EP0173154B1 - Control apparatus for determining usage - Google Patents

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EP0173154B1
EP0173154B1 EP19850110074 EP85110074A EP0173154B1 EP 0173154 B1 EP0173154 B1 EP 0173154B1 EP 19850110074 EP19850110074 EP 19850110074 EP 85110074 A EP85110074 A EP 85110074A EP 0173154 B1 EP0173154 B1 EP 0173154B1
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Armin Eisermann
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/10—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property
    • G07F17/12—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/14—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for fastenings for doors; for turnstiles
    • G07F17/145—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for fastenings for doors; for turnstiles for revolving doors or turnstiles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T70/00—Locks
    • Y10T70/70—Operating mechanism
    • Y10T70/7051—Using a powered device [e.g., motor]
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  • the invention relates to a system for the unsupervised control of the use of lockers or the like in bathing establishments, reading rooms, hotels or the like according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • the control elements consist of disks with different time codes, and each control element serving as a deposit fits into each deposit lock of the locker system. This simplifies handling and has the considerable advantage that the occupancy time of the lockers is much shorter than the time the user stays, for. B. in the bathhouse.
  • the bathroom user selects any locker, throws in the control element, closes the locker door and removes the key. After returning to the locker, he opens it with the key, the control element is returned and the key is caught by the lock. With the control element received back, the user goes through the curfew, at which point it may also be determined whether he has complied with the prescribed times in the bathroom.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve a generic system in such a way that, with a simpler design, greater security and considerable variation, more convenient handling is achieved, in particular, in that the exchange of the control element to be inserted there is no longer necessary for the key to be removed.
  • the deposit lock has z. B. a keyboard for entering a code for the locking function. This keyboard is activated by inserting the deposit coin, ie made functional. The user enters any code. With this he can then close the door. It can only be opened again with this code.
  • coded control elements from any supply in any coding system or the like. The coding thereof can take place, for example, in an automatic dispenser. The coding does not have to take into account the later use in the locker lock. Rather, each control element is suitable for operating every lock in the system.
  • the locker is only occupied from this moment on. If he pushes in the control element and also the deposit coin, the locker lock stores the coding of the control element. From this point on, the lock is locked against all other codes. With the associated control element or by keying in the code, the user can then open or close the compartment any number of times. Only when he gives it up, has opened the locker door for it and has his coin issued, will the lock's code memory be deleted, and from this point on the locker will be free to be used by another user. It does not matter whether the previous user stays somewhere else in the bathing establishment or the like for a long time. With the coding element z. B.
  • the lock of one of many safe locks can be operated, such as a safe in hotels. There is a safe in every room.
  • the code keyboard or the coding element e.g. B. that for the hotel room door, is used together with the coin to prove the room safe for the appropriate time. If the coding of the control element suitable for the room door changes, the lock of the free room safe also accepts this other coding and permits occupancy for a corresponding time.
  • the deposit lock with its device for identifying the control element, the respective control element at the same time with an identity code of the lock, ie z. B. a locker number, it is easier for the user to find his associated locker.
  • the solution that the deletion command to the memory of the deposit lock is omitted when the deposit lock is opened by means of a master key allows an appropriately authorized person who is the holder of the master key to remove the deposit coin and make it the cashier coin.
  • This can e.g. B. be required if someone within a bathing establishment clearly exceeds the usage time or, for example, leaves a subject occupied overnight.
  • the lifeguard then opens the compartment, removes the penalty coin and then closes the compartment again, e.g. B. because he left the user's stuff in the compartment.
  • the user can then open his compartment again by keying in the corresponding coding or by operating with the correspondingly coded control element and take out his things.
  • the coding is then deleted, so that the compartment is then completely free for a new user. If, at the same time, the solution is provided that the delete command is forwarded to the memory with a time delay after a corresponding master key opening, this opens up the possibility that the person authorized by the master key owner will remove the deposit coin takes, i.e. makes it a punitive coin or cashier coin, and the code in the memory is deleted after a short time when the holder of the master key no longer closes the locker door.
  • the main key can be a purely mechanical key of a known type, or one in the form of a coded element similar to the control elements.
  • a buffer in which a code entered via the keyboard or control element is initially held for a short time, this memory can be automatically deleted if the user does not remove the deposit lock under or after inserting the coin within this short time Coin operated because he z. B. has suddenly decided not to use the subject.
  • the coding is passed on to the main memory, which is queried when the deposit lock is opened. In this way, you can also use normal deposit locks as far as possible, complete with corresponding actuation handles that can be activated by coding. Without coding they go e.g. B. empty.
  • the buffer has detected a coding, they are coupled to the deposit lock; a coin must now be inserted into this in the usual way in order to lock the bolt. If this happens, the coding moves to the main memory; if this does not happen in a short time, the coding is deleted and the operating handle is disabled.
  • the main entrance of the bathing establishment is designated by the number 1. From there, the visitor enters an anteroom 2. In order to use the bathing establishment, he has to pass an entrance barrier in the form of a turnstile 3.
  • the turnstile 3 is mounted about a vertical axis 4 and has a plurality of turnstile arms 5 which are arranged in the same angular distribution and prevent unlawful passage.
  • An input barrier 3 is adjacent to an automat 6, which represents a limitation of the entry path.
  • the automat 6 is equipped on the input side with a control panel 7.
  • the personal entry of money is also to be paid there, as a result of which the machine 6 then outputs a strip-shaped, coded control element 8.
  • the input lock 3 opens so that the user can get inside the bathing establishment.
  • the strip-shaped control element 8 then serves as a ticket in order to be able to pass the entrance barrier 3.
  • the input block 3 would have to be assigned a reading station scanning the control element.
  • control elements 8 can also be removed from a supply roll, not shown, located in the machine 6.
  • This strip-shaped control element 8 has a coding field 9, which either receives a coding during the production of the control element 8 or receives this from the machine 6 when it is output.
  • the user can now go with the control element 8 received to a locker system I in the direction of the arrow and occupy any unused locker S with his control element.
  • These lockers have different numbers.
  • the deposit lock 11 attached to the inside of the locker door 10 has a bolt 12 which can be closed by turning a rotary knob 13 located on the outside of the door.
  • the coded control element 8 is to be inserted into a pull-through slot 14 of a coding memory 15.
  • the latter is located on the outside of the door.
  • the coding field 9 of the control element 8 now effects a corresponding coding of the coding memory 15.
  • the rotary button 13 can be actuated accompanied by the locking of the bolt 12.
  • the control element 8 When the control element 8 is passed through the pull-through slot 14, the control element receives one of the ones stored in the coding memory 15, indicated means 22 indicated a label. In the present case, it is the number 117 which corresponds to the number 117 on the locker door.
  • This identification can consist, for example, of an indelible imprint or of a perforation.
  • the strip-shaped control element 8 has to be pushed into the pull-through slot 14 again.
  • the rotary knob can be turned in the opening direction in conjunction with the latch 12 being withdrawn.
  • the door 10 can be opened and the stored goods can be found in the locker no. 117. If the user now wants to get back his deposit coin M, he must press the money return button K arranged on the inside of the deposit lock 11. When the deposit coin M is returned, the storage of the coding memory is deleted.
  • the locker can now be occupied by another user, another control element having a different coding 8 transmits its coding to the coding memory 15.
  • the control element 8 When leaving the bathing establishment, the control element 8 is to be inserted into a test device 17 arranged upstream of a curfew 16.
  • the latter is also housed in the housing of the machine 6. If the permissible usage time has not been exceeded, the curfew 16 in the form of a turnstile can be passed. However, if the period is longer than the permissible usage time, an additional charge corresponding to the time exceeded is displayed on a light field 18. The curfew 16 opens only after the additional fee has been paid. In certain systems, it would be possible to dispense with a corresponding test device 17. This is the case if the usage time is not controlled.
  • control element 8 is kept safe while the bathing establishment is in use, it is provided at one end 8 'with a cross-shaped insertion opening 20, while the other end forms recesses 21 on the edge. These hook into the shorter section 20 'of the cross-shaped insertion opening 20, which section 20' extends at right angles to the longitudinal extent of the strip-shaped control element 8.
  • a further coding field 19 can extend after the coding field 9. However, this has no influence on the coding memory.
  • coding which is independent of the closing and time coding can be carried out, specifically with corresponding services within the bathing establishment. If a service is received in this institution, this coding field 19 can be coded accordingly. Settlement is then carried out by the tester 17 when the bathing establishment leaves the depository.
  • the deposit lock 11 can be designed such that it does not receive a money return button K. Then the coin M must be inserted after each intermediate use.

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The invention concerns a system for the unsupervised control of the use of lockers or the like in bath houses, reading rooms, hotels or the like in which the locker doors are provided with a deposit lock; in order to optimize the possibilities of variation while retaining the most favorable structural shape, the locks are operated with codes such that the deposit locks can be brought into the position of readiness to receive a code and store the code and the memory is automatically erased upon the return of the deposit coin.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Anlage zur aufsichtslosen Kontrolle der Benutzung von Schließfächern oder dergleichen in Badeanstalten, Lesesälen, Hotels oder dergleichen gemäß Gattungsbegriff des Hauptanspruchs.The invention relates to a system for the unsupervised control of the use of lockers or the like in bathing establishments, reading rooms, hotels or the like according to the preamble of the main claim.

Bei den bekannten Lösungen dieser Art (DE-PS20 17193) bestehen die Kontrollelemente aus Scheiben mit unterschiedlicher Zeitcodierung, und es paßt jedes als Pfand dienende Kontrollelement in jedes Pfandschloß der Schließfachanlage. Dies vereinfacht die Handhabung und hat den erheblichen Vorteil, daß die Belegungszeit der Schließfächer wesentlich kürzer ist als die Aufenthaltszeit des Benutzers z. B. in der Badeanstalt. Der Badbenutzersucht sich irgendein Schließfach aus, wirft das Kontrollelement -ein, schließt die Tür des Schließfaches und zieht den Schlüssel ab. Nach Rückkehr zum Schließfach öffnet er dieses mit dem Schlüssel, das Kontrollelement wird wieder ausgegeben und der Schlüssel vom Schloß eingefangen. Mit dem zurückerhaltenen Kontrollelement geht der Benutzer durch die Ausgangssperre, an welcher ggf. dann auch noch festgestellt wird, ob er die vorgeschriebenen Aufenthaltszeiten im Bad eingehalten hat.In the known solutions of this type (DE-PS20 17193), the control elements consist of disks with different time codes, and each control element serving as a deposit fits into each deposit lock of the locker system. This simplifies handling and has the considerable advantage that the occupancy time of the lockers is much shorter than the time the user stays, for. B. in the bathhouse. The bathroom user selects any locker, throws in the control element, closes the locker door and removes the key. After returning to the locker, he opens it with the key, the control element is returned and the key is caught by the lock. With the control element received back, the user goes through the curfew, at which point it may also be determined whether he has complied with the prescribed times in the bathroom.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es, eine gattungsgemäße Anlage dahingehend zu verbessern, daß bei einfacherer Bauform, größerer Sicherheit und erheblicher Variationsbreite ferner eine gebrauchsgünstigere Handhabung insbesondere dadurch erreicht ist, daß der dort stattfindende Austausch des einzuwerfenden Kontrollelementes gegen den abzuziehenden Schlüssel entfällt.The object of the present invention is to improve a generic system in such a way that, with a simpler design, greater security and considerable variation, more convenient handling is achieved, in particular, in that the exchange of the control element to be inserted there is no longer necessary for the key to be removed.

Gelöst ist dies durch die im Kennzeichen des Hauptanspruchs angegebene Erfindung. Die abhängigen Ansprüche stellen vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen dar.This is solved by the invention specified in the characterizing part of the main claim. The dependent claims represent advantageous developments.

Zufolge dieser Ausgestaltung ist eine Anlage zur aufsichtslosen Kontrolle der Benutzung von Schließfächern oder dergleichen gegeben, die in modernster Anpassung an die heutigen Codierungstechniken einfach erstellbar ist und erhebliche Gebrauchsvorteile bietet. Das Pfandschloß hat z. B. eine Tastatur zum Eintippen einer Codierung für die Schließfunktion. Diese Tastatur wird durch Einwurf der Pfandmünze aktiviert, d. h. funktionsfähig gemacht. Der Benutzer gibt irgendeinen beliebigen Code ein. Mit diesem kann er die Tür dann schließen. Nur mit diesem Code läßt sie sich wieder öffnen. Es können aber auch aus irgendeinem Vorrat codierte Kontrollelemente in beliebiger Codierungssystematik oder dergleichen ausgegeben werden. Die Codierung derselben kann beispielsweise in einem Ausgabeautomaten stattfinden. Dabei braucht die Codierung keine Rücksicht zu nehmen auf die spätere Verwendung im Schließfachschloß. Jedes Kontrollelement ist vielmehr geeignet, jedes Schloß der Anlage zu bedienen. Der Benutzer kann sich also z. B. nach wie vor ein ihm geeignet erscheinendes Schließfach aussuchen. Erst von diesem Moment an ist das Schließfach belegt. Schiebt er das Kontrollelement ein und zusätzlich die Pfandmünze, so speichert .das Schließfachschloß die Codierung des Kontrollelementes. Von diesem Zeitpunkt ab ist das Schloß gegen alle anderen Codierungen gesperrt. Mit dem zugehörigen Kontrollelement bzw. Eintasten des Codes kann der Benutzer das Fach dann auch noch beliebig oft öffnen oder schließen. Erst wenn er es aufgibt, die Schließfachtür dafür geöffnet hat und die Ausgabe seiner Pfandmünze veranlaßt, wird der Codierungsspeicher des Schlosses gelöscht, und ab diesem Zeitpunkt ist das Schließfach schon wieder frei für eine anderweitige Belegung durch einen anderen Benutzer. Es spielt keine Rolle, ob der vorherige Benutzer sich noch längere Zeit irgendwo anders in der Badeanstalt oder dergleichen aufhält. Mit dem Codierelement kann z. B. auch das Schloß eines von vielen Safe-Schlössern bedient werden, etwa einer Safeanlage in Hotels. Auf jedem Zimmer steht ein Safe. Die Code-Tastatur bzw. das Codierelement, z. B. dasjenige für die Hotelzimmertür, wird zusammen mit der Pfandmünze benutzt, um den Zimmer-Safe für die entsprechende Zeit zu belegen. Ändert sich die zimmertür-geeignete Codierung des Kontrollelements, so nimmt das Schloß des freien Zimmer-Safes diese andere Codierung ebenfalls an und erlaubt die Belegung für entsprechende Zeit. Versieht das Pfandschloß mit seiner Einrichtung zur Kennzeichnung des Kontrollelementes das jeweilige Kontrollelement gleichzeitig mit einem Identitätskennzeichen des Schlosses, also z. B. einer Schließfachnummer, so ist es für den Benutzer leichter, sein zugehöriges Schließfach wiederzufinden. Die Lösung, daß der Löschbefehl an den Speicher des Pfandschlosses dann unterbleibt, wenn das Pfandschloß mittels eines Hauptschlüssels geöffnet wird, gestattet einer entsprechend autorisierten Person, welche Inhaber des Hauptschlüssels ist, die Pfandmünze zu entnehmen und zur Kassiermünze zu machen. Dies kann z. B. geboten sein, wenn jemand innerhalb einer Badeanstalt erkennbar die Benutzungszeit erheblich überschreitet oder beispielsweise ein Fach über Nacht belegt läßt. Der Bademeister öffnet dann das Fach, entnimmt die Strafmünze und schließt das Fach anschließend wieder, z. B. weil er die Sachen des Benutzers im Fach belassen hat. Der Benutzer kann dann anschließend wieder sein Fach durch Eintasten der entsprechenden Codierung oder durch Bedienen mit dem entsprechend codierten Kontrollelement öffnen und seine Sachen herausnehmen. Bei dieser Öffnung erfolgt dann die Löschung der Codierung, so daß ab dann das Fach für einen neuen Benutzer völlig frei ist. Sieht man dabei gleichzeitig die Lösung vor, daß nach einer entsprechenden Hauptschiüsselöffnung der Löschbefehl an den Speicher zeitverzögert weitergeleitet wird, so eröffnet dies die Möglichkeit, daß die durch den Hauptschlüsselbesitz autorisierte Person die Pfandmünze entnimmt, also zur Strafmünze bzw. Kassiermünze macht, und die Löschung des Codes im Speicher dann nach kurzer Zeit erfolgt, wenn also der Inhaber des Hauptschlüssels die Schließfachtür nicht mehr schließt. Als Hauptschlüssel kann ein rein mechanischer Schlüssel bekannter Art gegeben sein oder auch ein solcher in Form eines codierten Elementes ähnlich der Kontrollelemente.As a result of this configuration, there is a system for the uncontrolled control of the use of lockers or the like, which is easily adaptable to the latest coding techniques and which offers considerable advantages in use. The deposit lock has z. B. a keyboard for entering a code for the locking function. This keyboard is activated by inserting the deposit coin, ie made functional. The user enters any code. With this he can then close the door. It can only be opened again with this code. However, it is also possible to output coded control elements from any supply in any coding system or the like. The coding thereof can take place, for example, in an automatic dispenser. The coding does not have to take into account the later use in the locker lock. Rather, each control element is suitable for operating every lock in the system. The user can z. B. still choose a locker that seems suitable to him. The locker is only occupied from this moment on. If he pushes in the control element and also the deposit coin, the locker lock stores the coding of the control element. From this point on, the lock is locked against all other codes. With the associated control element or by keying in the code, the user can then open or close the compartment any number of times. Only when he gives it up, has opened the locker door for it and has his coin issued, will the lock's code memory be deleted, and from this point on the locker will be free to be used by another user. It does not matter whether the previous user stays somewhere else in the bathing establishment or the like for a long time. With the coding element z. B. the lock of one of many safe locks can be operated, such as a safe in hotels. There is a safe in every room. The code keyboard or the coding element, e.g. B. that for the hotel room door, is used together with the coin to prove the room safe for the appropriate time. If the coding of the control element suitable for the room door changes, the lock of the free room safe also accepts this other coding and permits occupancy for a corresponding time. Provides the deposit lock with its device for identifying the control element, the respective control element at the same time with an identity code of the lock, ie z. B. a locker number, it is easier for the user to find his associated locker. The solution that the deletion command to the memory of the deposit lock is omitted when the deposit lock is opened by means of a master key allows an appropriately authorized person who is the holder of the master key to remove the deposit coin and make it the cashier coin. This can e.g. B. be required if someone within a bathing establishment clearly exceeds the usage time or, for example, leaves a subject occupied overnight. The lifeguard then opens the compartment, removes the penalty coin and then closes the compartment again, e.g. B. because he left the user's stuff in the compartment. The user can then open his compartment again by keying in the corresponding coding or by operating with the correspondingly coded control element and take out his things. With this opening, the coding is then deleted, so that the compartment is then completely free for a new user. If, at the same time, the solution is provided that the delete command is forwarded to the memory with a time delay after a corresponding master key opening, this opens up the possibility that the person authorized by the master key owner will remove the deposit coin takes, i.e. makes it a punitive coin or cashier coin, and the code in the memory is deleted after a short time when the holder of the master key no longer closes the locker door. The main key can be a purely mechanical key of a known type, or one in the form of a coded element similar to the control elements.

Sieht man erfindungsgemäß einen Zwischenspeicher vor, in dem eine über Tastatur oder Kontrollelement eingegebene Codierung zunächst für eine kurze Zeit festgehalten wird, so kann man eine selbsttätige Löschung dieses Speichers vornehmen, wenn der Benutzer nicht innerhalb dieser kurzen Zeit das Pfandschloß unter bzw. nach Einwurf der Pfandmünze betätigt, weil er sich z. B. plötzlich entschlossen hat, das Fach doch nicht zu benutzen. Schließt er andererseits das Fach ab, so wird die Codierung in den Hauptspeicher weitergegeben, welcher beim Öffnen des Pfandschlosses abgefragt wird. Über diesen Weg kann man auch weitestgehend normale Pfandschlösser einsetzen komplettiert mit entsprechenden Betätigungshandhaben, die durch Codierung aktivierbar sind. Ohne Codierung gehen sie z. B. leer. Hat der Zwischenspeicher eine Codierung erfaßt, sind sie mit dem Pfandschloß gekuppelt; in dieses muß jetzt noch in üblicher Weise eine Münze eingeworfen werden, um den Riegel vorzuschließen. Geschieht dies, wandert die Codierung in den Hauptspeicher ; geschieht dieses nicht in kurzer Zeit, löscht sich die Codierung und die Betätigungshandhabe ist lahmgelegt.If, according to the invention, a buffer is provided in which a code entered via the keyboard or control element is initially held for a short time, this memory can be automatically deleted if the user does not remove the deposit lock under or after inserting the coin within this short time Coin operated because he z. B. has suddenly decided not to use the subject. On the other hand, if he closes the compartment, the coding is passed on to the main memory, which is queried when the deposit lock is opened. In this way, you can also use normal deposit locks as far as possible, complete with corresponding actuation handles that can be activated by coding. Without coding they go e.g. B. empty. If the buffer has detected a coding, they are coupled to the deposit lock; a coin must now be inserted into this in the usual way in order to lock the bolt. If this happens, the coding moves to the main memory; if this does not happen in a short time, the coding is deleted and the operating handle is disabled.

Der Gegenstand der Erfindung ist auf der beiliegenden Zeichnung an einem Badeanstalt-Ausführungsbeispiel dargestellt. Es zeigt :

  • Fig. im schematischen Grundriß eine Badeanstalt mit zugehöriger Anlage zur aufsichtslosen Kontrolle der Benutzungszeit,
  • Fig. 2 eine Ansicht eines an einer Tür festgelegten Schließfach-Pfandschlosses mit eingeführtem Kontrollelement und
  • Fig.3 eine Draufsicht auf das Schließfach-Pfandschloß.
The object of the invention is shown on the accompanying drawing of a bathhouse embodiment. It shows :
  • 1 shows a schematic layout of a bathing establishment with an associated system for the uncontrolled control of the usage time,
  • Fig. 2 is a view of a locker deposit lock fixed to a door with an inserted control element and
  • 3 shows a plan view of the locker deposit lock.

In der schematischen Darstellung in Fig. 1 ist der Haupteingang der Badeanstalt mit der Ziffer 1 bezeichnet. Von diesem gelangt der Besucher in einen Vorraum 2. Um die Badeanstalt benutzen zu können, muß er eine in Form eines Drehkreuzes 3 ausgebildete Eingangssperre passieren. Das Drehkreuz 3 ist um eine vertikale Achse 4 gelagert und besitzt mehrere in gleicher Winkelverteilung angeordnete Drehkreuzarme 5, die einen unrechtmäßigen Durchgang verhindern.In the schematic representation in FIG. 1, the main entrance of the bathing establishment is designated by the number 1. From there, the visitor enters an anteroom 2. In order to use the bathing establishment, he has to pass an entrance barrier in the form of a turnstile 3. The turnstile 3 is mounted about a vertical axis 4 and has a plurality of turnstile arms 5 which are arranged in the same angular distribution and prevent unlawful passage.

Der Eingangssperre 3 ist ein Automat 6 benachbart, welcher eine Begrenzung des Eintrittspfades darstellt. Der Automat 6 ist eingangseitig mit einem Bedienungsfeld 7 ausgestattet. Dort ist auch die personenbezogene Geldeingabe zu entrichten, wodurch der Automat 6 anschließend ein streifenförmiges, codiertes Kontrollelement 8 ausgibt. Beim Ausführungsbeispiel öffnet mit der Ausgabe des Kontrollelementes 8 die Eingangssperre 3, so daß der Benutzer in das Innere der Badeanstalt gelangen kann. Es ist jedoch auch möglich, den Automaten 6 entfernt von der Eingangssperre 3 unterzubringen. Dann dient das streifenförmige Kontrollelement 8 als Ticket, um die Eingangssperre 3 passieren zu können. In diesem Falle müßte der Eingangssperre 3 eine das Kontrollelement abtastende Lesestation zugeordnet sein.An input barrier 3 is adjacent to an automat 6, which represents a limitation of the entry path. The automat 6 is equipped on the input side with a control panel 7. The personal entry of money is also to be paid there, as a result of which the machine 6 then outputs a strip-shaped, coded control element 8. In the exemplary embodiment, when the control element 8 is output, the input lock 3 opens so that the user can get inside the bathing establishment. However, it is also possible to accommodate the machine 6 at a distance from the entry lock 3. The strip-shaped control element 8 then serves as a ticket in order to be able to pass the entrance barrier 3. In this case, the input block 3 would have to be assigned a reading station scanning the control element.

Es ist möglich, die Kontrollelemente 8 in Stapeln innerhalb des Automaten 6 unterzubringen. Die Kontrollelemente können auch von einer im Automaten 6 befindlichen, nicht dargestellten Vorratsrolle abgezogen werden. Dieses streifenförmige Kontrollelement 8 besitzt ein Codierfeld 9, welches entweder bei der Herstellung des Kontrollelements 8 eine Codierung oder diese bei der Ausgabe vom Automaten 6 erhält. Der Benutzer kann nun mit dem erhaltenen Kontrollelement 8 gemäß Pfeilrichtung zu einer Schließfachanlage I gehen und mit seinem Kontrollelement irgend ein unbenutztes Schließfach S belegen. Diese Schließfächer sind mit unterschiedlichen Nummern versehen. Das an der Schließfach-Tür 10 innenseitig angebrachte Pfandschloß 11 weist einen Riegel 12 auf, der durch Drehen eines türaußenseitig befindlichen Drehknopfes 13 schließbar ist. Eine Betätigung des letzteren erfordert einerseits den Einwurf einer Pfandmünze M in einen Münzeinwurfschlitz 11' des Pfandschlosses 11. Andererseits ist das codierte Kontrollelement 8 in einen Durchzugsschlitz 14 eines Codierspeichers 15 einzuführen. Letzterer befindet sich auf der Türaußenseite. Das Codierfeld 9 des Kontrollelements 8 bewirkt nun eine entsprechende Codierung des Codierspeichers 15. Nun läßt sich der Drehknopf 13 betätigen einhergehend mit einem Vorschließen des Riegels 12. Bei diesem Durchführen des Kontrollelements 8 durch den Durchzugsschlitz 14 erhält das Kontrollelement von einer im Codierspeicher 15 untergebrachten, angedeutet dargestellten Einrichtung 22 eine Kennzeichnung. Im vorliegenden Falle ist es die Ziffer 117, welche übereinstimmt mit der auf der Schließfach-Tür befindlichen Nummer 117. Diese Kennzeichnung kann beispielsweise aus einem unlöschbaren Aufdruck oder aus einer Lochung bestehen.It is possible to accommodate the control elements 8 in stacks within the machine 6. The control elements can also be removed from a supply roll, not shown, located in the machine 6. This strip-shaped control element 8 has a coding field 9, which either receives a coding during the production of the control element 8 or receives this from the machine 6 when it is output. The user can now go with the control element 8 received to a locker system I in the direction of the arrow and occupy any unused locker S with his control element. These lockers have different numbers. The deposit lock 11 attached to the inside of the locker door 10 has a bolt 12 which can be closed by turning a rotary knob 13 located on the outside of the door. Activation of the latter requires on the one hand the insertion of a deposit coin M into a coin insertion slot 11 'of the deposit lock 11. On the other hand, the coded control element 8 is to be inserted into a pull-through slot 14 of a coding memory 15. The latter is located on the outside of the door. The coding field 9 of the control element 8 now effects a corresponding coding of the coding memory 15. Now the rotary button 13 can be actuated accompanied by the locking of the bolt 12. When the control element 8 is passed through the pull-through slot 14, the control element receives one of the ones stored in the coding memory 15, indicated means 22 indicated a label. In the present case, it is the number 117 which corresponds to the number 117 on the locker door. This identification can consist, for example, of an indelible imprint or of a perforation.

Um das Schließfach-Pfandschloß 11 öffnen zu können, ist erneut das streifenförmige Kontrollelement 8 in den Durchzugsschlitz 14 zu schieben. Zufolge der entsprechenden Codierung des Codierspeichers 15 läßt sich der Drehknopf in Öffnungsrichtung drehen verbunden mit einem Zurückziehen des Riegels 12. Die Tür 10 ist öffenbar und das aufbewahrte Gut dem Schließfach Nr. 117 entnehmbar. Will nun der Benutzer seine eingeworfene Pfandmünze M zurückerhalten, so muß er den türinnenseitig am Pfandschloß 11 angeordneten Geldrückgabeknopf K betätigen. Mit dem Zurückgeben der Pfandmünze M wird die Speicherung des Codierspeichers gelöscht. Das Schließfach kann nun von einem anderen Benutzer belegt werden, wobei ein anderes, eine andere Codierung aufweisendes Kontrollelement 8 seine Codierung auf den Codierspeicher 15 überträgt.In order to be able to open the locker deposit lock 11, the strip-shaped control element 8 has to be pushed into the pull-through slot 14 again. As a result of the corresponding coding of the coding memory 15, the rotary knob can be turned in the opening direction in conjunction with the latch 12 being withdrawn. The door 10 can be opened and the stored goods can be found in the locker no. 117. If the user now wants to get back his deposit coin M, he must press the money return button K arranged on the inside of the deposit lock 11. When the deposit coin M is returned, the storage of the coding memory is deleted. The locker can now be occupied by another user, another control element having a different coding 8 transmits its coding to the coding memory 15.

Es ist nicht möglich, bei geschlossener Tür mittels eines anderen Kontrollelements 8 das Schließfach-Pfandschloß zu öffenen, da die Codierung nicht mit dem gespeicherten Wert des Codierspeichers übereinstimmt.It is not possible to open the locker deposit lock when the door is closed by means of another control element 8, since the coding does not match the stored value of the coding memory.

Beim Verlassen der Badeanstalt ist das Kontrollelement 8 in ein einer Ausgangssperre 16 vorgeordnetes Prüfgerät 17 einzustecken. Letzteres ist ebenfalls in dem Gehäuse des Automaten 6 untergebracht. Wurde die zulässige Benutzungszeit nicht überschritten, kann die in Form eines Drehkreuzes ausgebildete Ausgangssperre 16 passiert werden. Ist der Zeitraum jedoch größer als die zulässige Benutzungszeit, wird eine der überschrittenen Zeit entsprechende Nachgebühr auf einem Leuchtfeld 18 angezeigt. Erst nach Zahlen der Nachgebühr öffnet die Ausgangssperre 16. Bei gewissen Anlagen wäre es möglich, auf ein entsprechendes Prüfgerät 17 zu verzichten. Dies ist der Fall, wenn die Benutzungszeit nicht kontrolliert wird.When leaving the bathing establishment, the control element 8 is to be inserted into a test device 17 arranged upstream of a curfew 16. The latter is also housed in the housing of the machine 6. If the permissible usage time has not been exceeded, the curfew 16 in the form of a turnstile can be passed. However, if the period is longer than the permissible usage time, an additional charge corresponding to the time exceeded is displayed on a light field 18. The curfew 16 opens only after the additional fee has been paid. In certain systems, it would be possible to dispense with a corresponding test device 17. This is the case if the usage time is not controlled.

Damit während der Benutzung der Badeanstalt eine gute Verwahrung des Kontrollelementes 8 gegeben ist, ist es an einem Ende 8' mit einer kreuzförmigen Einstecköffnung 20 versehen, während das andere Ende randseitige Aussparungen 21 ausbildet. Diese treten in Verhakung mit dem kürzeren Abschnitt 20' der kreuzförmigen Einstecköffnung 20, welcher Abschnitt 20' rechtwinklig zur Längserstreckung des streifenförmigen Kontrollelements 8 verläuft.So that the control element 8 is kept safe while the bathing establishment is in use, it is provided at one end 8 'with a cross-shaped insertion opening 20, while the other end forms recesses 21 on the edge. These hook into the shorter section 20 'of the cross-shaped insertion opening 20, which section 20' extends at right angles to the longitudinal extent of the strip-shaped control element 8.

Ggf. kann sich im Anschluß an das Codierfeld 9 ein weiteres Codierfeld 19 erstrecken. Dieses übt jedoch keinen Einfluß auf den Codierspeicher aus. Mittels dieses Codierfeldes 19 können von der Schließ- und Zeitcodierung unabhängige Codierungen vorgenommen werden, und zwar bei entsprechenden Service-Leistungen innerhalb der Badeanstalt. Bei Erhalt einer Leistung in dieser Anstalt kann eine entsprechende Codierung dieses Codierfeldes 19 erfolgen. Die Abrechnung erfolgt dann beim Verlassen der Badeanstalt durch das Prüfgerät 17. Das Pfandschloß 11 kann so ausgebildet sein, daß es keinen Geldrückgabeknopf K erhält. Dann muß nach jeder Zwischenbenutzung die Münze M eingeworfen werden.Possibly. A further coding field 19 can extend after the coding field 9. However, this has no influence on the coding memory. By means of this coding field 19, coding which is independent of the closing and time coding can be carried out, specifically with corresponding services within the bathing establishment. If a service is received in this institution, this coding field 19 can be coded accordingly. Settlement is then carried out by the tester 17 when the bathing establishment leaves the depository. The deposit lock 11 can be designed such that it does not receive a money return button K. Then the coin M must be inserted after each intermediate use.

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1. System for the unsuperintended checking of the use of lockers or the like in bathing establishments, reading-rooms, hotels or the like, in which the locker doors are equipped with a token-operated lock, characterized in that the token-operated lock (11) can be brought into the position of readiness for receiving a coding and stores the coding, and the store (15) is automatically erased when the token (M) is issued.
2. System according to Claim 1, characterized in that the token-operated lock (11) receives the coding from a checking element (8), each of which is suitable for triggering the closing function of all the token-operated locks (11) in a system.
3. System according to Claim 2, characterized in that the token-operated lock (11) has a device (22) for marking the checking element (8).
4. System according to Claim 1, characterized in that the coding is made via a keyboard activated by the token (M).
5. System according to Claim 1, characterized in that the erase command to the store (15) of the token-operated lock (11) openable independently of the code by means of a master key, is suppressed after this opening by a master key, even when the token (M) is removed, until the token-operated lock (11) is opened the next time.
6. System according to Claim 5, characterized in that, after this opening with the master key, the erase command to the store (15) is transmitted with a time delay if the locker door remains in the opened position.
7. System according to Claim 1, characterized in that the coding entered is retained for a short time in an intermediate store and is transferred to the main store, to be called up when the token-operated lock is opened, only when the token-operated lock .is actuated within this time after a token has previously been inserted.
8. System according to Claim 7, characterized in that the coding is received by the main store from the intermediate store in dependence on the sliding open of the bolt.
9. System according to Claim 7, characterized in that the reception of the coding in the intermediate store activates the actuating handle of the token-operated lock.
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