EP0945836A2 - Münzenbetätigbares Schloss - Google Patents

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EP0945836A2
EP0945836A2 EP99850033A EP99850033A EP0945836A2 EP 0945836 A2 EP0945836 A2 EP 0945836A2 EP 99850033 A EP99850033 A EP 99850033A EP 99850033 A EP99850033 A EP 99850033A EP 0945836 A2 EP0945836 A2 EP 0945836A2
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coin
intermediate member
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lock
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Ake Häggström
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Assa Abloy Opening Solutions Sweden AB
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F5/00—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks
    • G07F5/02—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks actuated mechanically by coins, e.g. by a single coin
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a coin operated lock and more particularly to a coin operated lock of the kind defined in the preamble of Claim 1.
  • SE-B 9602857-6 (ASSA) teaches a coin operated lock of the kind defined in the preamble of Claim 1. This lock also lacks the possibility of making adjustments between different coin sizes from outside the lock.
  • Another object is to provide a coin operated lock of the aforesaid kind that can be reset or adjusted to accept one or more given coin sizes, from outside the lock housing in a simple manner.
  • the position of a coin supporting element in an elongate aperture or slot of the aforesaid kind can be fixed with the aid of a screw that can be reached from outside the lock housing, the position of the supporting element can be adjusted from outside the housing without needing to dismantle the lock, and also enables the support element to be adjusted to a position in which a coin or coins of a given size will be accepted by the lock, namely in one or both ends of the elongate aperture.
  • a particularly simple and advantageous lock adjustment can be made when the cover plate of the lock housing includes a corresponding elongate aperture or slot that is in register with the first-mentioned elongate aperture.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of a coin operated lock constructed in accordance with the invention, and shows that side of the lock that rests against the door when the lock is fitted.
  • Fig. 2 is an end view of the lock illustrated in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a side view of the lock, shown from its outer side.
  • Fig. 4 is a view from above of the lock illustrated in Figs. 1-3.
  • Fig. 5 is a side view of the lock mechanism housed in the lock housing, with the rear wall of the housing removed and with the catch hook shown in an inwardly swung position.
  • Fig. 6 is a view corresponding to Fig. 5 showing the state of the lock mechanism after having inserted a coin.
  • the catch hook has not been shown in Fig. 6 for the sake of clarity.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates in larger scale the intermediate member and catch hook of the lock mechanism subsequent to having inserted a coin, said coin being shown in a broken-line circle.
  • Fig. 8 is a detailed view of the intermediate member as seen from the upper side in relation to the Fig. 7 illustration.
  • Fig. 9 is a side view of a coin limiting device inserted in the coin insertion aperture of the lock.
  • Fig. 10 is a front view of the coin limiting device shown in Fig. 9.
  • Figs. 1-4 illustrate an inventive coin operated lock from respective different directions or from respective different sides thereof.
  • the illustrated lock comprises a casing or housing 2 having an upper coin insertion slot (3), a coin collecting chamber 4, a pivotal catch hook 5 (see Figs. 5-6) and a cylinder lock 6 whose key can be removed subsequent to having inserted a coin (not shown in Figs. 1-4) into the coin slot and the catch hook having been swung outwardly in response to turning of the key.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates the interior of the lock housing 2 accommodating the lock mechanism.
  • the outer side wall of the housing 2 has been removed in the Fig. 5 illustration, and the catch hook 5 is shown in an inwardly swung position.
  • Fig. 5 also shows the presence of further lock mechanism elements in addition to the lock elements referenced 1-6:
  • An intermediate member 10 is coupled together with the catch hook 5 by means of a pin 9 such that pivotal movement of the catch hook in different directions will be converted through the action of dogging means (not shown) on the lock cylinder to essentially rectilinear movement of the intermediate member 10 reciprocatingly between a rear end position (shown in Fig. 5) and a forward end position when the catch hook is swung outwards.
  • the mechanism also includes a hook 11 which co-acts with the intermediate member 10, the catch hook 5 and a coin 7 (shown in a broken circle in Fig. 6), said hook 11 delimiting movement of the intermediate member in an intermediate position (not shown), and therewith also movement of the catch hook 5, until a coin 7 has been inserted (Fig. 6), whereupon the latching effect of the hook 11 ceases to take effect and the catch hook 5 can be swung by the dogging means.
  • the intermediate member 10 is therewith displaced to its forward position.
  • the intermediate member 10 carries two mutually co-acting coin supporting means or devices in the form of pins or tubular sleeves 17, 18 which are spaced apart at a distance which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the coin 7 concerned.
  • the supporting means 18 is stationarily mounted on a rivet 19 fixed to a lever arm 21 that can swing about a pivot point 28.
  • the supporting device has the form of a pin or a tubular sleeve 18.
  • the opposing coin supporting sleeve 17, also preferably in the form of a pin or a tubular sleeve, can be releasably fixed in an elongate aperture 20 on the intermediate member 10, by means of a screw 16.
  • the elongate aperture or slot 20 is orientated at an angle to the displacement direction of the intermediate member 10 such that regardless of the size of the coin located between the two supporting means 17 and 18, the peripheral surface of the coin will prevent the hook element 11a of the pivotal hook 11 from engaging any of the steps 10a in a stepped formation on member 10.
  • the cover plate 2a of the lock housing 2 includes an elongated aperture or slot 24 that corresponds to the elongated aperture or slot 20 in the intermediate member 10.
  • a screw driver (not shown) through the slot 24, loosen the screw 16 and move the pin or tubular sleeve 17 to a position corresponding to the coin of said different size and then re-tighten the screw 16.
  • the length and orientation, i.e direction, of the slot 20 are such that one end position of the supporting means 17 in the slot 20 will correspond to one such given coin.
  • the other end position may correspond to another given coin, for instance a coin corresponding to half the value of the coin in the first end position.
  • a gauge is used to make a pin-adjustment to a position other than an end position.
  • the position of the coin supporting means is set with the aid of a gauge prior to delivering the lock from its place of manufacture.
  • a coin selector device may be inserted in the upper coin insertion slot 3 of the lock in conjunction with its manufacture.
  • This coin selector device referenced 25 in said Figures, has two recesses 26, 27 of mutually different lengths and depths, or widths, which allow coins of corresponding dimensions to pass through.
  • the coin selector device is mounted in the lock housing in means suitable to this end immediately beneath the coin insertion aperture 3 and therewith functions to allow a coin of the denomination for which the supporting device 17 positioned in the slot 20 has been set to pass through the slot.
  • the lock is adapted to a different given coin size, e.g. to the size of a euro coin, that corresponds to the aforesaid end position of the coin supporting means 17 in the slot 20, by loosening said screw, displacing the supporting means to its other position and fixing said means 17 in its adjusted position in the aforedescribed manner.
  • the coin selector device 25 is removed from the coin insertion aperture or slot 3 and is either reversed or replaced with another coin selector device, wherewith the coin operated lock is ready for use with coins of this different size.
  • the coin selector device shown in Figs. 9 and 10 will conveniently have two apertures 30 for alternative engagement with the aid of a tool when reversing or substituting said device.
  • the coin selector device is displaced axially and tilted onto one edge, so as to enable it to be removed easily without jamming.
  • the bottom surface of the coin selector device will conveniently include four bosses or lugs 29 to assist in defining the use position thereof.
  • One particularly advantage afforded by the invention is that when the catch hook 5 is in its locked state, the intermediate member 10 will be displaced generally rectilinearly to the left in Fig. 1, i.e. the screw 16 can no longer be reached from the slot 24 in the cover plate 2a.
  • the coin operated lock can only be adjusted to operate with a coin of a different size when the lock is in its released state, which provides an additional security measure against undesired manipulation of the lock.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Testing Of Coins (AREA)
  • Coin-Freed Apparatuses For Hiring Articles (AREA)
  • Professional, Industrial, Or Sporting Protective Garments (AREA)
  • Measuring Pulse, Heart Rate, Blood Pressure Or Blood Flow (AREA)
  • Lock And Its Accessories (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
  • Fuel-Injection Apparatus (AREA)
EP99850033A 1998-03-10 1999-03-09 Münzenbetätigbares Schloss Expired - Lifetime EP0945836B1 (de)

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SE9800777 1998-03-10
SE9800777A SE512129C2 (sv) 1998-03-10 1998-03-10 Myntlås, omställningsbart för olika myntstorlekar

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EP0945836A2 true EP0945836A2 (de) 1999-09-29
EP0945836A3 EP0945836A3 (de) 2000-01-26
EP0945836B1 EP0945836B1 (de) 2011-01-26

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AT (1) ATE497229T1 (de)
DE (1) DE69943155D1 (de)
ES (1) ES2356871T3 (de)
HK (1) HK1024769A1 (de)
SE (1) SE512129C2 (de)

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EP0982694A1 (de) * 1998-08-26 2000-03-01 Schulte-Schlagbaum Aktiengesellschaft Schloss mit nach Münzeinwurf zu betätigender Schliessfunktion
EP1321910A2 (de) * 2001-12-21 2003-06-25 Ojmar S.A. System für Schlösser zur Verstellung der Annahme von Münzen nach ihrem Durchmesser
EP2144205A1 (de) 2008-07-11 2010-01-13 Assa Ab Münzsperre
EP2144204A1 (de) 2008-07-11 2010-01-13 Assa Ab Münzsperre

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US4332315A (en) 1980-06-16 1982-06-01 Ward Joseph O Coin operated lock mechanism
US4433722A (en) 1980-09-17 1984-02-28 Sulzer Brothers Limited Heat exchanger having pipe coils supported in support plates

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SE506969C2 (sv) * 1996-07-25 1998-03-09 Assa Ab Säkringsanordning till myntlås samt sätt att aktivera och utlösa denna

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US4332315A (en) 1980-06-16 1982-06-01 Ward Joseph O Coin operated lock mechanism
US4433722A (en) 1980-09-17 1984-02-28 Sulzer Brothers Limited Heat exchanger having pipe coils supported in support plates

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0982694A1 (de) * 1998-08-26 2000-03-01 Schulte-Schlagbaum Aktiengesellschaft Schloss mit nach Münzeinwurf zu betätigender Schliessfunktion
EP0982694B1 (de) * 1998-08-26 2003-10-15 Schulte-Schlagbaum Aktiengesellschaft Schloss mit nach Münzeinwurf zu betätigender Schliessfunktion
EP1321910A2 (de) * 2001-12-21 2003-06-25 Ojmar S.A. System für Schlösser zur Verstellung der Annahme von Münzen nach ihrem Durchmesser
EP1321910A3 (de) * 2001-12-21 2003-09-17 Ojmar S.A. System für Schlösser zur Verstellung der Annahme von Münzen nach ihrem Durchmesser
ES2203309A1 (es) * 2001-12-21 2004-04-01 Ojmar,. S-A Sistema de regulacion de la admision por diametros de monedas para cerradura.
EP2144205A1 (de) 2008-07-11 2010-01-13 Assa Ab Münzsperre
EP2144204A1 (de) 2008-07-11 2010-01-13 Assa Ab Münzsperre
CN101645189B (zh) * 2008-07-11 2013-02-27 Assa有限公司 投币锁

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ES2356871T3 (es) 2011-04-13
EP0945836A3 (de) 2000-01-26
HK1024769A1 (en) 2000-10-20
ATE497229T1 (de) 2011-02-15
SE9800777D0 (sv) 1998-03-10
EP0945836B1 (de) 2011-01-26
DE69943155D1 (de) 2011-03-10

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