Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
  • E05G1/00—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables
  • E05G1/14—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables with means for masking or destroying the valuables, e.g. in case of theft
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
  • E05G1/00—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables
  • E05G1/005—Portable strong boxes, e.g. which may be fixed to a wall or the like
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
  • E05G1/00—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables
  • E05G1/06—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables having provision for multiple compartments
  • E05G1/08—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables having provision for multiple compartments secured individually

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a secure system for transporting or storing securities, in particular banknotes, checks, bank cards or the like enclosed in a container provided with internal management means and means for degrading said values in the event of aggression.
• a container provided with degradation means consisting more particularly of means for staining the notes with an indelible ink; this is the case, for example, of the European patent EP 0 409 725.
• This patent describes a system in which a container is provided with internal management means operating in the manner of a “machine with limited modes” whose cycle of operation includes a limited number of logical states called "modes", the transition from a first mode to a second mode being the consequence of a one-off event the legality of which is, or has been, previously verified by an autonomous means which can be relate to said internal container management means, said transition being accompanied by memory loss of the previous mode.
• This system is intended to be used for the protection of funds placed in a container by the manager of a bank agency, for example, appointed sender in order to be transported by a conveyor " , for example to a branch of this bank agency.
• the container is provided with internal management means also operating in the manner of a machine with “limited modes” which may successively include, totally or in part only, the elements of a set constituted by a user of values, that is to say that is to say a sender, a recipient or a conveyor, a container and a single remote server center which can get in touch with the internal management means of said container when it is at its place of departure.
• the value user, the container and the server center are linked together by means of a single terminal forming a star network station of which said station is the center.
• the station of at least one recipient is not a resident station but a mobile and transportable station.
• This recipient's mobile station is a keyboard and screen terminal provided with a microprocessor and a memory card reader, entirely autonomous, that is to say not connected to the server center and capable of being connected by a communication interface with the container, said interface advantageously having the energy source making it possible to supply the terminal and the container, and in particular its electromagnetic lock.
• the prior art systems make it possible to carry out and collect values not only for repetitive transfers but also for occasional or temporary transfers; however, for the conservation of valuables, these systems are unsuitable and users are forced to equip themselves with fixed safes to keep their valuables in a fixed place, which increases equipment costs.
• One of the aims of the invention is therefore to remedy this drawback by proposing a secure system for transporting or storing securities, in particular banknotes, checks, bank cards or the like, making it possible to use the system either in the manner of a permanent safe for storing securities or for transporting said securities from a departure site to a recipient.
• a secure system is proposed for transporting or storing securities, in particular banknotes, checks, bank cards or the like, enclosed in a container provided with management means.
• said internal management means operating for example in the manner of a “machine with limited modes” whose operating cycle comprises a limited number of logical states, called modes , the transition from a first mode to a second mode resulting from a one-off event the legality of which is, or has been, previously verified by a remote server center that can get in touch with the internal management means of the container by any appropriate means, said transition then being accompanied by the loss of memory of the previous mode;
• said system is remarkable in that it consists on the one hand of at least one container provided with a memory card reader connected to the internal management means, said memory card comprising at least one identification code of the user of the containers, and on the other hand, of at least one base provided with an electronic card, said card being supplied by an energy source, in which data relating to the location of said base which is suitable for receiving the container provided with a male or female connection means connected to the internal management means cooperating with a complementary female or male connection means, connected to the electronic card of the base so
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the organization of the system according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is a torn perspective view of a container of the system according to the invention
• - Figure 3 is a front view of the container according to the invention shown in Figure 2
• - Figure 4 is a front view of an alternative embodiment of the container according to the invention
• - Figure 5 is a perspective view of a suitable base, to receive a container of the system conforming to 1 invention
• - Figure 6 is a perspective view of a plurality of bases integral with a modular vertical frame
• - Figure 7 is a perspective view of the uprights and support plates of the modular vertical frame bearing the bases of the system according to the invention
• - Figure 8 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment consisting of a plurality of vertical frames joined to each other
• the system according to the invention is intended to protect securities which have been placed in a container 1 in the central bank, that is to say the sender 2. Said container 1 filled with securities is then transported by a conveyor 3 by means of a vehicle 4 to the recipient 5, in this case a bank agency.
• the system consists of a container 1 provided with a reader 8 of memory cards 9 connected to the internal management means 10 of the container 1, said memory card 9 preferably consisting of a smart card which includes in memory at least one identification code of the user of the container 1, that is to say the recipient.
• the system also comprises at least one base 11 provided with an electronic card 12, said card 12 being supplied by an energy source, in this case the conventional 230-volt electrical network, in which data are recorded. relating to the location of said base 11 which is capable of receiving the container 1.
• Said container 1 is provided with a male connection means, not shown in the figures, connected to the internal management means cooperating with a complementary female connection means 13 connected to the electronic card 12 of the base 11 so that a user can use the container 1 either in the manner of a permanent safe for storing values by inserting, to open and close the container 1, the memory card 9 in the card reader 8 of said container 1 which is then positioned on its base 11, the opening and closing of container 1 can only be carried out if the data relating to the location of the base 11 conforms to the data recorded in the memory card 9 and / or in the internal management means 10 of the container 1, ie for the transport of values from the fixed base 11 of the sender 2 up to the second fixed base 11 of the recipient 5.
• the container 1 consists of a generally parallelepipedal rack 14 provided on its upper wall with a grip handle 15 and open on its so-called front face, such so that at least one drawer 16 forming a compartment in which the values are positioned is able to slide from a first closed position where said drawer 16 extends inside the rack 14 to a second open position where said drawer 16 extends entirely or partially outside said rack 14.
• the drawer 16 and / or the rack 14 comprises anti-intrusion sensors, not shown in the figures, such as, for example, a sensor for monitoring the integrity of a wall as described in French patent FR 2,615,987 of the applicant.
• the container 1 comprises on its front face a slot 17 for introducing the memory card 9 extending above the drawer 16, the reader 8 for memory cards 9 connected to the means of internal management 10 extending to the right of the slot 17 inside the rack 14.
• the container 1 also comprises, on its front face, a display screen 18 and control buttons 19 connected to the management means internal 10 of said container 1 and extending above the slot 17 for inserting the memory card 9.
• said container 1 consists of a rack 14 generally parallelepipedal preferably provided on its upper wall with a gripping handle 15 and open on its so-called front face so that two drawers 16a, 16b forming two superimposed compartments in which the values are positioned are capable of sliding d since a first position closed where said drawers 16a, 16b extend inside the crate 14 to a second open position where said drawers 16a, 16b extend entirely or partially outside of said crate 14.
• the upper drawer 16a can be opened independently of the lower drawer 16b and vice versa.
• the container 1 can include more than two drawers 16 without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the means for degrading the values controlled by the internal management means 10 during degradation of the container 1 consist of flexible pouches 20 filled with an indelible ink positioned in the rack 14 so that 'They extend above the values when the drawer 16 is closed.
• These flexible pouches 20 are capable of being torn by pyrotechnic means 21 activated by the internal management means 10 of the container 1 in the event of aggression.
• each container 1 comprises a recording unit 22 called a black box in which all the operations carried out on the container 1 between the base 11 of departure of the sender and the base 11 of arrival of the recipient.
• This recording unit 22 consists, for example, of an electronic component of EPROM (Erase Programmable Read Only) memory.
• the base 11 consists of a horizontal rectangular plate 23 provided with two longitudinal edges 24 and a lateral edge 25 forming the rear part of said base 11.
• the horizontal plate 23 comprises on its upper face two parallel longitudinal rails 26 cooperating with two complementary parallel longitudinal grooves 27 extending under the rack 14 of the container 1 (FIG. 3).
• Said rails 26 comprise at their respective upper ends a longitudinal contact 28 bearing on a shoe 29 respectively positioned at the bottom of the grooves 27 of the rack 14, the contacts 28 and the shoes 29 being connected to the power source of the base and respectively to the power source of the internal management means 10 of the container 1 (FIG. 2).
• the contacts 28 are kept in abutment on the pads 29 when the container 1 is positioned on its base 11 by resilient means not shown in the figures.
• the power source of the internal management means 10 which is not shown in FIG. 5 consists of a rechargeable battery well known to those skilled in the art.
• the system may comprise only a single base 11 at the place of departure and a single base 11 at the place of arrival of the containers 1; nevertheless, banking activities usually require the use of several containers 1 and therefore of several bases 11.
• the system can advantageously include a plurality of bases 11 secured to at least one frame vertical 30 modular comprising a generally rectangular horizontal base 31 on which a first base 11 is supported and from which extends three uprights 32 from the longitudinal edges 24 and the lateral edge 25 of the first base 11, horizontal support plates 33 (FIG. 7) capable of receiving respectively a base 11 being fixed on the uprights 32.
• said support plates 33 are positioned at regular intervals, the distance separating two consecutive trays 33 being just greater than the height of a container 1, and ensuring good rigidity of the vertical frame 30.
• the uprights 32 consist of tubular elements the ends of which are capable of being fitted onto pins extending from the upper face of the base 31 or of the connecting pieces as a function of the height of the desired frame 30.
• the upper ends of the uprights 32 comprise parts 34 obtained from a plastic material which is fitted at the ends of said uprights 32.
• several vertical frames 30 as described above can be joined in pairs for example. It is thus possible to modulate the number of bases 11 according to the activity of the client.
• the system comprises a programming and management device 7 for the containers 1 positioned in their base 11 of the place of departure, that is to say at the sender 2, able to communicate data to the electronic cards 12 of the bases 11 on which the containers are positioned and at the server center 6.
• This programming and management device 7 of the containers 1 consists, for example, of a PC type computer provided with a flat touch screen and communication means Ethernet type. It is obvious that the server center 6 can be integrated into the programming and management means 7 of the containers 1 without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the system may include several programming and management means 7,7 ', etc. without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the system comprises a vehicle 4 equipped with boxes 35 in which are positioned bases 11 whose electronic cards 12 are connected to each other so that the internal management means 10 of said containers 1 can exchange information.
• Said vehicle 4 comprises a GPS system, the data of which is transmitted to the containers positioned in the boxes 35.

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• Lock And Its Accessories (AREA)
• Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
• Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
• Traffic Control Systems (AREA)
• Packaging For Recording Disks (AREA)
• Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
• Testing Of Coins (AREA)
• Packages (AREA)
• Storage Device Security (AREA)

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