"Method for distribution, vending and replacement of goods through automatic vending machines installed on board of vehicles of public transportation (VT); automatic vending machines and equipment for installation of automatic vending machines on vehicles public transportation".
OwnerJairo Silva SOARESinventor
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Abstract
An operating method for vending of goods in automatic vending machines developed to be placed on board of vehicles of public transportation, such as city buses or long distance buses, subway cars, trains, vessels, places and any locations of human busy movement; the replacement of machines or goods through a method for managing the vending including the storage logistics and distribution of goods, and a method for installing and uninstalling the machines of public transportation.
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1-8. (canceled)
A method for distribution, vending and replacement of goods through automatic vending machines installed on board of vehicles of public transportation, the method comprising the following operating stages:
- (A) providing at least one management site for receiving, storing and managing the distribution and logistics of goods, acquired from different manufacturers;
- (B) manufacturing automatic vending machines constructed and arranged to be installed and uninstalled on board and off board of vehicles of public transportation at appropriate places;
- (C) Feeding of the automatic vending machines with the acquired goods;
- (D) installing an equipment for installation of the automatic vending machines in the vehicles of public transportation;
- (E) providing and installing the fed automatic vending machines on the equipment for installation of the automatic vending machines, in the vehicles of public transportation;
- (F) remotely controlling and collecting data of the volume and kind of sale of goods in the vehicles of public transportation, in real time;
- (G) replacing an empty or partially empty automatic vending machine by a fed automatic vending machines in the vehicles of public transportation, using vehicles of supply, according to the data collected in stage;
- (H) bringing the replaced machine to the management site, providing supply of goods to the automatic vending machines,
- wherein the replacement and supply is performed by qualified and trained labor;
- and wherein the vehicle of public transportation is idling or in movement with passengers.
The method of claim 1, wherein the collected data of the volume and kind of sale of goods in the vehicles of public transportation is submitted to a cloud by a device of data submission of each vending machine, in real time or delayed, allowing for a compilation of the data and generating a report to be used by the management.
The method of claim 1, wherein the collected data provides identification and location of the vending machine, the collected price in a definite period during the day and week, the kind of goods sold, the amount of goods sold and the remaining amount of goods in each compartment.
The method of claim 2, wherein the collected data is submitted to the cloud using a mobile phone GSM System.
An automatic vending machine, for use with the method of claim 1, the machine comprising:
- (i) a box with a front door, both having all vertexes rounded;
- (ii) compartments with devices constructed and arranged to release the goods, the devices including a spring and an engine,
- (iii) a dashboard or panel;
- (iv) an access compartment;
- (v) a cashbox linked to a device of data submission;
- enabling remotely controlling and collecting real time data of the volume and kind of goods sold in the vehicles of public transportation;
- the real time data transferred to the management site;
- (vi) a battery having a useful life up to 24 hours, the battery charged by the vehicles of public transportation, if necessary;
- wherein, for the release of the goods, the spring is rotated by the engine, actuated by the user, allowing the goods chosen from the dashboard or panel by the user, to fall down into the access compartment;
An equipment for installation of automatic vending machines on board of vehicles of public transportation, at the appropriate place according to the method of claim 1, the equipment including a bracket and a cradle, constructed and arranged to be installed onto a rail in the vehicles of public transportation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.