upon recognition of the code, after which the stored code is erased. Thus, the authorization is effective for a single delivery and is only for a predetermined period.

  The invention also relates to a perishable food supply system, comprising: means for controlling a commodity and its home delivery, means for transmitting an address of a storage furniture according to the invention. invention where to deliver the commodity and a public access code, - means for the storage furniture, enter the public access code and access the interior of the furniture.

  Home refers to the home of an individual or other entity. - 3

  In the case of household furniture, for individual or family use, the furniture is located near the dwelling house, for example integrated into a wall of this home overlooking a public road.

  The invention will be better understood with the aid of the following description of an example of storage furniture and supply system according to the invention, with reference to the appended drawing, in which: FIG. In vertical section of the storage furniture according to the invention, FIG. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the storage furniture of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the means of opening the furniture of FIG. storage according to the invention and FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the perishable food supply system according to the invention.

  With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the furniture 10 for storing perishable foodstuffs comprises a substantially parallelepipedal cabinet resting essentially on a private floor 60. A cabinet could also be provided.

  The cabinet 10 is delimited by two side walls 13 and 14, a floor 12, a ceiling 11 and two doors 21 and 22, one 21 allowing private access from the ground 60 and the other 22 allowing public access by a roadway 50.

  Private and public areas are separated for example here by a wall 23 which here encloses the cabinet 10 and in which it is sealed 24, so that its two doors 21 and 22 are located on either side of the wall and that the cabinet serves as an immovable communication lock between private access and public access.

  Public access is protected so as to allow it only for deliveries expected by a customer and to prohibit the intervention of a third person other than a supplier to whom the customer has placed an order.

  2884402 -4 The delivery of commodities is made by the supplier on the public side, and the handling by the customer, private side.

  In FIG. 2, the locks 25 and 26 of the doors 21 and 22 may both be under the control of a protection system 27, 28, 29, 30 which will be detailed later, but in the example considered here only lock 26 of the door 22 is protected.

  The cabinet 10 further comprises compartments 15, 16, 17 for storing perishable goods, arranged according to the perishable nature of the goods, for example frozen products in the compartment 15, refrigerated by a freezer 19, fresh products in the compartment 16, and products at ordinary temperature in compartment 17. But it is also possible to provide compartments of different protective packaging (heat, sterilization, etc.). The compartments are preferably well identified.

  Each compartment 15, 16, 17 can be accessed separately by the suppliers, which makes it necessary to multiply the number of doors 22 giving public access to the cabinet 10, but this avoids misuse of the goods in the various compartments possible. at the time of delivery.

  The protection system will now be described with reference to Figures 2 and 3.

  In the vicinity of the cabinet 10, there is provided, on the private side, a device 27 for entering Al code and, on the public side, a device 28 for inputting code A2. These input devices 27 and 28 are connected, by communication channels 30 formed in the wall 23, to opening means 31 controlling a latch device 29 (electrical or magnetic SM) controlling the opening of the lock 26 side public.

  The opening means 31 comprise a data processing and code recognition microprocessor 36 for memorizing the entered access codes and reading them in a first memory 32 storing the codes M1 entered by the client and in a memory card. second memory 33 storing the M2 codes entered by the deliveryman.

  The recognition means compare the codes M1 and M2 and if there is an identity, the microprocessor 36 starts a function 34 for controlling the opening of the lock 26 and a delay function 35 of predetermined duration H, at the end of which the memorized code M1 and the command S are erased.

  The access is thus possible only on delivery of the specific code M2 identical to mid, for example a code of the product to be delivered and possibly of its supplier or deliveryman and the authorization of access is effective only for a single delivery for a duration H. The access codes can, in certain cases, be modified remotely, for example by telephone, by computer network, etc.

  In the example of Figure 4, the perishable food supply system includes - control means (here remote control) of food and their home delivery, including a mobile or mobile phone 38 available to the customer, the telecommunication network 39, support of a computer network RT such as the Internet, on which a central purchasing of CA home deliverables comprises a site 40 receiving orders, and a processing center 41 orders and delivery, - the above control means that can serve as means of transmission of an address of the storage cabinet where deliver the ordered goods and a public access code associated with each order, 2884402 -6 rooms 43 of packaging F of food 44 delivery L orders, the above means 10, 28, 29, 30 for, near the storage cabinet 10, enter A2 the public access code M2 and access the inside furniture 10 if it is identical to the code M1 introduced by the customer, an input keyboard 27 to allow the customer to enter the code M1 A1, possibly the duration H, and opening 31 for control of the waste 29 and opening of the lock 26.

Claims (1)

7 CLAIMS   1. Furniture (10) for storing perishable foodstuffs, comprising at least one compartment (15, 16, 17) for storing said foodstuffs arranged according to the perishable nature of the foodstuffs and characterized in that it is arranged in airlock communication between a private access (60) and a public access (50).   2. Furniture according to claim 1, comprising at least one refrigerator compartment (15, 16).   3. Furniture according to one of claims 1 and 2, comprising two access doors, one private (21) and the other public (22).   4. Furniture according to claim 3, wherein the public access is protected so as to allow it only for deliveries of expected commodities.   5. Furniture according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein each compartment (15, 16, 17) is accessible separately.   6. Furniture according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the access is obtained on delivery of a specific code (Ml, M2).   7. Furniture according to claim 6, wherein the code (Ml, M2) is characteristic of the commodity to be delivered and / or its deliveryman.   8. Furniture according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein there is provided at least one device (28) for entering code (M2) connected to means for opening (31) of the public side sas and at least one code-entry apparatus (27) connected to private-side storage means (32).   9. Furniture according to claim 8, wherein the opening means (31) comprise means (36) of code recognition and control of at least one electromagnetic lock (SM). - 8   10. Furniture according to one of claims 8 and 9, wherein the opening means (31) comprise a timer (35) of predetermined duration (11).   11. Perishable food supply system, comprising: means (38, 39, 40, 41) for controlling a food and its home delivery, - transmission means (38, 39, 40, 41) an address of a storage furniture according to one of claims 1 to 10, where to deliver the commodity and a code (Ml, M2) public access, - means (27, 28, 29 , 30, 31) for the storage furniture (10), enter the public access code (Ml, M2) and access the interior of the furniture (10).   12. System according to claim 11, wherein the furniture (10) is a household furniture located near the dwelling.