Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B47/00—Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means
  • E05B47/02—Movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means; Adaptation of locks, latches, or parts thereof, for movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means
  • E05B47/026—Movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means; Adaptation of locks, latches, or parts thereof, for movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means the bolt moving rectilinearly
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
  • A47G29/14—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels
  • A47G29/141—Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk, or large parcels; Similar receptacles for food or large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles, i.e. food or large parcels comprising electronically controlled locking means
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
  • E05B65/46—Locks or fastenings for special use for drawers
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B63/00—Locks or fastenings with special structural characteristics
  • E05B63/0065—Operating modes; Transformable to different operating modes
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B63/00—Locks or fastenings with special structural characteristics
  • E05B63/14—Arrangement of several locks or locks with several bolts, e.g. arranged one behind the other
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
  • E05B65/0021—Locks or fastenings for special use for overhead or roll-up doors, e.g. garage doors
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
  • E05G5/00—Bank protection devices
  • E05G5/006—Cashier's counters or receptables for holding valuables readily accessible for handling, with safeguard mechanisms for the valuables in case of hold-up

Definitions

• the present invention relates to safes for the storage of objects. More particularly, the invention relates, among these safes, to those which include a fixed part and a movable part mounted movable, relative to the fixed part, between an open position allowing access to the interior of the trunk and a closed position. wherein said movable part is fixed, by closing means, relative to the fixed part by preventing access to the interior of the trunk.
• This type of trunk has many drawbacks when it is used in particular to temporarily store an object placed in said trunk by an operator, this object normally having to be retrieved subsequently by a user.
• the user when a user wishes to recover a determined object placed in the trunk by another person, the user can for example enter a confidential code or a key in a control device cooperating with the closing means to open the trunk and receive the object.
• the storage chest in question is essentially characterized in that the closing means are adapted to allow the movable part to assume a half-open position located between the open and closed positions by preventing movement of the mobile part towards its open position, and in that at least the mobile part comprises a portion made from a transparent material to allow , when the movable part is in its open position, viewing the interior of the trunk without having access to the interior of the trunk.
• the closing means comprise a lock secured to one of the fixed and movable parts of the trunk and stop means • cooperating with said lock and which are secured to the other of the fixed and movable parts of the trunk;
• the lock comprises a bolt capable of taking one at least of the following positions: a locking position in which the bolt cooperates with the stop means for fixing the movable part in its closed position relative to the fixed part, a position intermediate in which the bolt cooperates with the stop means to allow movement of the movable part from its closed position to its ajar position while preventing displacement of the movable part towards its open position, and an unlocking position in which the bolt no longer cooperates with the stop means to allow the movable part to assume its open position;
• the lock is secured to the fixed part of the trunk and the stop means comprise a ramp secured to the movable part, said ramp comprising a first: housing cooperating by stop contact with the bolt of the lock when the mobile part is in its closed position, and a second housing cooperating by abutment contact with the bolt of the lock when the mobile part is in its half-open position;
• the lock comprises: a first bolt mounted movable between, on the one hand, a locking position in which the first bolt cooperates with the stop means for fixing the movable part in its closed position relative to the fixed part, and d 'other hand, an unlocking position in which the first bolt no longer cooperates with the stop means to release the movable part from its closed position, and a second bolt mounted movable between, on the one hand, a locking position in which the second bolt cooperates with the stop means to allow movement of the movable part of the trunk from its closed position to its ajar position while preventing movement of the movable part towards its open position, and on the other hand,
• the stop means include:. a first housing cooperating with the first bolt of the lock, the first housing having a shape substantially complementary to that of the first bolt to accommodate with little play said first bolt, and a second housing cooperating with the second bolt of the lock, the second housing having a length proportional to the travel of the movable part between its closed position and its half-open position;
• the lock is an electric lock and the trunk further comprises a control system for controlling the electric lock.
• FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show schematic perspective views of the trunk according to the invention when its movable part is respectively in the closed position, in the half-open position and in the open position,
• - Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 show views in partial section and in perspective of the trunk according to different configurations, the trunk being provided with closing means according to a first embodiment
• - Figures 8 to 8c represent schematic views in section means for closing the trunk according to a second embodiment
• FIG. 9 shows a schematic sectional view of the trunk according to the invention according to another embodiment.
• the object storage chest shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 mainly comprises a fixed part 2 and a mobile part 3 mounted movable relative to the fixed part 2.
• the fixed part 2 has an upper wall 21 and a lower wall 22 delimited by side walls
• the movable part 3 comprises, for its part, a front wall 31, two side walls 32 and 33 as well as a rear wall 34 connected together by a front 35.
• the movable part 3 is thus, in this embodiment, in the form of a drawer directly housed in the fixed part.
• the fixed part 2 and the movable part 3 can have different shapes as will be seen later.
• the trunk has closing means adapted to allow the mobile part 2 to take three different positions.
• the mobile part 2 In a first so-called closed position shown in FIG. 1, the mobile part 2 is fixed by the closing means to the fixed part 3 by preventing access to the interior of the boot or more exactly, in this embodiment, to inside the moving part 2.
• the movable part 3 of the trunk also comprises a panel 36, one of the edges of which is pivotally mounted on the upper edge of the front wall 31 of the movable part 3.
• This pivoting panel 36 is made from a transparent material to allow a user to view the object placed in the trunk when the movable part 3 is in its half-open position shown in FIG. 2.
• the closing means which will be described in detail below are suitable for allow the movable part 3 to take a position between these open and closed positions while preventing movement of said movable part 3 towards its open position.
• the pivoting plate 36 is folded against the upper edges of the side walls 32 and 33 while being angularly blocked by the upper wall 21 of the fixed part 2.
• the length and the width of the pivoting panel 36 are determined so that said panel remains in abutment contact with the upper wall 21 of the fixed part 2 in order to prevent access to the interior of the boot by allowing viewing of the object placed in the mobile part 2.
• the closing means comprise a lock 4 secured to the fixed part of the trunk as well as stop means 5 secured, in turn, to the movable part 3 of the trunk, these means stop cooperating with the lock 4 to allow the movable part to take the three different positions.
• the lock 4 comprises a first bolt 41 and a second bolt 42 which are movably mounted in the side wall 24 of the fixed part 2.
• the stop means 5 also include a first housing 51 intended to cooperate with the first bolt 41 of the lock 4, and a second housing 52 intended to cooperate with the second bolt 42 of the lock 4. These housings 51 and 52 produced on the side wall 33 of the movable part 3 is in the form of through holes.
• the first housing 51 also has a shape substantially complementary to that of the first bolt 41 of the lock 4 so as to accommodate said first bolt 41 with little play.
• the second housing 52 has, in turn, a length proportional to the stroke of the movable part 3 between its closed position and its half-open position.
• the bolts 41 and 42 of the lock 4 are able to assume two positions, namely a locking position and an unlocking position.
• the configuration of the bolts 41 and 42 shown in Figure 4 corresponds to the closed position of the movable part. In this closed position, the bolt 41 and the bolt 42 are in a locking position in which the bolt 41 cooperates by abutment contact with the housing 51 to fix the movable part 3 relative to the fixed part 2. It is understood that, in this configuration, the bolt 42 which is in its locked position does not contribute to the fixing of the part movable 3 relative to the fixed part 2.
• the safe also advantageously comprises a control device 6 (FIG. 1) to allow the locking and unlocking of the bolts 41 and 42.
• This control device 6 can for example be placed on the fixed part 2 of the trunk, this control device 6 being intended to be used by a user coming to receive his object previously placed in the trunk by any operator.
• the user can for example enter a confidential code corresponding to his object on a keyboard (not shown). This confidential code will then be compared with a code known from the control system 6 to validate or not the unlocking of the bolt 41 of the lock 4, as shown in FIG. 5.
• first bolt 41 When the first bolt 41 is in its unlocked position, it does not cooperates more with the first housing 51 of the stop means which makes it possible to release the movable part 3 of the trunk from its closed position, as shown in FIG. 5. In this configuration, only the second bolt 42 remains in the locked position in therefore cooperating with the housing 52 of the stop means to allow movement of the movable part 3 to its ajar position.
• the displacement stroke of the movable part 3 relative to the fixed part 2 is fixed by the length of the second housing 52 of the stop means.
• the length of the second housing 52 is also determined as a function of the length of the transparent panel 36 so that, when the second housing 52 comes into contact with the bolt 42, the transparent panel 36 is also angularly blocked relative to the upper wall 21 of the fixed part 2, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6.
• the user can see and identify or not its object by viewing the interior of the trunk by means of the transparent panel 36.
• the panel 36 prohibits access to the interior of the trunk.
• the control device 6 which in turn switches the bolt 42 from its locked position to its unlocked position in which the second bolt 42 no longer cooperates with the second housing 52 to allow the movable part to assume its open position.
• the user can then pull on the mobile part 2 so that the panel 36 is no longer in abutment contact with the upper wall 21 of the fixed part 2.
• the user can then pivot the panel transparent 36 on the front wall 31 of the movable part 3 for receiving and recovering its object, as shown in FIG. 3.
• the control device 6 can also include storage means (not shown) making it possible to store in memory the action of validation of the user.
• the means of memorization of the control system 6 will store in memory the fact that the user has not accepted the receipt of his object which could possibly have been damaged during its transport or its installation in the trunk by the operator, or well be inverted with another object.
• Figures 8a, 8b and 8c show another embodiment of the means for closing the trunk.
• the closure means comprise a lock 4 comprising a single bolt 43
• the stop means 5 comprise two housings 53 and 54.
• the lock 4 is also secured to the side wall 24 of the fixed part 2 and the two housings 53 and 54 of the stop means are produced on the side wall 33 of the movable part 3 of the boot.
• the lock 4 could be placed on the movable part 3 of the trunk while the housings 53 and 54 would be made on the side wall 24 of the fixed part 2.
• the bolt 43 of the lock 4 is able to take three different positions.
• a first so-called locking position shown in FIG. 8a
• the bolt 43 is housed in the housing or recess 53 so as to fix the movable part in its closed position relative to the fixed part (FIG. 1).
• the control device then brings the bolt 43 into an intermediate position, as shown in FIG. 8b, in which the bolt 43 of the lock 4 no longer cooperates with the housing 53 while still being housed in the housing 54 of the stop means 5.
• the movable part 3 of the trunk can then be moved until the housing 54 abuts against the bolt 43 of the lock 4 as shown in Figure 8c.
• the length of the recess 54 will be also in relation to the length of the transparent panel 36 in order to allow the user to view the interior of the trunk without having access to the interior of the trunk.
• the control means 6 When the user has identified his object and accepted the delivery, he actuates the control means 6 so that the latter place the bolt 43 in its unlocking position in such a way that said bolt 43 no longer cooperates with the housing 54 thereby allowing the sliding of the movable part 3 relative to the fixed part 2 of the trunk.
• the movable part 3 of the trunk is in the form of a drawer mounted to slide inside the fixed part having a substantially parallelepiped shape.
• the trunk may also include a fixed part 7 having a substantially parallelepipedal interior volume and a mobile part 8 in the form of a sliding curtain 8 guided in rails 72 formed on the upper and lower walls of the fixed part 7 of the trunk.
• the fixed part 7 of the trunk may for example comprise closing means in accordance with the first embodiment, namely that the fixed part comprises a lock 4 provided with two bolts each having a locking position and an unlocking position, while the sliding curtain will be provided with two housings, one of which has a shape complementary to that of one of the bolts while the other housing has a length adapted to allow viewing of the interior of the boot without having access to the inside the trunk.
• the sliding curtain 8 can for example comprise a plurality of opaque facets 81 and at least one facet 82 made from a transparent material intended to be placed opposite a transparent portion 71 of the fixed part 7 of the trunk when the curtain 8 is in the half-open position (Figure 9).
• the transparent portion 71 of the fixed part 7 of the trunk is arranged opposite the opaque facets 71 of the sliding curtain so that the user is in front of the trunk cannot view its content.
• the second bolt is then unlocked so that the sliding curtain 8 slides along the rails 72 towards the inside of the fixed part 7 of the safe thus allowing the user to have direct access to the object.
• the fixed part 7 can also be provided with a return mechanism 9 for the sliding curtain 8 so that the curtain 8 automatically returns to its closed position after reception of the object.
• the two bolts of the lock 4 are then replaced in their locked position so as to fix the curtain relative to the fixed part of the boot.

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