EP0895560B1 - Safe mit einer mehrzahl von, jeweils durch einzelne türen verriegelbare, safekassetten - Google Patents

Safe mit einer mehrzahl von, jeweils durch einzelne türen verriegelbare, safekassetten Download PDF

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EP0895560B1
EP0895560B1 EP97919740A EP97919740A EP0895560B1 EP 0895560 B1 EP0895560 B1 EP 0895560B1 EP 97919740 A EP97919740 A EP 97919740A EP 97919740 A EP97919740 A EP 97919740A EP 0895560 B1 EP0895560 B1 EP 0895560B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
    • E05G1/00—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables
    • E05G1/06—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables having provision for multiple compartments
    • E05G1/08—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables having provision for multiple compartments secured individually
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B11/00—Devices preventing keys from being removed from the lock ; Devices preventing falling or pushing out of keys
    • E05B11/02—Devices preventing keys from being removed from the lock ; Devices preventing falling or pushing out of keys before the wing is locked
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C7/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for two wings
    • E05C7/02—Fastening devices specially adapted for two wings for wings which lie one behind the other when closed

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  • the invention relates to a safe device comprising: a number of safe-deposit boxes each of which can be closed of by an individual door which is hingedly connected to a jamb of said box and is provided with locking means, a number of storage containers each of which can be slid into one of said boxes and is provided with securing means for securing said container to at least one wall of a box, a key for each of said containers for operating said securing means which key can be put into an opening in the front wall of the container.
  • Such a safe device particularly applied in banks, is known from FR-A-2535382.
  • a client can rent such a safe deposit box.
  • the key to the door will be with the bank, and the key to the safe-deposit box will be with the person hiring the safe-deposit box.
  • the safe-deposit box door will be openend by the bank employee and the hirer of the safe deposit box can take the box from the safe-deposit box with his own key.
  • a safety-deposit box hirer wishes to use the safety deposit box, he will have to report to a bank employee first, and, if necessary, will have to identify himself. In addition to that, e.g. a so-called signature card must be filled out and signed. The bank employee will accompany the hirer to the safe device to open the door of a safety-deposit box. Thus, he will not be available for other work.
  • the hirer might also try to take away the storage box and claim later that the box was unlawfully taken from the safe-deposit box.
  • the object of the invention is to remove these difficulties and to provide a system such, that the risk of fraude and burglary is limited as much as possible. It is also important, that if affection of the alarm system and of locks occurs, this inevitably leaves traces of burglary.
  • said securing means and the related key are executed such that the key can only be removed from the front wall of a container when by said securing means the container is secured to the walls of a box, the distance between the front wall of a container present in a box and the inner surface of the door of the box being such small that the door cannot be closed when the key is present in said front wall of the container, signalling means being present for signalling when the door of a box is closed when no container is present and secured in it, the jamb of a box accomodating electrically actuated locking means for locking and releasing the door of a box which locking means are cooperating with electronic protection means for signalling when one is trying to open the door in a non-official way.
  • the means for signalling when an unauthorized person is trying to open the door can be in the form of an alarm system. By activating the alarm on unauthorized opening of the door it can be achieved, that a bank employee has sufficient time to take action, since removing the container from said safe-deposit box is not easily realized.
  • the signalling means are mounted in the walls of the box and are operated by the securing means of a container.
  • the securing means for securing the container to the walls of a box comprises: a lock, coupling members connected to the rotatable part of said lock, pins connected to said coupling members and being slidably supported by the container such that they can be slid into and out of bores in the abutting walls of the box, said pins being positioned at some distance from the front wall of the container and thus from the front side of the box.
  • pins will be at some distance from the front-wall of the container and thus from the front side of the safe-deposit box, so that they are not easily accessible. Since the walls of container and safe-deposit box closely connect, the pins can not be sawed-through easily.
  • Said lock and the coupling members for the pins to be actuated by said lock can be mounted in a portion of the storage container closed off in such a way that said lock, said coupling members and the parts of the pins positioned inside the container can only be reached by breaking open the container. Thus traces of burglary will be produced and a hirer can not affect the lock of his storage container without burglary.
  • Said closed off portion of the storage container can be realized by welding together wall portions of said container for example.
  • the signalling means mentioned before can be mounted in the side walls of the safe-deposit box and can be operated by the pins of said container.
  • closing means are present by means of which, when the container is removed from the box, the bores in the side walls of said box, in which bores the pins of the securing means of the box can be received, are closed off.
  • this can be mechanical closing means operated by actuating means mounted on or near the rear wall of the container. Then it will be possible to push away the closing means, but then the actuating means at the back in the space must be forced, which must be made as difficult as possible.
  • a specific storage container can only be mounted in one specific safe-deposit box.
  • the container is provided with electronically operated identification means cooperating with identification means adjusted to them, mounted in the wall or walls of the box, at least one system of identifictaion means being adjustable.
  • the invention concerns as well a method for providing access to the box of a device as described above according to which for influencing the electrically actuated locking means for releasing the door of a box use is made of the pass-pin code method which can be supplemented by employing a biometrical characteristic of the hire of said box, such as a fingerprint, the shape of the hand, of the face, or a like personal characteristic.
  • a biometrical characteristic of the hire of said box such as a fingerprint, the shape of the hand, of the face, or a like personal characteristic.
  • the safe device 1 shown in the drawing comprises a number of safe-deposit boxes 2, in which each of them can be closed off by an individual door 3.
  • the door 3 is connected to the side wall 4 and the jamb 4A of the safe-deposit box 2 and at the opposite side wall 6 of the safe-deposit box 2, said door is provided with a lock 7.
  • the door is provided with a so-called security lock 25. Due to this, the door can not be taken out after sawing through the hinge pin of the hinge 5.
  • the lock 7 cooperates with the side wall 6 and is operable by means of a key or electrically or electronically. In the latter case, a pass/pin code can be used, for example. Obviously, this is different for every safe-deposit box.
  • the hirer need only exert a slight pressure on the door to be able to open the door.
  • a released door is not opened within a fixed time, it will be locked again automatically.
  • the electrical lock operates according to the rest principle, that is, that on lack of voltage or failure of the electronics, the bank lock will remain closed and locked. In that case, the bank lock of every safe-deposit box, possibly per column of safe-deposit boxes, can be operated mechanically.
  • a special protection can be achieved by incorporating e.g. the fingerprint or another biometrical characteristic of a hirer, and possibly of authorized representative, in the safety system and use it for identification on opening of the door.
  • a safe-deposit box 2 can receive a storage container 8 consisting of a tray 9 and a cover 10.
  • the front wall 11 of the container is provided with a handle 12 by which the container can be pulled from the safe-deposit box 2.
  • the lock 13 that can be operated with the help of the key 14.
  • the cylinder (not shown) of the lock 13 is provided with two excentric pins to which two arms 15 being situated behind the front wall 11 are pivotably connected. The other ends of the arms 15 are pivotably connected to pins 16 being slidably received in the side walls 17 of the container 8. On sliding the pins 16 out, they are received in bores 18 in the side walls 4 of the safe-deposit box 2.
  • the cross-section of the pins 16 and of the bores 18 need not necessarily be round, but can be U-shaped too, or have another arbitrary shape.
  • a wall 19 can be mounted in the container 8 behind the pens 16.
  • the wall 19 can be connected to the front wall 11 of the container 8 by means of a flanged portion.
  • the wall 19 can be welded to the further walls of the container so that a completely closed up space is formed in which the lock 13 and the various moving parts are situated. Therefore, undesired influencing of said portions, other than through burglary, is excluded.
  • strips 20 can be slidably, or possibly pivotably mounted, so that they will be able to close off the bores 18 in the side walls 4 when the container 8 is removed from the safe-deposit box 2.
  • the rear wall 21 of the container 8 e.g. can be used for actuating an inwardly protruding part of the strips 20.
  • the strips 20 are then slid to release the bores 18 on sliding the container 8 into the safe-deposit box.
  • a strip 20 can be pushed to the position in which the strips 20 close off the bores 18.
  • pins or levers not shown can be incorporated in the side walls 4 of the safe-deposit box 2, that are operated on sliding storage container 8 into the safe-deposit box 2.
  • Means 22 for signalling, e.g. electronically, whether pins 16 are in the bores 18 can be mounted near the bores 18 behind the side walls 4 of a safe-deposit box 2.
  • the presence of a container 8 in the safe-deposit box 2 can be signalled in this way. For example, if there is no container 8 in the safe-deposit box 2, the door 3 can not be closed off, or this is signalled on closing the door.
  • a side wall 17 of the container 8 can be provided with identification means 23 and 24 respectively, adjusted to one another. If another container 8 is slide into the safe-deposit box concerned, this will be signalled.
  • Fig. 1 shows the key 14 when it is in the lock 13. As it appears, first the key 14 has to be taken from the lock 13 before the door 3 can be closed. Further, the key can only be taken from the lock if the pins 16 are in the extended position. This position is shown in particular in Figures 1 and 3.

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Claims (8)

  1. Safevorrichtung mit den folgenden Merkmalen: eine Anzahl von Safeschließfächern (2), von denen jedes mittels einer individuellen Tür (3) verschlossen werden kann, die mittels Scharnierverbindung an den Pfosten (4A) des genannten Schließfachs (2) angelenkt ist und mit Schließmitteln versehen ist, eine Anzahl von Aufbewahrungsbehältern (8), von denen jeder in eines der genannten Schließfächer eingeschoben werden kann und mit Befestigungsmitteln (13, 15, 16) versehen ist, um den genannten Behälter an mindestens einer Wand (4) eines Schließfachs zu befestigen, und ein Schlüssel (14) für jeden der genannten Behälter zum Betätigen der genannten Befestigungsmittel, wobei dieser Schlüssel in eine Öffnung in der Frontwand (11) des Behälters gesteckt werden kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die genannten Befestigungsmittel (13, 15, 16) und der zugeordnete Schlüssel (14) so ausgeführt sind, daß der Schlüssel nur dann von der Frontwand (11) eines Behälters (8) entfernt werden kann, wenn der Behälter an den Wänden eines Schließfachs befestigt ist, wobei der Abstand zwischen der Frontwand (11) eines Behälters, der in einem Schließfach vorliegt, und der Innenoberflche der Tür (3) des Schließfaches so gering ist, daß die Tür (3) nicht geschlossen werden kann, wenn der Schlüssel (14) in der genannten Frontwand (11) des Behälters (8) vorliegt, Signalgebungsmittel (22) vorliegen, um zu signalisieren, wenn die Tür (3) eines Schließfaches (2) geschlossen ist, während kein Behälter (8) vorliegt und in ihm befestigt ist, der Pfosten (4A) eines Schließfaches (2) elektrisch betätigte Verriegelungsmittel zum Sperren und Freigeben der Tür (3) eines Schließfachs (2) aufnimmt und die Verriegelungsmittel mit elektronischem Schutzmitteln zusammenwirken, um ein Signal abzugeben, wenn jemand versucht, die Tür auf nichtoffizielle Weise zu öffnen.
  2. Safevorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die genannten Signalgebungsmittel (22) in den Wänden (4) des Schließfachs (2) angebracht sind und von den Befestigungsmitteln (16) eines Behälters (8) betätigt werden.
  3. Safevorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die genannten Befestigungsmittel zum Befestigen des Behälters (8) an den Wänden (4) eines Schließfachs (2) die folgenden Merkmale aufweisen; ein Schloß (13), Koppelungsglieder (15), die mit dem drehbaren Teil des genannten Schlosses verbunden sind, und Stifte (16), die mit den genannten Koppelungsgliedern (15) verbunden sind und vom Behälter verschieblich so getragen sind, daß sie in Bohrungen (18) in den anliegenden Wänden (4) des Schließfachs (2) hineingeschoben und aus diesen herausgezogen werden können, wobei die genannten Stifte mit einigem Abstand von der Frontwand (11) des Behälters und so von der Vorderseite des Schließfaches (2) angebracht sind.
  4. Safevorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das genannte Schloß (13) und die Koppelungsglieder (15) für die Stifte (16), die vom genannten Schloß betätigt werden sollen, in einem Teil des Aufbewahrungsbehälters (8) angebracht sind, der auf eine solche Weise verschlossen ist, daß das genannte Schloß (13), die genannten Koppelungslieder (15) und die Teile des Stifts (16), die innerhalb des Behälters angeordnet sind, nur durch Aufbrechen des Behälters erreicht werden können.
  5. Safevorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der verschlossene Teil des Aufbewahrungsbehälters (8) durch Zusammenschweißen von Wandabschnitten des genannten Behälters hergestellt ist.
  6. Safevorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 3-5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Verschlußmittel (20) vorliegen, mittels deren dann, wenn der Behälter (8) vom Schließfach (2) entfernt wird, die Bohrungen (18) in den Seitenwänden (4) des genannten Schließfachs, in welchen Bohrungen die Stifte (16) der Befestigungsmittel (16) des Schließfachs aufgenommen werden können, verschlossen sind.
  7. Safevorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die genannten Verschlußmittel mechanische Verschlußmittel (20) sind, die von Betätigungsmitteln betrieben werden, die an oder nahe der Rückwand (21) des Behälters (8) angebracht sind.
  8. Safevorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Behälter (8) mit elektronisch betriebenen Identifizierungsmitteln (23) versehen ist, die mit auf diese eingestellten Identifizierungsmitteln (24) zusammenwirken, die in der Wand (4) oder in Wänden des Schließfachs (2) angebracht sind, wobei mindestens ein System von Identifizierungsmitteln (23, 24) einstellbar ist.
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NL1002949A NL1002949C2 (nl) 1996-04-25 1996-04-25 Kluisinrichting omvattende een aantal, elk door een afzonderlijke deur afsluitbare, loketten.
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PCT/NL1997/000220 WO1997040250A1 (en) 1996-04-25 1997-04-25 Safe device comprising a number of safe-deposit boxes each lockable by an individual door

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