JP2005146816A - Alarm for door lock - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a door lock alarm, which warns persons concerned when a door lock provided at the entrance of a house is left released, at very much small maintenance cost. <P>SOLUTION: An alarm lamp L that lights up or a sound generator that generates sound, both through electrification, is provided at a lock knob 3 of a door lock provided near a knob on the indoor surface 1a of a door 1, in the way that the alarm lamp L or sound generator may turn on when the lock knob 3 is rotated to an unlocking position and may turn off when the latter is rotated to a locking position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a door lock locking warning device that warns that a door lock provided on an entrance door of a house entrance or the like is not locked.

  A door lock that locks the door in the closed position is provided near the knob that opens and closes the door.

  This door lock is normally operated by inserting and rotating a key from the outer surface side of the door 1 which is the outside of the house, and the locking mechanism built in the door 1 is operated, as shown in FIG. A prism-shaped wedge body 2 protrudes from the end wall 10 on the rotating end side of the door 1, and is in a slot of a metal fitting provided on the end wall of the frame of the entrance of the house facing the end wall 10 of the door 1. Is a locking metal fitting that locks the opening and closing of the door 1, but the door surface 1 a facing the interior of the house of the door 1 has a portion that extends the locking mechanism that operates by inserting the key described above. The flat lock knob 3 for opening and closing the locking mechanism from the indoor side is provided so as to protrude from the mounting base 4 attached to the door surface. The lock knob 3 has a shaft 30 on the base end side thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, it passes through the mounting base 4 and enters the door 1. Are interlocking the locking mechanism incorporated Look, by rotationally operating pinching the lock knob 3, it is to allow locking and the unlocking is.

  The door lock attached to the entrance door of this house locks the door closed by inserting a key when the resident is away from the house and when the resident is indoors, By turning 3, it keeps the door locked and plays the role of crime prevention.

  The door lock is locked by inserting a key as described above or turning the lock knob 3 or turning the lock knob 3. However, the door lock is not provided with means for confirming that the lock is performed.

  This confirmation is performed only by holding the door knob 5 to open the door 1 when locking, and confirming that the door does not open, and there is almost no such confirmation. . Many have only performed locking operations. In addition, I often forget to apply the locks. In particular, locking from the indoor side is often performed simply by turning the lock knob 3 attached to the door surface on the indoor side of the door without using a key. There is a problem that cannot be effective.

  The problem to be solved in the present invention is that the door lock attached to the entrance door of the house cannot prevent the crime prevention effect due to forgetting to perform the locking operation and prevents the locking operation from being forgotten. The maintenance cost of the warning / warning means is expensive.

  In the present invention, for the door lock attached to the entrance door of the house, forgetting to perform the lock operation can be prevented effectively so that the maintenance cost can be kept low. The purpose is to do.

  In the present invention, as a means for achieving the above-mentioned object, the locking operation of the door lock 6 installed on the door surface 1a on the indoor side of the door 1 in the vicinity of the knob 5 for opening and closing the door 1 is performed. The control lamp knob 3 is controlled so that the warning light L, which emits and lights when energized, is turned on when the lock knob 3 is turned to the unlocked position and turned off when the lock knob 3 is turned to the locked position. A door lock locking warning device characterized by being installed is proposed.

In addition to this, it is described in claim 2,
On the door surface 1a on the indoor side of the door 1, the sound generator Sp that generates a warning sound when energized is locked to the lock knob 3 for locking operation of the door lock 6 provided in the vicinity of the knob 5 for opening and closing the door 1. 4. A door lock locking warning device, wherein the door lock locking warning device is controlled to be turned on by turning the knob 3 to the unlocking position and turned off by turning to the locking position. Described in
A cover 8 that is integrally coupled to the lock knob 3 and is rotated together is assembled to the lock knob 3 for locking the door lock 6, and the warning light L, the battery 83, and its circuit are stored in the cover 8. 2. The door according to claim 1, further comprising: a switch Sw that operates to turn off the power to the warning light L of the circuit by rotating the lock knob 3 together with the cover 8 to the locked position. Lock locking warning device, according to claim 4,
A cover 8 that is integrally coupled to the lock knob 3 and is rotated together is assembled to the lock knob 3 for locking the door lock 6, and the sound generator Sp, the battery 83, and the audio circuit 87 are attached to the cover 8. The switch Sw is stored, and the switch Sw is operated to turn off the power supply to the sound generator Sp of the circuit 87 by rotating the lock knob 3 together with the cover 8 to the locked position. The lock warning device for the door lock according to claim 5,
The battery 83, the sound generator Sp and its circuit 87 are stored in the mounting base 4 of the lock knob 3, and the lock knob 3 is movable so as to turn off the circuit 87 by rotating it to the locking position. A switch mechanism comprising a magnet Mg and a reed switch Sw is incorporated, and the warning lamp L provided on the lock knob 3 is controlled to be turned on in conjunction with the sound generator Sp by the switch mechanism. The door lock locking warning device according to claim 1 and claim 2 and the cover 8 to be assembled to the lock knob 3 according to claim 6 are formed in a cone shape having substantially the same diameter as the mounting base 4 of the lock knob 3. The door lock locking warning device according to claim 3 and claim 4 is provided.

  The door lock according to the present invention is a warning light attached to the lock knob 3 or its cover 8 when the resident is in the living room away from the entrance of the house or in the bedroom at night and forgets to lock. Since L is blinking or the sound generator Sp is activated and ringing, forgetting is prevented by receiving a warning. At this time, if the lock knob 3 is rotated to the locking position by operating the cover itself or the cover 8 attached thereto, the operation of the warning light L or the sound generator Sp is turned off when the locking is completed. Thus, the lock can be confirmed. Since the operation of the warning light L and the sound generator Sp is turned off by locking, the maintenance cost becomes zero. Moreover, since the door lock 6 is mostly locked, the running cost is remarkably reduced.

  Further, when the door lock 6 is locked by inserting and turning the key 7 when going out, the lock knob 3 provided on the door surface 1a on the indoor side of the door 1 is rotated by this operation. As a result, it is possible to confirm that the sound generator Sp has been locked by stopping the operation of the sound generator Sp, and that the locking has been completed, thereby preventing forgetting to lock.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show a first embodiment of the means of the present invention. In these drawings, 1 is an entrance door, 1a is an indoor door surface of the door 1, 10 is an end surface of the door 1 on a rotating end side, and 4 is a side surface attached to the indoor door surface 1a of the door 1. A mounting base 3 having a trapezoidal shape in view shows a lock knob provided on an end face of the mounting base 4 on the indoor side.

  The lock knob 3 is a locking mechanism (incorporated inside the door 1 by inserting the key 7 into the insertion port 60 of the key 7 of the lock fitting 6 attached to the outer surface side of the door 1 and rotating it. (Not shown) is attached to the door surface 1a on the indoor side of the door 1 so that the operation of moving the wedge body 2 in and out of the end surface on the rotating side of the door 1 can be operated from the indoor side of the house. Then, the shaft 30 provided on the base end side of the lock knob 3 is attached to the door surface 1a at a position symmetrical to the insertion port 60 of the key 7 of the lock fitting 6 described above. By passing through the mounting base 4 that is fixedly attached and entering the inside of the door 1, it is linked to the locking mechanism incorporated therein, and the lock knob 3 is rotated, The wedge body 2 is moved in and out. Locking of the click and the unlocking is performed.

  A cover 8 attached to the lock knob 3 is formed into a hollow cone shape from an appropriate material such as a resin material, and is fitted into a fitting groove 80 formed on the base end side thereof as shown in FIG. Is inserted into the outer peripheral side of the lock knob 3 and assembled and set to the lock knob 3 by screwing the double-sided tape 81 and the set screw 88 together.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the cover 8 has a button battery 83 inserted from the head side of the tip and attached by a presser lid 82, a substrate 84, and a warning light comprising an LED set on the substrate 84. L, a small sound generator Sp, a reed switch Sw for controlling on / off of a circuit between the warning light L and the battery 83, and a magnet for performing on / off operation of the switch Sw Mg and built-in storage.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the magnet Mg described above is stored in a freely rotatable manner in a small-diameter cylindrical case 86 that is integrally connected to a substrate 84 that is fixedly incorporated in the cover 8. When the substrate 84 is in a horizontal state (locking position) parallel to the lock knob 3 as shown in FIG. 7, the position where the magnet Mg rolls away from the case 86 and moves away from the reed switch Sw. Then, when the switch Sw is turned off and the substrate 84 is in a vertical state (unlocked position) together with the lock knob 3 as shown in FIG. Mg occupies a position adjacent to the reed switch Sw so that the switch Sw is turned on.

  Next, FIG. 9 shows another embodiment. In this example, the mounting base 4 is formed in a hollow frame base, and a magnet Mg for controlling the operation of the reed switch Sw, a battery 83, a small speaker Sp, and its audio circuit 87 are stored in the mounting base 4. The lock knob 3 pivotally supported on the mounting base 4 stores a warning light L made of LED and a reed switch Sw for controlling on / off of the sound circuit 87 together with the warning light L circuit. In this example, the lock knob 3 can be downsized.

  In this embodiment, the battery 83 and the magnet Mg are arranged on the mounting base 4, so that the lock knob 3 is provided with a reed switch Sw and a warning lamp L made of LED, and a flat plate of the flat lock knob 3. By providing it in the direction along the surface, the lock knob 3 can be formed in a shape and size that is almost the same as a normal one, and the mounting base 4 is also formed in a shape and size that is almost the same as a normal one. it can.

It is the perspective view seen from the indoor side of the door of the conventional door lock. It is a perspective view of the mount of a door lock same as the above, and a lock knob. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cover attached to a lock knob as viewed from the head side and a perspective view as viewed from the base end side in the means of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the assembly process explaining the state attached to a lock knob of a cover same as the above. It is the top view (partial cross section figure) of the state of the assembly | attachment of the cover same as the above, and a vertical front view. It is a perspective view of the storage case of a board | substrate, a reed switch, and a magnet assembled in a cover same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the state in which the reed switch in a cover same as the above is OFF. It is explanatory drawing of the state in which the reed switch in a cover same as the above was turned on. It is a perspective view of another Example of the door lock by this invention. It is a vertical side view of an Example same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

  L ... warning light, Mg ... magnet, Sp ... sound generator, Sw ... reed switch, 1 ... door, 10 ... end wall, 1a ... door surface, 2 ... wedge body, 3 ... lock knob, 30 ... shaft, 4 ... Mounting base, 5 ... Knob, 6 ... Door lock, 60 ... Insert, 7 ... Key, 8 ... Cover, 80 ... Insertion groove, 81 ... Double-sided tape, 82 ... Holding lid, 83 ... Battery, 84 substrate, 86 ... Case, 87 ... voice circuit, 88 ... set screw.

Claims (6)

  On the door surface 1a on the indoor side of the door 1, a warning light L that emits light and lights when energized is applied to the lock knob 3 for locking operation of the door lock 6 installed near the knob 5 for opening and closing the door 1. A door lock locking warning device characterized in that the lock knob 3 is controlled to be turned on when the lock knob 3 is turned to the unlocking position and turned off when the lock knob 3 is turned to the locking position.   On the door surface 1a on the indoor side of the door 1, the sound generator Sp that generates a warning sound when energized is locked to the lock knob 3 for locking operation of the door lock 6 provided near the knob 5 for opening and closing the door 1. A door lock locking warning device characterized in that the lock is operated so as to be turned on by turning the knob 3 to the unlocking position and to be turned off by turning to the locking position.   A cover 8 that is integrally coupled with the lock knob 3 and is rotated together is assembled to the lock knob 3 for locking operation of the door lock 6, and a warning light L, a battery 83, and a circuit board 84 thereof are attached to the cover 8. 2. The switch Sw which operates to turn off the power supply to the warning lamp L of the circuit is stored by rotating the lock knob 3 together with the cover 8 to the locked position. Door lock locking warning device.   A cover 8 that is integrally coupled to the lock knob 3 and is rotated together is assembled to the lock knob 3 for locking the door lock 6, and the sound generator Sp, the battery 83, and the audio circuit 87 are attached to the cover 8. The switch Sw is stored, and the switch Sw is operated to turn off the power supply to the sound generator Sp of the circuit 87 by rotating the lock knob 3 together with the cover 8 to the locked position. The door lock locking warning device described.   The battery 83, the sound generator Sp, and the sound circuit 87 thereof are stored in the mounting base 4 of the lock knob 3, and the lock knob 3 is movable so that the circuit 87 is turned off by rotating it to the lock position. A switch mechanism composed of the magnet Mg and the reed switch Sw is incorporated, and the warning light L provided on the lock knob 3 is controlled to be turned on in conjunction with the sound generator Sp by the switch mechanism. The door lock locking warning device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above-mentioned.   5. The door lock locking warning device according to claim 3, wherein the cover to be assembled to the lock knob is formed in a cone shape having substantially the same diameter as the mounting base of the lock knob.

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