CN215632284U

CN215632284U - Electronic lock for commodity safety

Info

Publication number: CN215632284U
Application number: CN202121697013.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 忻宏
Original assignee: Hangzhou Langhong Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Langhong Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-26
Filing date: 2021-07-26
Publication date: 2022-01-25
Anticipated expiration: 2031-07-26

Abstract

The utility model provides an electronic lock for commodity safety, which comprises a lock mechanism, a warning assembly and a detection assembly, wherein the lock mechanism comprises a lock tongue and an electromagnet, and the lock tongue can respond to the movement of the electromagnet in a limited space so as to lock or unlock the lock mechanism; the detection assembly is configured to detect a locked or unlocked state of the lock mechanism. The utility model drives the lock tongue through the electromagnet, improves the structural relation of the lock tongue and the telescopic part in the lock mechanism, and leads the motion of the lock tongue in the lock mechanism to be more stable and convenient.

Description

Electronic lock for commodity safety

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of commodity safety, in particular to an electronic lock structure used in the field of commodity safety/burglary prevention.

Background

With the development of commodity experience type services, the display and experience functions of commodities are more opened to purchasers or potential purchasers, and meanwhile, the requirement for commodity theft prevention is continuously increased. On the one hand, the various requirements of the experience person are met as much as possible, all functions of the commodity and the side which is the most good and convenient are displayed to the experience person as much as possible, on the other hand, the possible stealing behaviors of the person who is in good care are prevented, and the hidden danger that the commodity is possibly stolen in the displaying and experiencing process is reduced or even eliminated as much as possible.

In practice, besides the exhibits, in the process of displaying and selling, because the exhibits are mainly used as displays rather than direct sales, sellers often set facilities requiring theft prevention, such as stock cabinets for storing sellable articles, in the display and selling places or places which are not far away from the display and selling places, and these facilities usually need to be provided with locks, such as cabinet locks, drawer locks, and the like, for protecting the safety of the stored articles.

The vast majority of cabinet locks in the prior art are mechanical locks/coded locks and the like, need adopt key or password to unlock, this type of tool to lock is equipped with lockhole or password interface usually, the user need insert the lockhole with the key or at password interface input password, also have the fingerprint lock, but the fingerprint lock needs to set up in advance, it is very inconvenient to use when flow show sales space or interim exhibition are sold, and the reliability of fingerprint identification technique also can be concerned with the security of fingerprint lock, therefore the fingerprint lock often is not the first choice in exhibition sales space.

For example, a cabinet lock capable of being unlocked by an unlocking device is disclosed in the attached drawings of chinese patent CN 2018220471167, but the cabinet lock in the prior art has some defects in the design of the lock body structure itself, the convenience of unlocking, and the like, and the sensitivity of the lock tongue reaction and the reliability of the movement need to be improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem of providing an electronic lock for commodity safety, which can overcome the problems in the background technology and ensure that the electronic lock is more convenient and reliable to use.

The technical scheme adopted by the utility model for solving the technical problem is as follows:

an electronic lock for commodity security comprises a lock mechanism, a warning component and a detection component,

the lock mechanism comprises a lock tongue and an electromagnet, wherein the lock tongue is configured to respond to the electromagnet to move in a limited space so as to lock or unlock the lock mechanism;

the detection assembly is configured to detect a locked or unlocked state of the lock mechanism,

the warning assembly is configured to send a safety signal when the lock mechanism is in a preset warning state.

Further, the electromagnet is configured to be capable of telescopic movement in response to a change in current.

Further, the electromagnet is configured to include a telescoping movable member, and the locking tongue is operatively connected to the telescoping movable member.

Further, the warning component comprises a logic circuit and is configured to be capable of making a warning state judgment through the logic circuit and the detection component.

Further, the electronic lock further comprises a battery configured to provide operating power for the electronic lock device.

Further, the alert assembly includes a communication interface configured to be operable to receive an external unlock signal.

Further, the warning component comprises a buzzer configured to sound an alarm or an operation prompt.

Further, the electronic lock further comprises an indicator light configured for operating status indication.

Further, the electronic lock further comprises an adhesive or a mounting and fixing member configured to mount and fix the lock mechanism to the locked structure.

Further, the electronic lock also comprises a locking piece which is configured to be matched with the lock tongue to form locking.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that: (1) the utility model drives the lock tongue through the electromagnet, has improved the lock tongue in the lock mechanism and structural relation of the telescopic part, make the motion of the lock tongue in the lock mechanism more stable and convenient, (2) the utility model combines detecting element and warning assembly into the electronic lock, apply the similar mechanism of showing the theft-proof of the goods to the electronic lock structure, make the electronic lock can play the basic function of the tool to lock, can also be used as the warning device, the security risk that may exist to the goods is pointed out.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an overall schematic view of the electronic lock of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the electronic lock of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of fig. 2 from another angle.

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of the circuit of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the logic circuit of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a diagram of an application scenario of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a diagram of another application scenario of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.

All directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, rear, lateral, longitudinal … …) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement, etc. in a particular posture, and if the particular posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical background and application scenario of the present invention, some technical terms involved in the above-mentioned embodiments are first explained.

Commodity securityThe merchandise security referred to in the present invention includes some merchandise, such as electronic products, which need to be functionally displayed to a purchaser or potential purchaser, some functions of the merchandise need to be known to a user in a use situation, the merchandise generally has some man-machine interactive interfaces, a exhibited person can contact within a certain range and exemplarily or exhibitively use all or part of the functions of the merchandise, so as to know the performance of the merchandise, the merchandise is directly contacted by an experiencer, the experiencer can use within a range limited by a seller or a merchandise owner, such as a sales location, but cannot bring the merchandise to a separate experience location, and due to the ownership of the displayed merchandise, the merchandise is also attributed to the seller or the merchandise holder, therefore, an anti-theft measure for protecting the security of the merchandise is needed, these anti-theft measures are not limited to the use of the experiencer, but only limit the experiencer to take the experiencer away from the site, and even in some cases, the anti-theft measures need to consider not to obstruct the use of the experiencer as much as possible so as to enable the experiencer to obtain better use experience. In the present invention, the merchandise security also includes other merchandise besides the displayed merchandise, since the displayed merchandise itself is usually not used for sale, and the merchandise is often sold at the same time when the merchandise is displayed, the displayed merchandise needs to be equipped with corresponding merchandise for sale, the merchandise may be stored at or near the displayed merchandise, and the security of the merchandise is more important for the displayed merchandise.

Warning assemblyIn the present invention, the warning component refers to a part of the hardware structure used in the integral device of the present invention, which can be assembled in the electronic lock of the present invention as a part thereof, and can play a warning/warning role. The warning assembly usually requires electricity, and the electricity required by the warning assembly can be provided by the electronic lock. In the utility model, the main function of the warning component is to judge according to the detection resultAnd judging whether the commodity is in a safe state or not, or sending a corresponding safety prompt according to the judgment result, such as alarming or sending a safety signal. The warning component can be independent hardware or an integral structure combined with other elements, such as a sensor and an alarm device, the main function of the warning component is to play a certain role in a certain link or links for ensuring the safety of commodities, the warning component can be called as the warning component of the utility model as long as the device capable of playing the role is used, and the warning component is a concept which is well known and applied in the industry in the field of commodity theft prevention.

Detection assemblyIn the utility model, the detection component may be the above-mentioned component which is matched with the warning component, such as a sensor, etc., the detection component may be used for detecting the locking or unlocking state of the lock mechanism, the detection principle of the detection component may be conventional, for example, the sensor itself has such a detection function, and after detection, the corresponding detection result can be transmitted to other components/devices, such as the warning component, and a safety signal corresponding to the detection result is sent out through the warning component. Like the warning component, the detection component is also a concept which is well known and applied in the industry in the field of commodity theft prevention, and the utility model does not change the function and the principle of the detection component, but provides the detection component with a changed structure.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiments

The embodiment provides an electronic lock for commodity security, which comprises a lock mechanism 1, a warning assembly 2 and a detection assembly 3, wherein the lock mechanism 1 comprises a bolt 11 and an electromagnet 12, and the bolt 11 is configured to be capable of responding to the electromagnet to move in a limited space so as to lock or unlock the lock mechanism; the detection component 3 is configured to be capable of detecting the locking or unlocking state of the lock mechanism 1, and the warning component 2 is configured to send out a safety signal when the lock mechanism is in a preset warning state. In the present invention, the preset warning state refers to that some threshold values can be preset in the warning component 2, for example, a safety signal is sent when the lock mechanism is set to be in the unlocked state, or a safety signal is sent when the lock mechanism is set to be in the unlocked state for 5 minutes, it should be noted that the preset of the warning component 2 is the prior art, and the present invention does not need to improve the preset mode, for example, the preset mode disclosed in the chinese patent application CN201811428522.6, and since the warning component 2 may include a chip or a circuit board (which is also the prior art and is mentioned in many times in the patent of the applicant previously applied), the warning component 2 may preset a certain threshold value or a trigger mechanism on the chip or the circuit board, and the preset mode may be set according to actual requirements, for example, according to different requirements of a display vendor in a specific display and sales process, the logic and principles of these settings can be implemented in the prior art, and the present invention does not modify this, but only the structure of the electronic lock.

As shown in fig. 1, the electronic lock of the present invention includes a lock body 100, where the lock body 100 includes a bottom plate 101, a housing 102 and a cover plate 103, two ends of the housing 102 are open, the bottom plate 101 and the cover plate 103 cover two upper and lower ends of the housing 102, respectively, and the warning assembly 2 and the detection assembly 3 are disposed in the housing 102.

In some preferred forms, the electromagnet 12 is configured to be capable of telescopic movement in response to a change in current. As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the electromagnet 12 is mounted on the bottom plate 101 of the lock mechanism, as shown in fig. 2, a fixing position 122 for fixing the electromagnet 12 is provided on the housing 102, when the housing 102 and the bottom plate 101 are closed, the position of the electromagnet 12 can be fixed, the fixing position 122 forms a region on the housing 102, a space 123 capable of being provided for the electromagnet 12 to stretch and contract is provided in the region, and since the magnitude of the current affects the magnetic magnitude of the electromagnet 12, the adsorption capacity of the electromagnet 12 can be adjusted by adjusting the change of the current, thereby performing the stretching and contracting movement. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the electromagnet 12 is configured to include a telescopic movable part 121, the telescopic movable part 121 is disposed in a space 123 formed by a fixed position 122 and capable of being extended and retracted, the telescopic movable part 121 is made of a magnetic material capable of being attracted by the electromagnet 12, the electromagnet 12 can control attraction or release of the telescopic movable part 121 by the electromagnet 12 through the magnitude and direction of current, or can control attraction or release of the telescopic movable part by controlling only the change of current in combination with a mechanical structure such as a spring, and the latch 11 is operably connected to the telescopic movable part 121, so that the latch 11 can perform telescopic movement synchronously with the telescopic movable part 121, and thus the latch 11 performs telescopic movement.

The side of the housing 102 is provided with an opening 105 that can allow the bolt 11 to pass through, the bolt 11 can pass through or retract into the opening under the action of the electromagnet 12 and the telescopic movable part 121, when the bolt 11 is pushed out of the opening 105, the electronic lock is in a locked state, and when the bolt 11 retracts into the opening 105, the electronic lock is in an unlocked state.

In some preferred manners, the warning component 2 includes a logic circuit, and is configured to perform warning state judgment through the logic circuit and the detection component, as described above, the logic circuit may receive a signal detected by the detection component, and perform warning state judgment in combination with a preset threshold, where the warning state judgment may include whether to send a safety signal, and the like, and the logic circuit may adopt the logic judgment circuit shown in fig. 4 to 5, and it is also a prior art to perform logic judgment through the logic circuit.

In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 2 to 3, the electronic lock further includes a battery 13, a mounting portion of the battery 13 is provided on each of the housing 102 and the bottom plate 101, the battery 13 is fixedly mounted in the lock body 100 of the electronic lock, and the battery 13 is configured to be used for providing the electronic lock device with power during operation, such as the electromagnet 12, the warning assembly 2, the detection assembly 3, and the like.

In some preferred forms, the warning assembly 2 includes a communication interface configured to be able to receive an external unlocking signal. As mentioned above, the warning component may include a circuit board or a chip, the communication interface may be integrated on the circuit board or the chip, the communication interface may be a wired interface or a wireless interface, and is used for transmitting signals to the outside through the electronic lock, and both the arrangement of the communication interface and the principle of the communication interface for transmitting signals may adopt a relatively mature technical scheme in the prior art.

In some preferred manners, the warning assembly 2 may further include a buzzer 21 configured to sound an alarm or an operation prompt, as shown in fig. 2-3, and the mounting positions of the buzzer 21 are provided on the housing 102 and the bottom plate 101.

In some preferred modes, a sound transmission hole/sound amplification hole 22 is further formed in the cover plate 103 at a position corresponding to the buzzer 21, so that the alarm sound can be conveniently transmitted outwards.

In some preferred modes, the electronic lock further comprises an indicator lamp 23, the indicator lamp is arranged on the cover plate 103 of the electronic lock and is configured for indicating the working state, the indicator lamp can be configured to be capable of being turned on in a single color or in multiple colors according to use requirements, so that only different working states or fault states exist, it should be noted that the indicator lamp can adopt a scheme which is mature in the prior art for displaying the working state or the fault state in the single color or in multiple colors, the electronic lock does not need to be improved, and the electronic lock only provides the electronic lock which can contain the indicator lamp.

In some preferred manners, as shown in fig. 6, the electronic lock further includes an adhesive or a mounting and fixing member configured to mount and fix the lock mechanism to the locked structure, for example, as shown in fig. 7, a bottom surface of a bottom plate 101 of the electronic lock may be adhered to the inside of the cabinet door 200 by an adhesive 104, forming an internal locking structure of the cabinet 300.

In some preferred manners, the electronic lock further includes a locking piece 14, the locking piece 14 is configured to cooperate with the locking tongue 11 to form a lock, for example, as shown in fig. 7, the electronic lock may be installed on an inner side wall of the drawer 400 to form an inner drawer lock, at this time, the locking piece 14 may be disposed on an outer frame of the drawer, a locking hole capable of matching with the end shape of the locking tongue 11 is disposed on the locking piece 14, and when the drawer is closed, the drawer can be locked through cooperation of the locking piece 14 and the locking tongue 11.

In some preferred modes, as shown in fig. 7, the electronic lock further comprises an external unlocking part 15, the unlocking part 15 can be connected to the electromagnet 12 through a data cable, so that the electromagnet 12 is powered on or off, and the magnitude of the current supplied to the electromagnet 12 can be adjusted through a controller. It should be noted that the external unlocking portion is an optional implementation manner, and the present invention may also implement locking and unlocking of the electronic lock by powering on or powering off the electromagnet 12 in other existing manners, for example, unlocking is implemented by contacting the unlocking device 16 with the unlocking portion 15, and contact unlocking is also a content already disclosed in the prior art, for example, a content disclosed in a patent mentioned in the background art, and is not described in detail herein.

While the preferred embodiments of the present application have been described in the foregoing description of the embodiments, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the application.

Claims

1. An electronic lock for merchandise security, comprising:

a lock mechanism, a warning component and a detection component,

2. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1, wherein: the electromagnet is configured to be capable of telescopic movement in response to a change in current.

3. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: the electromagnet is configured to include a telescoping movable member with which the deadbolt is operably connected.

4. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1, wherein: the warning assembly comprises a logic circuit and is configured to be capable of performing warning state judgment through the logic circuit and the detection assembly.

5. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1, wherein: a battery is included that is configured to provide operating power for the electronic locking device.

6. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1, wherein: the alert assembly includes a communication interface configured to receive an external unlock signal.

7. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1, wherein: the warning component comprises a buzzer and is configured to be used for giving an alarm or sounding an operation prompt.

8. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1, wherein: an indicator light is included that is configured for operating status indication.

9. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1, wherein: including adhesive or mounting securing members configured for mounting securing the lock mechanism to the locked structure.

10. An electronic lock for merchandise security according to claim 1, wherein: a locking tab is included that is configured to cooperate with a locking tongue to form a lock.