EP1551260B1 - Safe for storing objects - Google Patents

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EP1551260B1
EP1551260B1 EP03776968A EP03776968A EP1551260B1 EP 1551260 B1 EP1551260 B1 EP 1551260B1 EP 03776968 A EP03776968 A EP 03776968A EP 03776968 A EP03776968 A EP 03776968A EP 1551260 B1 EP1551260 B1 EP 1551260B1
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Antoine Mercier
Florence Hirel
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    • 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
    • E05B65/0021—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
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B47/00—Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means
    • E05B2047/0048—Circuits, feeding, monitoring
    • E05B2047/0067—Monitoring
    • E05B2047/0068—Door closed
    • 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
    • E05B2047/0048—Circuits, feeding, monitoring
    • E05B2047/0067—Monitoring
    • E05B2047/0069—Monitoring bolt position

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  • the present invention relates to chests for storing objects.
  • the invention aims among these chests, those which comprise a fixed part and a movable part mounted movable relative to the fixed part, between a maximum open position allowing access to the inside of the trunk and a closed position in which said movable portion prevents access to the interior of the trunk.
  • the document NL 1 014 557 C discloses such a box also comprising in its fixed part a lock bolt adapted to take a locking position in which the bolt cooperates with the movable part to fix said movable part in its closed position.
  • Said bolt is also able to take an unlocking position in which the bolt no longer cooperates with the movable part to allow said movable part to take its maximum open position.
  • Said trunk also includes means for detecting the locking or unlocking position of the bolt that can be connected with an alarm unit.
  • This type of trunk has many disadvantages especially when it is used to temporarily store an object placed in said trunk by an operator, this object should normally be retrieved later by a user.
  • the closing means can not then lock and fix the mobile part in its closed position relative to the fixed part of said box thus leaving free access to the interior of said box.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art mentioned above.
  • the trunk 1 intended for the storage of objects and represented in FIGS. 1 to 3 mainly comprises a fixed part 2 and a movable part 3 mounted displaceable with respect to the fixed part 2.
  • the fixed part 2 of the box 1 has a substantially parallelepipedal interior volume which is delimited by an upper wall (not shown) and a bottom wall 21 interconnected by side walls 22 and 23 and by a bottom 24.
  • the moving part 3 is in the form of a sliding curtain 3 which is guided in rails 25 (only one of which is shown in the figures) formed on the upper wall and the lower wall 21 of the part. fixed 2. These rails 25 of the fixed part 2 thus allow the sliding curtain 3 to be placed in a closed position, shown in FIG. 1, in which the sliding curtain 3 prevents access to the inside of the box, and a maximum open position, shown in Figure 3, allowing a user to access the interior of the trunk 1.
  • the trunk also includes closure means adapted to allow the sliding curtain 3 to be fixed relative to the fixed part 2, when said sliding curtain 3 is in the closed position or in the maximum open position.
  • the closing means comprise an electric lock 4 comprising a bolt 5 slidably mounted relative to the side wall 22 of the fixed part 2 of the box, as well as stop means 6 as to them, the sliding curtain 3.
  • These abutment means 6 cooperate with the lock bolt 5 to allow said sliding curtain 3 to be fixed relative to the fixed part 2 is in the closed position ( Figure 1 ) in the maximum open position ( Figure 3).
  • the sliding curtain 3 extends between a first end 31 and a second end 32 and it consists for example of a plurality of rigid and unbreakable facets 33 interconnected by articulated connecting means which allow said sliding curtain 3 to be guided by the rails 25 between its closed and open maximum positions.
  • the abutment means 6 of the sliding curtain 3 comprise a through opening 61 made in one of the facets 33 of the first end 31 of the curtain. This through opening 61 is intended to receive the lock bolt 5 of the fixed part 2 to lock the sliding curtain in its closed position.
  • the abutment means 6 also comprise a notch or a housing 62 formed on a facet 33 located at the second end 32 of said sliding curtain 3. This housing 62 has a shape substantially complementary to that of the bolt 5 to also allow locking of the sliding curtain in its maximum open position.
  • the fixed part 2 of the trunk 1 also comprises detection means 7 intended to enable the position of the sliding curtain 3 to be detected when the latter is in its maximum open position or in its closed position.
  • the movable curtain 3 also comprises, at its first end 31, a detectable element 8, and, at its second end 32, a second detectable element 9.
  • These two detectable elements 8 and 9 can example be constituted by reflective elements intended to be detected by the means of detection 7 may be in the form of an optical sensor.
  • the detection means 7 are formed by a two-state optical detector intended to switch in a first state, said state 1, when it detects the presence of the reflective element 8 or the reflective element 9, and in a second state, said state 0, when it does not detect the presence of the reflective elements 8 and 9.
  • This state 0 of the detector 7 corresponds to an intermediate position of the curtain 3 located between its closed positions and maximum open.
  • the bolt 5 or more exactly the electric lock 4 and the detector 7 are connected to a control unit 10 of the trunk 1.
  • the control unit 10 is able to activate the bolt 5 in its locking position or in its unlocked position when the detector 7 detects that the sliding curtain 3 is in its maximum open position or in its closed position.
  • the trunk 1 also comprises detection means 11 for detecting the position of the bolt 5 relative to the fixed part 2.
  • the detection means 11 are formed for example by a measurement sensor capable of providing the control unit with two states of positioning of the bolt relative to the fixed portion 2. More exactly, the sensor 11 is adapted to detect that the bolt 5 is in a first state, said state 0, corresponding to the unlocking position of the bolt or to its second locking position in which the bolt 5 traverses the second stroke, and the sliding curtain 3 is fixed in its maximum open position with respect to the fixed part 2.
  • the second state, said state 1, of the sensor 11 corresponds to the first locking position of the bolt 5 in which the sliding curtain 3 is fixed in its position. closed relative to the fixed part 2 of the trunk the bolt 5 having then traveled a first race greater than the second race.
  • the trunk 1, or more precisely the fixed part 2 of the trunk is provided with automatic return means 12 which automatically recall the sliding curtain 3 from its maximum open position to its closed position in which the opening 'through 61 of the sliding curtain 3 is disposed facing the bolt 5.
  • automatic return means 12 may, for example, be formed by one or two son 12a housed (s) in the rails 25 of the fixed part 2 and fixed on a coil 12b connected to the fixed part 2 of the boot by means of a return spring allowing automatic rewinding of the thread 12a on the spool 12b, thus bringing the sliding curtain 3 back to its closed position, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the sliding curtain 3 may also comprise a handle 13 situated at its second end 32 for allow a user or an operator to move the sliding curtain 3 from its closed position to its maximum open position when the bolt 5 is in its unlocked position.
  • control unit 10 Prior to the entry of the confidential code by the user, the control unit 10 has in memory the state of the bolt and the state of the optical detector. Indeed, as shown in Figure 1 when the detectable element 8 is opposite the optical detector 7 and the bolt 5 is in its first locking position, the detection means 11 and the optical detector 7 then transmit to the control unit that the state of the bolt is in the state 1 while the state of the optical detector 7 is also in the state 1.
  • control unit 10 activates the bolt 5 in its unlocking position so as to change the state of the bolt 5 from state 1 to 0.
  • the optical detector 7 detects neither the presence of the reflective element 8 nor the presence of the reflecting element 9. The detector 7 then transmits to the control unit 10 the information that the state of the optical detector is in state 0.
  • the optical detector 7 When the user again moves the sliding curtain 3 to its maximum open position shown in FIG. 3, the optical detector 7 then detects the presence of the reflecting element 9 so that the optical detector 7 sends to the unit to control a signal such that its state switches from state 0 to state 1.
  • control unit 10 activates the bolt 5 in its second locking position in which the bolt 5 is housed in the housing 62 of the sliding curtain 3 by traversing the second race so as to fix it relative to the fixed part 2.
  • the fixed part can also comprise at the its lower wall 21 a stop element 26 for stopping the travel of the sliding curtain 3 to its maximum open position.
  • the detecting means 11 of the position of the bolt then inform the control unit 10 that the bolt is in a state corresponding to the state 0.
  • the control unit 10 holds the bolt 5 in its second locking position during a first parameterizable interval T1 which can for example, be of the order of 30 seconds to allow the user to remove his package from the interior volume of the trunk 1.
  • the control unit 10 can then be adapted to activate.
  • These communication means 14 may be in the form of a visible light signal emitter or an audible acoustic signal emitter making it possible to emit an alert signal to the user during the second time interval T2 before the control unit 10 activates the bolt 5 in its unlocking position.
  • the second configurable time interval T2 may, for example, be of the order of 5 seconds.
  • the control unit 10 activates the bolt 5 in its unlocked position, so that in normal and uneventful operation mode the sliding curtain 3 is directly brought back to its position. closed position ( Figure 1) under the effect of the automatic return means 12.
  • the optical detector 7 indicates to the control unit that its state corresponds to the state 1 while the detection means 11 of the bolt 5 indicates to the control unit that the state of the bolt 5 is in the state 0.
  • the control unit 10 in view of the state of the latch and the state of the optical detector 7, controls the activation of the bolt 5 which is placed in its first locking position in which the bolt 5 through the opening 61 by traversing the first race.
  • the detection means 11 of the position of the bolt 5 then inform the control unit 10 that the state of the bolt switches from state 0 to state 1, which means that the sliding curtain 3 is in a position closed and locked.
  • control unit 10 can then be adapted to wait for a third time interval T3, for example of the order of 10 seconds, before checking in its own table states that the states of the bolt 5 and the optical detector 7 are equal to 1, which means that the entire operation performed by the user to recover his package is correct.
  • the closed and locked position of the sliding curtain 3 corresponds to a state 1 of the bolt and a state 1 of the optical detector, which automatically allows the control unit to check if the entire delivery procedure the package in the safe by the operator or the receipt of the package or object by the user has been correctly performed.
  • the state of the optical detector will then be in the state 1 while the state of the bolt 5 will be in the state 0 corresponding to either the second locking position is in the unlocked position.
  • the control unit by checking its state table, will then note that the procedure of withdrawal of the package or the closing and automatic locking of the sliding curtain 3 is not correctly performed.
  • the control unit 10 is adapted to emit an alert message for example to a maintenance service to indicate that the sliding curtain relocking 3 in its closed and locked position has not been carried out. correctly which requires intervention to reset and return the chest 1 to its closed and locked position.
  • the state of the optical detector will be in the 0 state and the state of the bolt 5 will also be in the 0 state.
  • the control unit 10 will then trigger an alert message requiring the intervention of a operator to remedy the problem.
  • optical detector 7 with, for example, three states, the first state of which corresponds to the detection of the reflecting element 8, the second state corresponding to the detection of the reflective element 9, and the third state would correspond to a non-detection of the reflective states 8 and 9.
  • the optical detector 7 has three different detection states, the position detector 11 of the bolt 5 can be deleted.
  • the bolt 5 may have only one locking position and a single locking position while allowing the control unit to know if the sliding curtain 3 is in a closed and locked configuration or in a configuration requiring the intervention of an operator to reset and return the trunk 1 to its closed and locked position.

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La présente invention se rapporte aux coffres pour le stockage d'objets.The present invention relates to chests for storing objects.

Plus particulièrement, l'invention vise parmi ces coffres, ceux qui comprennent une partie fixe et une partie mobile montée déplaçable par rapport à la partie fixe, entre une position ouverte maximale permettant l'accès à l'intérieur du coffre et une position fermée dans laquelle ladite partie mobile empêche l'accès à l'intérieur du coffre.More particularly, the invention aims among these chests, those which comprise a fixed part and a movable part mounted movable relative to the fixed part, between a maximum open position allowing access to the inside of the trunk and a closed position in which said movable portion prevents access to the interior of the trunk.

Le document NL 1 014 557 C divulgue un tel coffre comprenant aussi dans sa partie fixe un pêne de serrure apte à prendre une position de verrouillage dans laquelle le pêne coopère avec la partie mobile pour fixer ladite partie mobile dans sa position fermée. Ledit pêne est aussi apte à prendre une position de déverrouillage dans laquelle le pêne ne coopère plus avec la partie mobile pour permettre à ladite partie mobile de prendre sa position ouverte maximale. Ledit coffre comprend aussi un moyen détection de la position de verrouillage ou de déverrouillage du pêne apte à être connecté avec une unité d'alarme.The document NL 1 014 557 C discloses such a box also comprising in its fixed part a lock bolt adapted to take a locking position in which the bolt cooperates with the movable part to fix said movable part in its closed position. Said bolt is also able to take an unlocking position in which the bolt no longer cooperates with the movable part to allow said movable part to take its maximum open position. Said trunk also includes means for detecting the locking or unlocking position of the bolt that can be connected with an alarm unit.

Ce type de coffre présente de nombreux inconvénients notamment lorsqu'il est utilisé pour stocker temporairement un objet placé dans ledit coffre par un opérateur, cet objet devant normalement être récupéré par la suite par un utilisateur.This type of trunk has many disadvantages especially when it is used to temporarily store an object placed in said trunk by an operator, this object should normally be retrieved later by a user.

En effet, lorsqu'un utilisateur souhaite récupérer un objet déterminé placé dans le coffre par une autre personne, l'utilisateur doit tout d'abord entrer un code confidentiel ou une clé dans un dispositif de commande coopérant avec des moyens de fermeture pour ouvrir le coffre et réceptionner l'objet, puis par la suite refermer la partie mobile du coffre vers la partie fixe.Indeed, when a user wishes to recover a specific object placed in the trunk by another person, the user must first enter a PIN or a key in a control device cooperating with closure means to open the safe and receive the object, then subsequently close the moving part of the trunk to the fixed part.

Néanmoins, lorsque l'utilisateur ou l'opérateur ne ramène pas exactement la partie mobile dans sa position fermée par rapport à la partie fixe, les moyens de fermeture ne peuvent pas alors verrouiller et fixer la partie mobile dans sa position fermée par rapport à la partie fixe dudit coffre en laissant ainsi un libre accès à l'intérieur dudit coffre.Nevertheless, when the user or the operator does not exactly bring back the moving part in its closed position relative to the fixed part, the closing means can not then lock and fix the mobile part in its closed position relative to the fixed part of said box thus leaving free access to the interior of said box.

La présente invention a pour but de pallier les inconvénients de l'état de la technique mentionné ci-dessus.The present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art mentioned above.

A cet effet, selon l'invention, le coffre de stockage en question comprend des moyens de rappel automatique de la partie mobile de sa position ouverte maximale vers sa position fermée, la partie fixe du coffre comprenant un pêne de serrure apte à prendre l'une au moins des positions suivantes:

  • une position de verrouillage dans laquelle le pêne coopère avec la partie mobile pour fixer ladite partie mobile dans sa position fermée ou dans sa position ouverte maximale par rapport à la partie fixe, et
  • une position de déverrouillage dans laquelle le pêne ne coopère plus avec la partie mobile pour permettre à ladite partie mobile de prendre sa position ouverte maximale ou d'être ramenée vers sa position fermée sous l'effet des moyens de rappel automatique,
le coffre comprenant des moyens de détection de la position de la partie mobile lorsque cette dernière est dans sa position ouverte maximale ou dans sa position fermée,
et le coffre comprenant, en outre, une unité de commande apte à activer le pêne dans sa position de verrouillage ou dans sa position de déverrouillage lorsque les moyens de détection détectent que la partie mobile est dans sa position ouverte maximale ou dans sa position fermée.For this purpose, according to the invention, the storage case in question comprises means for automatically returning the movable part from its maximum open position to its closed position, the fixed part of the box comprising a lock bolt adapted to take the at least one of the following positions:
  • a locking position in which the bolt cooperates with the movable part to fix said movable part in its closed position or in its maximum open position with respect to the fixed part, and
  • an unlocking position in which the bolt no longer cooperates with the movable part to allow said movable part to take its maximum open position or to be returned to its closed position under the effect of the automatic return means,
the box comprising means for detecting the position of the moving part when the latter is in its maximum open position or in its closed position,
and the box further comprising a control unit adapted to activate the bolt in its locking position or in its unlocked position when the detection means detect that the movable part is in its maximum open position or in its closed position.

Dans des modes de réalisation préférés du coffre selon l'invention, on a recours, en outre, à l'une et/ou à l'autre des dispositions suivantes :

  • l'unité de commande est adaptée pour permettre:
    • l'activation du pêne dans sa position de déverrouillage lorsque ladite unité de commande reçoit des instructions d'ouverture du coffre et que les moyens de détection détectent que la partie mobile est dans sa position fermée,
    • l'activation du pêne dans sa position de verrouillage lorsque les moyens de détection détectent que la partie mobile est arrivée dans sa position d'ouverture maximale,
    • l'activation du pêne dans sa position de déverrouillage lorsque les moyens de détection détectent que la partie mobile est dans sa position ouverte maximale depuis un premier intervalle de temps, et
    • l'activation du pêne dans sa position de verrouillage lorsque les moyens de détection détectent que la partie mobile est ramenée dans sa position fermée sous l'effet des moyens de rappel automatique
  • l'unité de commande est adaptée pour activer des moyens de communication destinés à émettre un signal à l'utilisateur avant d'activer le pêne dans sa position de déverrouillage lorsque les moyens de détection détectent que la partie mobile est dans sa position ouverte maximale depuis ledit premier intervalle de temps;
  • la partie mobile comprend:
    • un premier élément de butée destiné à être disposé en regard du pêne, et un premier élément détectable destiné à être détecté par les moyens de détection lorsque ladite partie mobile est dans sa position fermée, et
    • un deuxième élément de butée destiné à être disposé en regard du pêne, et un deuxième élément détectable destiné à être détecté par les moyens de détection lorsque ladite partie mobile est dans sa position ouverte maximale ;
  • le pêne, lorsqu'il est en position de verrouillage, est adapté pour être dans l'une au moins des positions suivantes :
    • une première position de verrouillage dans laquelle le pêne parcourt une première course pour fixer la partie mobile dans sa position fermée par rapport à la partie fixe, et
    • une deuxième position de verrouillage dans laquelle le pêne parcourt une deuxième course différente de la première course pour fixer la partie mobile dans sa position ouverte maximale par rapport à la partie fixe,
      et dans lequel
    • la partie fixe comprend des moyens de détection à deux états pour détecter que le pêne est dans un premier état correspondant à sa position de déverrouillage ou sa deuxième position de verrouillage ou dans un deuxième état correspondant à sa première position de verrouillage, et
    • les moyens de détection de la position de la partie mobile sont formés des moyens de détection à deux états adaptés pour détecter que la partie mobile est dans un premier état correspondant à ses positions ouverte maximale ou fermée, ou dans un deuxième état correspondant à une position intermédiaire entre ses positions ouverte maximale et fermée.
  • l'unité de commande est adaptée pour émettre un message d'alerte lorsque le pêne est dans sa position de déverrouillage et que les moyens de détection de la position de la partie mobile ne détectent pas que cette dernière est en position fermée.
In preferred embodiments of the safe according to the invention, use is made, in addition, of one and / or the other of the following provisions:
  • the control unit is adapted to allow:
    • activation of the bolt in its unlocking position when said control unit receives instructions for opening the trunk and the detection means detect that the moving part is in its closed position,
    • activating the bolt in its locking position when the detecting means detects that the moving part has reached its maximum open position,
    • activating the bolt in its unlocking position when the detecting means detects that the moving part is in its maximum open position for a first time interval, and
    • the activation of the bolt in its locking position when the detection means detect that the moving part is returned to its closed position under the effect of the automatic return means
  • the control unit is adapted to activate communication means for transmitting a signal to the user before activating the bolt in its unlocked position when the detection means detect that the moving part is in its maximum open position since said first time interval;
  • the moving part comprises:
    • a first stop element intended to be arranged facing the bolt, and a first detectable element intended to be detected by the detection means when said moving part is in its closed position, and
    • a second stop element intended to be disposed facing the bolt, and a second detectable element intended to be detected by the detection means when said movable part is in its maximum open position;
  • the bolt, when in the locking position, is adapted to be in at least one of the following positions:
    • a first locking position in which the bolt travels a first stroke to fix the moving part in its closed position relative to the fixed part, and
    • a second locking position in which the bolt travels a second stroke different from the first stroke to fix the moving part in its maximum open position relative to the fixed part,
      and in which
    • the fixed part comprises two-state detection means for detecting that the bolt is in a first state corresponding to its unlocking position or its second locking position or in a second state corresponding to its first locking position, and
    • the detecting means of the position of the moving part are formed of two-state detecting means adapted to detect that the moving part is in a first state corresponding to its maximum open or closed positions, or in a second state corresponding to a position intermediate between its maximum open and closed positions.
  • the control unit is adapted to emit an alert message when the bolt is in its unlocking position and the means for detecting the position of the moving part do not detect that the latter is in the closed position.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la description apparaîtront au cours de la description détaillée qui va suivre d'une de ses formes de réalisation, donnée à titre d'exemple non limitatif, en regard des dessins annexés sur lesquels :

  • la figure 1 représente une vue schématique en coupe du coffre conforme à un exemple selon l'invention lorsque la partie mobile est en position fermée et verrouillée par rapport à la partie fixe du coffre,
  • la figure 2 est une vue schématique en coupe du coffre lorsque la partie mobile est dans une position intermédiaire par rapport à la partie fixe du coffre, et
  • la figure 3 est une vue schématique en coupe du coffre lorsque la partie mobile est en position ouverte maximale et verrouillée par rapport à la partie fixe du coffre.
Other features and advantages of the description will become apparent from the following detailed description of one of its embodiments, given by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the appended drawings in which:
  • FIG. 1 represents a schematic sectional view of the trunk according to an example according to the invention when the mobile part is in the closed position and locked with respect to the fixed part of the trunk,
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the trunk when the mobile part is in an intermediate position relative to the fixed part of the trunk, and
  • Figure 3 is a schematic sectional view of the trunk when the movable part is in the maximum open position and locked relative to the fixed part of the trunk.

Sur les différentes figures, les mêmes références désignent des éléments identiques ou similaires.In the different figures, the same references designate identical or similar elements.

Le coffre 1 destiné au stockage d'objets et représenté sur les figures 1 à 3 comprend principalement une partie fixe 2 et une partie mobile 3 montée déplaçable par rapport à la partie fixe 2.The trunk 1 intended for the storage of objects and represented in FIGS. 1 to 3 mainly comprises a fixed part 2 and a movable part 3 mounted displaceable with respect to the fixed part 2.

La partie fixe 2 du coffre 1 présente un volume intérieur sensiblement parallélépipédique qui est délimitée par une paroi supérieure (non représentée) et une paroi inférieure 21 reliées entre elles par des parois latérales 22 et 23 ainsi que par un fond 24.The fixed part 2 of the box 1 has a substantially parallelepipedal interior volume which is delimited by an upper wall (not shown) and a bottom wall 21 interconnected by side walls 22 and 23 and by a bottom 24.

La partie mobile 3 se présente, quant à elle, sous la forme d'un rideau coulissant 3 qui est guidé dans des rails 25 (dont un seul est représenté sur les figures) formés sur la paroi supérieure et la paroi inférieure 21 de la partie fixe 2. Ces rails 25 de la partie fixe 2 permettent donc au rideau coulissant 3 d'être placé dans une position fermée, représentée sur la figure 1, dans laquelle le rideau coulissant 3 empêche l'accès à l'intérieur du coffre, et une position ouverte maximale, représentée sur la figure 3, permettant à un utilisateur d'avoir accès à l'intérieur du coffre 1.The moving part 3 is in the form of a sliding curtain 3 which is guided in rails 25 (only one of which is shown in the figures) formed on the upper wall and the lower wall 21 of the part. fixed 2. These rails 25 of the fixed part 2 thus allow the sliding curtain 3 to be placed in a closed position, shown in FIG. 1, in which the sliding curtain 3 prevents access to the inside of the box, and a maximum open position, shown in Figure 3, allowing a user to access the interior of the trunk 1.

Le coffre comprend également des moyens de fermeture adaptés pour permettre au rideau coulissant 3 d'être fixé par rapport à la partie fixe 2, lorsque ledit rideau coulissant 3 est en position fermée ou en position d'ouverture maximale. Les moyens de fermeture comprennent une serrure électrique 4 comportant un pêne 5 monté de manière coulissante par rapport à la paroi latérale 22 de la partie fixe 2 du coffre, ainsi que des moyens de butée 6 solidaires, quant à eux, du rideau coulissant 3. Ces moyens de butée 6 coopèrent avec le pêne de .serrure 5 afin de permettre audit rideau coulissant 3 d'être fixé par rapport à la partie fixe 2 soit dans la position fermée (figure 1) soit dans la position ouverte maximale (figure 3).The trunk also includes closure means adapted to allow the sliding curtain 3 to be fixed relative to the fixed part 2, when said sliding curtain 3 is in the closed position or in the maximum open position. The closing means comprise an electric lock 4 comprising a bolt 5 slidably mounted relative to the side wall 22 of the fixed part 2 of the box, as well as stop means 6 as to them, the sliding curtain 3. These abutment means 6 cooperate with the lock bolt 5 to allow said sliding curtain 3 to be fixed relative to the fixed part 2 is in the closed position (Figure 1 ) in the maximum open position (Figure 3).

Le rideau coulissant 3 s'étend entre une première extrémité 31 et une deuxième extrémité 32 et il est par exemple constitué d'une pluralité de facettes rigides et incassables 33 reliées entre elles par des moyens de liaison articulés qui permettent audit rideau coulissant 3 d'être guidé par les rails 25 entre ses positions fermée et ouverte maximale.The sliding curtain 3 extends between a first end 31 and a second end 32 and it consists for example of a plurality of rigid and unbreakable facets 33 interconnected by articulated connecting means which allow said sliding curtain 3 to be guided by the rails 25 between its closed and open maximum positions.

Les moyens de butée 6 du rideau coulissant 3 comprennent une ouverture traversante 61 réalisée dans l'une des facettes 33 de la première extrémité 31 du rideau. Cette ouverture traversante 61 est destinée à recevoir le pêne de serrure 5 de la partie fixe 2 pour bloquer le rideau coulissant dans sa position fermée. Les moyens de butée 6 comprennent également une encoche ou un logement 62 réalisé sur une facette 33 située au niveau de la seconde extrémité 32 dudit rideau coulissant 3. Ce logement 62 présente une forme sensiblement complémentaire de celle du pêne 5 pour permettre également un verrouillage du rideau coulissant dans sa position ouverte maximale.The abutment means 6 of the sliding curtain 3 comprise a through opening 61 made in one of the facets 33 of the first end 31 of the curtain. This through opening 61 is intended to receive the lock bolt 5 of the fixed part 2 to lock the sliding curtain in its closed position. The abutment means 6 also comprise a notch or a housing 62 formed on a facet 33 located at the second end 32 of said sliding curtain 3. This housing 62 has a shape substantially complementary to that of the bolt 5 to also allow locking of the sliding curtain in its maximum open position.

La partie fixe 2 du coffre 1 comprend également des moyens de détection 7 destinés à permettre la détection de position du rideau coulissant 3 lorsque ce dernier est dans sa position ouverte maximale ou dans sa position fermée.The fixed part 2 of the trunk 1 also comprises detection means 7 intended to enable the position of the sliding curtain 3 to be detected when the latter is in its maximum open position or in its closed position.

A. cet effet, le rideau mobile 3 comprend également, au niveau de sa première extrémité 31, un élément détectable 8, et, au niveau de sa deuxième extrémité 32, un deuxième élément détectable 9. Ces deux éléments détectables 8 et 9 peuvent par exemple être constitués par des éléments réfléchissants destinés à être détectés par les moyens de détection 7 pouvant se présenter sous la forme d'un capteur optique.For this purpose, the movable curtain 3 also comprises, at its first end 31, a detectable element 8, and, at its second end 32, a second detectable element 9. These two detectable elements 8 and 9 can example be constituted by reflective elements intended to be detected by the means of detection 7 may be in the form of an optical sensor.

Dans l'exemple de réalisation considéré ici, les moyens de détection 7 sont formés par un détecteur optique à deux états destiné à basculer dans un premier état, dit état 1, lorsqu'il détecte la présence de l'élément réfléchissant 8 ou de l'élément réfléchissant 9, et dans un deuxième état, dit état 0, lorsqu'il ne détecte pas la présence des éléments réfléchissants 8 et 9. Cet état 0 du détecteur 7 correspond donc à une position intermédiaire du rideau 3 située entre ses positions fermée et ouverte maximale.In the exemplary embodiment considered here, the detection means 7 are formed by a two-state optical detector intended to switch in a first state, said state 1, when it detects the presence of the reflective element 8 or the reflective element 9, and in a second state, said state 0, when it does not detect the presence of the reflective elements 8 and 9. This state 0 of the detector 7 corresponds to an intermediate position of the curtain 3 located between its closed positions and maximum open.

Le pêne 5 ou plus exactement la serrure électrique 4 ainsi que le détecteur 7 sont reliés à une unité de commande 10 du coffre 1. Comme on le verra plus en détail dans la suite de la description, l'unité de commande 10 est apte à activer le pêne 5 dans sa position de verrouillage ou dans sa position de déverrouillage lorsque le détecteur 7 détecte que le rideau coulissant 3 est dans sa position ouverte maximale ou dans sa position fermée.The bolt 5 or more exactly the electric lock 4 and the detector 7 are connected to a control unit 10 of the trunk 1. As will be seen in more detail in the following description, the control unit 10 is able to activate the bolt 5 in its locking position or in its unlocked position when the detector 7 detects that the sliding curtain 3 is in its maximum open position or in its closed position.

Par ailleurs, dans l'exemple de réalisation considéré ici, le coffre 1 comprend également des moyens de détection 11 permettant de détecter la position du pêne 5 par rapport à la partie fixe 2.Furthermore, in the embodiment considered here, the trunk 1 also comprises detection means 11 for detecting the position of the bolt 5 relative to the fixed part 2.

Conformément à ce mode de réalisation, le pêne 5 de la serrure est apte à prendre les trois positions différentes suivantes, à savoir :

  • une première position de verrouillage, représentée sur la figure 1, dans laquelle le pêne 5 parcourt une première course en étant logé dans l'ouverture traversant 61 du rideau 3 de manière à le fixer dans sa position fermée par rapport à la partie fixe 2,
  • une deuxième position de verrouillage, représentée sur la figure 3, dans laquelle le pêne 5 parcourt une deuxième course et vient en butée contre le logement 62 de forme complémentaire du rideau mobile 3 de manière à le fixer dans sa position ouverte maximale par rapport à la partie fixe 2, et
  • une position de déverrouillage, représentée sur la figure 2, dans laquelle le pêne 5 ne coopère plus avec le rideau coulissant 3 pour permettre à ce dernier de coulisser dans les rails 25 entre ses positions fermée et ouverte maximale.
According to this embodiment, the bolt 5 of the lock is adapted to take the following three different positions, namely:
  • a first locking position, shown in FIG. 1, in which the bolt 5 traverses a first stroke and is housed in the through opening 61 of the curtain 3 so as to fix it in its closed position relative to the fixed part 2,
  • a second locking position, shown in Figure 3, wherein the bolt 5 travels a second stroke and abuts against the housing 62 of complementary shape of the movable curtain 3 so as to fix it in its maximum open position relative to the fixed part 2, and
  • an unlocking position, shown in Figure 2, wherein the bolt 5 no longer cooperates with the sliding curtain 3 to allow the latter to slide in the rails 25 between its closed and open maximum positions.

Au vu de ces trois positions différentes possibles du pêne 5, les moyens de détection 11 sont formées par exemple par un capteur de mesure susceptible de fournir à l'unité de commande deux états de positionnement du pêne par rapport à la partie fixe 2. Plus exactement, le capteur 11 est adapté pour détecter que le pêne 5 est dans un premier état, dit état 0, correspondant à la position de déverrouillage du pêne ou à sa deuxième position de verrouillage dans laquelle le pêne 5 parcourt la deuxième course, et le rideau coulissant 3 est fixé dans sa position ouverte maximale par rapport à la partie fixe 2. Le deuxième état, dit état 1, du capteur 11 correspond à la première position de verrouillage du pêne 5 dans laquelle le rideau coulissant 3 est fixé dans sa position fermée par rapport à la partie fixe 2 du coffre le pêne 5 ayant alors parcouru une première course supérieure à la deuxième course.In view of these three different possible positions of the bolt 5, the detection means 11 are formed for example by a measurement sensor capable of providing the control unit with two states of positioning of the bolt relative to the fixed portion 2. More exactly, the sensor 11 is adapted to detect that the bolt 5 is in a first state, said state 0, corresponding to the unlocking position of the bolt or to its second locking position in which the bolt 5 traverses the second stroke, and the sliding curtain 3 is fixed in its maximum open position with respect to the fixed part 2. The second state, said state 1, of the sensor 11 corresponds to the first locking position of the bolt 5 in which the sliding curtain 3 is fixed in its position. closed relative to the fixed part 2 of the trunk the bolt 5 having then traveled a first race greater than the second race.

Par ailleurs, le coffre 1, ou plus exactement la partie fixe 2 du coffre est pourvue de moyens de rappel automatique 12 qui permettent de rappeler automatiquement le rideau coulissant 3 depuis sa position ouverte maximale vers sa position fermée dans laquelle l'ouverture' traversante 61 du rideau coulissant 3 est disposée en regard du pêne 5. Ces moyens de rappel automatique 12 peuvent, par exemple, être formés par un ou deux fils 12a logé(s) dans les rails 25 de la partie fixe 2 et fixés sur une bobine 12b reliée à la partie fixe 2 du coffre au moyen d'un ressort de rappel permettant un rembobinage automatique du fil 12a sur la bobine 12b en ramenant ainsi le rideau coulissant 3 vers sa position fermée, telle que représenté sur la figure 1. Le rideau coulissant 3 peut également comprendre une poignée 13 située au niveau de sa seconde extrémité 32 pour permettre à un utilisateur ou à un opérateur de déplacer le rideau coulissant 3 de sa position fermée vers sa position ouverte maximale lorsque le pêne 5 est dans sa position de déverrouillage.Furthermore, the trunk 1, or more precisely the fixed part 2 of the trunk is provided with automatic return means 12 which automatically recall the sliding curtain 3 from its maximum open position to its closed position in which the opening 'through 61 of the sliding curtain 3 is disposed facing the bolt 5. These automatic return means 12 may, for example, be formed by one or two son 12a housed (s) in the rails 25 of the fixed part 2 and fixed on a coil 12b connected to the fixed part 2 of the boot by means of a return spring allowing automatic rewinding of the thread 12a on the spool 12b, thus bringing the sliding curtain 3 back to its closed position, as shown in FIG. 1. The sliding curtain 3 may also comprise a handle 13 situated at its second end 32 for allow a user or an operator to move the sliding curtain 3 from its closed position to its maximum open position when the bolt 5 is in its unlocked position.

Nous allons maintenant décrire le fonctionnement du coffre lorsqu'un utilisateur vient réceptionner un objet ou un colis préalablement disposé dans le coffre par un opérateur quelconque.We will now describe the operation of the trunk when a user comes to receive an object or package previously disposed in the trunk by any operator.

Lorsqu'un utilisateur désire réceptionner un objet ou un colis préalablement disposé dans le coffre par un opérateur quelconque, l'utilisateur peut par exemple entrer un code confidentiel correspondant à son objet sur un clavier (non représenté) relié à l'unité de commande 10. Ce code confidentiel sera alors comparé avec un code connu de l'unité de commande 10 pour valider ou non le déverrouillage du pêne 5 de la serrure.When a user wishes to receive an object or package previously disposed in the trunk by any operator, the user can for example enter a PIN corresponding to its object on a keyboard (not shown) connected to the control unit 10 This confidential code will then be compared with a known code of the control unit 10 to validate or not the unlocking of the bolt 5 of the lock.

Préalablement à la saisie du code confidentiel par l'utilisateur, l'unité de commande 10 a en mémoire l'état du pêne ainsi que l'état du détecteur optique. En effet, tel que représenté sur la figure 1 lorsque l'élément détectable 8 est en regard du détecteur optique 7 et que le pêne 5 est dans sa première position de verrouillage, les moyens de détection 11 ainsi que le détecteur optique 7 transmettent alors à l'unité de commande que l'état du pêne est à l'état 1 tandis que l'état du détecteur optique 7 est également à l'état 1.Prior to the entry of the confidential code by the user, the control unit 10 has in memory the state of the bolt and the state of the optical detector. Indeed, as shown in Figure 1 when the detectable element 8 is opposite the optical detector 7 and the bolt 5 is in its first locking position, the detection means 11 and the optical detector 7 then transmit to the control unit that the state of the bolt is in the state 1 while the state of the optical detector 7 is also in the state 1.

Dans ce cas, si l'utilisateur saisit le bon code confidentiel, l'unité de commande 10 active le pêne 5 dans sa position de déverrouillage de manière à faire passer l'état du pêne 5 de l'état 1 à, l'état 0.In this case, if the user enters the correct PIN, the control unit 10 activates the bolt 5 in its unlocking position so as to change the state of the bolt 5 from state 1 to 0.

Ensuite l'utilisateur, au moyen de la poignée 13, déplace le rideau coulissant 3 dans les rails de guidage 25 de la partie fixe 2 en l'amenant ainsi dans une position intermédiaire, telle que représentée sur la figure 2. Dans cette configuration, le détecteur optique 7 ne détecte ni la présence de l'élément .réfléchissant 8 ni la présence de l'élément réfléchissant 9. Le détecteur 7 transmet alors à l'unité de commande 10 l'information comme quoi l'état du détecteur optique est à l'état 0.Then the user, by means of the handle 13, moves the sliding curtain 3 in the guide rails 25 of the fixed part 2, thus bringing it into an intermediate position, as represented in FIG. 2. In this configuration, the optical detector 7 detects neither the presence of the reflective element 8 nor the presence of the reflecting element 9. The detector 7 then transmits to the control unit 10 the information that the state of the optical detector is in state 0.

Lorsque l'utilisateur déplace encore le rideau coulissant 3 jusqu'à sa position ouverte maximale représentée sur la figure 3, le détecteur optique 7 détecte alors la présence de l'élément réfléchissant 9 de telle sorte que le détecteur optique 7 envoie à l'unité de commande un signal comme quoi son état bascule de l'état 0 à l'état 1.When the user again moves the sliding curtain 3 to its maximum open position shown in FIG. 3, the optical detector 7 then detects the presence of the reflecting element 9 so that the optical detector 7 sends to the unit to control a signal such that its state switches from state 0 to state 1.

Dans ce cas, l'unité de commande 10 active le pêne 5 dans sa deuxième position de verrouillage dans laquelle le pêne 5 vient se loger dans le logement 62 du rideau coulissant 3 en parcourant la deuxième course de manière à le fixer par rapport à la partie fixe 2.In this case, the control unit 10 activates the bolt 5 in its second locking position in which the bolt 5 is housed in the housing 62 of the sliding curtain 3 by traversing the second race so as to fix it relative to the fixed part 2.

Afin de s'assurer que le logement 62 ainsi que l'élément réfléchissant 9 arrivent respectivement en regard du pêne 5 et du détecteur optique 7 lorsque le rideau coulissant 3 est amené dans sa position ouverte maximale, la partie fixe peut également comprendre au niveau de sa paroi inférieure 21 un élément de butée 26 permettant de stopper la course du rideau coulissant 3 jusqu'à sa position ouverte maximale.In order to ensure that the housing 62 and the reflecting element 9 respectively face the bolt 5 and the optical detector 7 when the sliding curtain 3 is brought to its maximum open position, the fixed part can also comprise at the its lower wall 21 a stop element 26 for stopping the travel of the sliding curtain 3 to its maximum open position.

Lorsque le pêne 5 est dans sa deuxième position de verrouillage, tel que représenté sur la figure 3, les moyens de détection 11 de la position du pêne informent alors l'unité de commande 10 que le pêne est dans un état correspondant à l'état 0. Dans ce cas, l'unité de commande 10 maintient le pêne 5 dans sa deuxième position de verrouillage pendant un premier intervalle de temps T1 paramétrable qui peut, par exemple, être de l'ordre de 30 secondes pour permettre à l'utilisateur de retirer son colis du volume intérieur du coffre 1.When the bolt 5 is in its second locking position, as shown in FIG. 3, the detecting means 11 of the position of the bolt then inform the control unit 10 that the bolt is in a state corresponding to the state 0. In this case, the control unit 10 holds the bolt 5 in its second locking position during a first parameterizable interval T1 which can for example, be of the order of 30 seconds to allow the user to remove his package from the interior volume of the trunk 1.

A la fin de ce premier intervalle de temps T1, et lorsque le pêne 5 est à l'état 0 et que l'état du détecteur optique 7 est à l'état 1, l'unité de commande 10 peut alors être adaptée pour activer des moyens de communication 14 destinés à émettre un signal à l'utilisateur pendant un deuxième intervalle de temps T2. Ces moyens de communication 14 peuvent se présenter sous la forme d'un émetteur de signaux lumineux visible ou d'un émetteur de signaux acoustiques audibles permettant d'émettre un signal d'alerte à l'utilisateur pendant le deuxième intervalle de temps T2 avant que l'unité de commande 10 n'active le pêne 5 dans sa position de déverrouillage. A titre d'exemple, le deuxième intervalle de temps paramétrable T2 peut, par exemple, être de l'ordre de 5 secondes.At the end of this first time interval T1, and when the bolt 5 is in the 0 state and the state of the optical detector 7 is in the 1 state, the control unit 10 can then be adapted to activate. communication means 14 for transmitting a signal to the user during a second time interval T2. These communication means 14 may be in the form of a visible light signal emitter or an audible acoustic signal emitter making it possible to emit an alert signal to the user during the second time interval T2 before the control unit 10 activates the bolt 5 in its unlocking position. By way of example, the second configurable time interval T2 may, for example, be of the order of 5 seconds.

Ainsi, à la fin du deuxième intervalle de temps T2, l'unité de commande 10 active le pêne 5 dans sa position de déverrouillage, de telle sorte qu'en mode de fonctionnement normal et sans incident le rideau coulissant 3 est directement ramené vers sa position fermée (figure 1) sous l'effet des moyens de rappel automatique 12. Ainsi, lorsque le rideau coulissant 3 revient dans sa position fermée non verrouillée, le détecteur optique 7 indique à l'unité de commande que son état correspond à l'état 1 tandis que les moyens de détection 11 du pêne 5 indique à l'unité de commande que l'état du pêne 5 est à l'état 0. Dans ce cas, l'unité de commande 10 au vu de l'état du pêne et de l'état du détecteur optique 7, commande l'activation du pêne 5 qui se place dans sa première position de verrouillage dans laquelle le pêne 5 traverse l'ouverture 61 en parcourant la première course. Les moyens de détection 11 de la position du pêne 5 informent alors l'unité de commande 10 que l'état du pêne bascule de l'état 0 vers l'état 1, ce qui signifie que le rideau coulissant 3 se trouve dans une positon fermée et verrouillée.Thus, at the end of the second time interval T2, the control unit 10 activates the bolt 5 in its unlocked position, so that in normal and uneventful operation mode the sliding curtain 3 is directly brought back to its position. closed position (Figure 1) under the effect of the automatic return means 12. Thus, when the sliding curtain 3 returns to its unlocked closed position, the optical detector 7 indicates to the control unit that its state corresponds to the state 1 while the detection means 11 of the bolt 5 indicates to the control unit that the state of the bolt 5 is in the state 0. In this case, the control unit 10 in view of the state of the latch and the state of the optical detector 7, controls the activation of the bolt 5 which is placed in its first locking position in which the bolt 5 through the opening 61 by traversing the first race. The detection means 11 of the position of the bolt 5 then inform the control unit 10 that the state of the bolt switches from state 0 to state 1, which means that the sliding curtain 3 is in a position closed and locked.

Dans ce cas, l'unité de commande 10 peut alors être adaptée pour attendre pendant un troisième intervalle de temps T3, par exemple de l'ordre de 10 secondes, avant de vérifier dans sa propre table des états que les états du pêne 5 et du détecteur optique 7 sont égales à 1, ce qui signifie alors que l'ensemble de l'opération effectuée par l'utilisateur pour récupérer son colis est correcte.In this case, the control unit 10 can then be adapted to wait for a third time interval T3, for example of the order of 10 seconds, before checking in its own table states that the states of the bolt 5 and the optical detector 7 are equal to 1, which means that the entire operation performed by the user to recover his package is correct.

Ainsi, avantageusement seule la position fermée et verrouillée du rideau coulissant 3 correspond à un état 1 du pêne et à un état 1 du détecteur optique, ce qui permet automatiquement à l'unité de commande de vérifier si l'ensemble de la procédure de livraison du colis dans le coffre par l'opérateur ou la réception du colis ou de l'objet par l'utilisateur à été correctement effectué.Thus, advantageously only the closed and locked position of the sliding curtain 3 corresponds to a state 1 of the bolt and a state 1 of the optical detector, which automatically allows the control unit to check if the entire delivery procedure the package in the safe by the operator or the receipt of the package or object by the user has been correctly performed.

En effet, dans le cas où le rideau coulissant reste bloqué dans sa position d'ouverture maximale, l'état du détecteur optique sera alors à l'état 1 tandis que l'état du pêne 5 sera à l'état 0 correspondant soit à la deuxième position de verrouillage soit à la position déverrouillée. L'unité de commande, en vérifiant sa table des états, constatera alors que la procédure de retrait du colis ou de la fermeture et du verrouillage automatique du rideau coulissant 3 n'est pas correctement effectuée. Dans ce cas, l'unité de commande 10 est adaptée pour émettre un message d'alerte par exemple à un service de maintenance pour indiquer que le reverrouillage de rideau coulissant 3 dans sa position fermée et verrouillée n'a pas été effectué correctement ce qui nécessite une intervention pour réinitialiser et remettre le coffre 1 dans sa position fermée et verrouillée.Indeed, in the case where the sliding curtain remains locked in its maximum open position, the state of the optical detector will then be in the state 1 while the state of the bolt 5 will be in the state 0 corresponding to either the second locking position is in the unlocked position. The control unit, by checking its state table, will then note that the procedure of withdrawal of the package or the closing and automatic locking of the sliding curtain 3 is not correctly performed. In this case, the control unit 10 is adapted to emit an alert message for example to a maintenance service to indicate that the sliding curtain relocking 3 in its closed and locked position has not been carried out. correctly which requires intervention to reset and return the chest 1 to its closed and locked position.

De même dans le cas où le rideau coulissant 3 se bloque dans une position intermédiaire entre ses positions ouverte maximale et fermée, l'état du détecteur optique sera à l'état 0 et l'état du pêne 5 sera également à l'état 0, ce qui sera automatiquement connu de l'unité de commande 10. Plus précisément, lorsque l'unité de commande 10 vérifie dans sa table des états que l'état du pêne et l'état du détecteur sont égales à 0 pendant un intervalle de temps correspondant à l'addition du premier intervalle de temps T1 précité, du deuxième intervalle de temps T2 précité et du troisième intervalle de temps T3 précité, l'unité de commande 10 déclenchera alors un message d'alerte nécessitant l'intervention d'un opérateur pour remédier au problème.Similarly, in the case where the sliding curtain 3 is locked in an intermediate position between its maximum open and closed open positions, the state of the optical detector will be in the 0 state and the state of the bolt 5 will also be in the 0 state. , which will be automatically known from the control unit 10. More specifically, when the control unit 10 checks in its table of states that the state of the bolt and the state of the detector are equal to 0 during a period of time. time corresponding to the addition of the first time interval T1 above, the second time interval T2 above and the third time interval T3 above, the control unit 10 will then trigger an alert message requiring the intervention of a operator to remedy the problem.

Le mode de réalisation décrit ci-dessus fait appel à un détecteur optique à deux états ainsi qu'à des moyens de détection 11 à deux états. Néanmoins, il peut également être prévu, sans sortir du cadre de l'invention, un détecteur optique 7 à par exemple trois états, dont le premier état correspondrait à la détection de l'élément réfléchissant 8, le deuxième état correspondrait à la détection de l'élément réfléchissant 9, et le troisième état correspondrait à une non détection des états réfléchissants 8 et 9. Dans ce cas, si le détecteur optique 7 présente trois états de détection différents, le détecteur de position 11 du pêne 5 peut être supprimé. En effet, dans ce cas le pêne 5 pourra avoir qu'une seule position de verrouillage et une seule position de verrouillage tout en permettant à l'unité de commande de savoir si le rideau coulissant 3 se trouve dans une configuration fermée et verrouillée ou dans une configuration nécessitant l'intervention d'un opérateur pour réinitialiser et remettre le coffre 1 dans sa position fermée et verrouillée.The embodiment described above uses a two-state optical detector as well as two-state detecting means 11. Nevertheless, it is also possible to provide, without departing from the scope of the invention, an optical detector 7 with, for example, three states, the first state of which corresponds to the detection of the reflecting element 8, the second state corresponding to the detection of the reflective element 9, and the third state would correspond to a non-detection of the reflective states 8 and 9. In this case, if the optical detector 7 has three different detection states, the position detector 11 of the bolt 5 can be deleted. Indeed, in this case the bolt 5 may have only one locking position and a single locking position while allowing the control unit to know if the sliding curtain 3 is in a closed and locked configuration or in a configuration requiring the intervention of an operator to reset and return the trunk 1 to its closed and locked position.

Claims (6)

  1. Safe (1) for storing objects, comprising a fixed part (2), and a moving part (3) able to be moved, relative to the fixed part (2), between a fully open position permitting access to the interior of the safe (1) and a closed position in which the said moving part (3) prevents access to the interior of the safe (1),
    the said safe (1) comprising automatic return means (12) for returning the moving part (3) from its fully open position to its closed position, and
    the fixed part (2) comprising a lock bolt (5) able to adopt at least one of the following positions:
    - a locked position in which the bolt (5) engages with the moving part (3) to fix the said moving part (3) in its closed position or in its fully open position relative to the fixed part (2), and
    - an unlocked position in which the bolt (5) no longer engages with the moving part (3) to allow the said moving part (3) to adopt its fully open position or to be returned to its closed position by the automatic return means (12),
    the safe (1) comprising means (7) for detecting the position of the moving part (3) when the latter is in its fully open position or in its closed position,
    and the safe (1) also comprising a control unit (10) able to activate the bolt (5) into its locked position or into its unlocked position when the detection means (7) detect that the moving part (3) is in its fully open position or in its closed position.
  2. Safe (1) according to Claim 1, in which the control unit (10) is designed to:
    - activate the bolt (5) into its unlocked position when the said control unit (10) receives instructions to open the safe (1) and the detection means (7) detect that the moving part (3) is in its closed position,
    - activate the bolt (5) into its locked position when the detection means (7) detect that the moving part (3) has reached its fully open position,
    - activate the bolt (5) into its unlocked position when the detection means (7) detect that the moving part (3) has been in its fully open position for a first interval of time (T1), and
    - activate the bolt (5) into its locked position when the detection means (7) detect that the moving part (3) has been returned to its closed position by the automatic return means (12).
  3. Safe (1) according to Claim 2, in which the control unit (10) is designed to activate communication means (14) for sending a signal to the user before activating the bolt (5) into its unlocked position when the detection means (7) detect that the moving part (3) has been in its fully open position for the said first interval of time (T1).
  4. Safe (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the moving part (3) comprises:
    - a first stop element (61) designed to be placed in front of the bolt (5), and a first detectable element (8) designed to be detected by the detection means (7) when the said moving part is in its closed position, and
    - a second stop element (62) designed to be placed in front of the bolt (5), and a second detectable element (9) designed to be detected by the detection means (7) when the said moving part (3) is in its fully open position.
  5. Safe (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the bolt (5), when in the locked position, is designed to be in at least one of the following positions:
    - a first locked position in which the bolt (5) moves a first distance to fix the moving part (3) in its closed position relative to the fixed part (2), and
    - a second locked position in which the bolt (5) moves a second distance, different from the first distance, to fix the moving part (3) in its fully open position relative to the fixed part (2),
    and in which
    - the fixed part (2) comprises two-state detection means (11) for detecting that the bolt (5) is in a first state corresponding to its unlocked position or its second locked position or in a second state corresponding to its first locked position, and
    - the detection means (7) for detecting the position of the moving part (3) are formed by the two-state detection means (7) which are designed to detect that the moving part (3) is in a first state corresponding to its closed or fully open positions, or in a second state corresponding to a position intermediate between its closed and fully open positions.
  6. Safe (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the control unit (10) is designed to send a warning message when the bolt (5) is in its unlocked position and when the detection means (7) for detecting the position of the moving part (3) are not detecting that the latter is in the closed position.
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