EP2011956B1 - Apparatus for isolating persons - Google Patents

Abstract

The device (1) has locking rails (4, 4`) for prevention of a person by footstep. A rotation unit (3) is provided for section-wise rotation of the rails that are arranged in a defined solid angle around a rotational axis, and permits locking of the rails in a locking position that is tilted after over-coating over a rotation section. The locking rails from the locking position are tiltable under an electrical connection of two electrical potentials.

Description

The invention relates to a device for separating persons, comprising a plurality of piles for preventing passage of persons, as well as a rotation unit for partially rotating the, preferably in defined solid angle to each other arranged, piles about an axis of rotation, which in each case after sweeping a rotation section, the latching at least one of the rotation unit hinged pivotally, allows Sperrholms in a locked position.

Such devices have long been known in the art, such as from the European Patent Application EP 0 718 460 A2 , According to the disclosure, it is provided to hold a locking arm located in the horizontal locking position by means of a locking bolt acted upon by a spring, which is pivoted out of engagement with the locking arm when a supply current ceases due to the concomitant failure of an electromagnet. As a result, the blocking arm falls into a Abklapplage from which he can be set back after switching on the supply current by hand back into the blocking position.

Another aspect is through the WO 00/77338 A1 covered, which suggests the use of sensors, with the help of a detection and counting of the passages is made possible by a turnstile.

In addition, a relevant Abklapp mechanism from the German utility model DE 202 00 307 U1 known.

Usually, devices for separating persons in the form of turnstile systems are used wherever an access control is to take place. Either the number of entrants should be kept limited or the entry in the area closed off by the turnstile area should only be released subject to conditions such as the payment of an entrance fee or the presentation of an admission ticket.

However, the basic presence of a turnstile system does not necessarily require that it also be used. In the event that a person separation is not intended to take place at certain times as intended, the turnstile system can be completely disengaged. This is necessary, for example, in the case of an emergency, such as the outbreak of a fire in a stadium, or even when there is no longer a need for control, such as when the visitors have a look after a football match Want to leave the stadium. Also, a disengagement of the device can then take place when a maintenance action is to be performed and during which a manual access control takes place.

However, it is quite in the interest of the operator of said Personenvereinzelungsvorrichtungen that as a rule, these are not opened without reason. It is conceivable, for example, that employees at individual entrances arbitrarily open the plant to admit known persons for free or that, in the event of a safety-critical overcrowding, the question arises as to the reason for this.

Against this background, the present invention has the object to provide a device for separating persons, which effectively prevents manipulation to the detriment of the operator and allows control of the effectiveness of the erected device.

This is achieved with a device for separating persons according to the features of the main claim. Further useful improvements of this device can be taken from the subclaims.

Similar to the prior art, the invention initially provides as a prerequisite that a plurality of barrier bars are arranged on a rotation unit. By rotating the rotation unit, one person can pass through the turnstile, at the same time a blocking bar, a rotation section sweeping out of the locking position turns out while the next locking bar follows him into the locked position. The Pile bars are - as also known - at least in its locked position out of engagement pivotable, that is pivotable so perpendicular to the direction of rotation that they no longer prevent the passage of people. According to the invention, however, triggers the at least one of the locking position out of engagement pivoted pawl doing an electrical contact, which is connected to an electrical time counter. This is thereby acted upon by an electrical potential. With reference to the time counter treated in this way, it can subsequently be determined whether a pawl has been swung out of engagement or when it was in operation.

With particular advantage, the locking bar is held with a latch in its engaged position, which prevents disengagement pivoting. But if this is solved by the staff, a pivoting is possible, wherein the bolt evades resiliently by the movement of the locking beam. As a result, it is pressed against a contact plate, which triggers the contact for the voltage application of the time counter.

It is also quite possible that the bolt itself bears the potential with which the time counter is acted upon. This eliminates laying additional lines, by the choice of the potential distribution, such as the distribution of the ground potential on the bolt and a risk of contact by the audience is excluded.

With particular advantage, the contact plate is also resiliently mounted so that it also yields resiliently at a pressure by the bolt. This allows a greater margin in the adjustment of the bolt, so that the bolt does not need to come to a pinpoint on the contact plate to stand still, but rather can be further rotated while making contact.

Between the various potentials, a suitable insulation is present in the blocking position, so that a contact closure via other than the intended paths is effectively prevented.

The time counter advantageously measures the time of the voltage application, which amounts to the extent of the disengagement setting. It is possible to evaluate this time counter directly on site, as well as remotely, for example in an office, and reset it after evaluation. These interfaces of all kinds, by means of contacts or contactless, can be provided.

In order to obtain the most rounded picture possible of the inserts of the device according to the invention, the time counter can also be able to also store times, for example the engagement and disengagement, based on the time of day, so that these too Times can be taken into account.

For this purpose, the time counter may be connected to a, preferably non-volatile, memory which records the events and stores the corresponding information even when disconnected from its power supply.

The invention described above is explained in more detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing.

Figur 1

eine Vorrichtung zur Personenvereinzelung in einer schematischen Seitenansicht mit Sperrholmen in Eingriffsposition, und

Figur 2

die Vorrichtung zur Personenvereinzelung gemäß Figur 1, wobei der Sperrholm in Sperrposition außer Eingriff geschwenkt ist.

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FIG. 1

a device for separating persons in a schematic side view with piles in engagement position, and

FIG. 2

the device for separating persons according to FIG. 1 , wherein the locking bar is pivoted in the locked position disengaged.

FIG. 1 shows a device 1 for individual separation, which has a plurality of barrier bars 4,4 ', which are rotatable by means of a rotary unit 3. In the operation of this known per se device is a person to the barrier bar 4, which is in a locked position, and insert a ticket in a dedicated reader. If the card is valid, the rotation unit 3 rotates the blocking bar 4 out of the blocking position, so that the person can pass the barrier. By the rotation of the rotary unit 3, however, the next locking bar 4 'is simultaneously rotated in the locked position, so that a passage of another person is prevented.

If a passage is now to be freely possible, for example after an entry phase, then the locking bar 4 currently located in the blocking position is pivoted out of engagement so that it, like the other locking bars 4 ', is not in the passageway of the passing persons. The device 1 can now be passed unhindered. After this disengagement but in the sense of the operator Such devices 1 should only be carried out in predetermined situations, it is necessary from the point of view of abuse protection to determine the time for which the device is disengaged.

FIG. 2 shows the device 1 for person separation according to FIG. 1 in the situation described above, in which the locking bar 4 out of engagement, namely in a plane with the located in a release position locking bar 4 ', is pivoted. In order to enable such pivoting, the locking bar 4 is connected via a latch 7 with the rotation unit 3, so that by opening the bolt 7, a release of the locking bar is made possible for pivoting. The bolt 7 deviates during pivoting of the plywood 4 and presses against a contact 5, which is arranged on the base 2 of the device 1. The contact is arranged insulated relative to the device 1 by means of an insulation 6 provided between the contact 5 and the pedestal 2 and subjected to a potential which can serve to supply a time counter. By pivoting the locking bar 4, the bolt 7 presses against the contact 5 and thereby closes a circuit for supplying the time counter. The timer is thereby energized and counts the time until the contact stops, so the locking bar 4 is brought back into engagement. In this case, the time counter may have a memory which stores the collected information and optionally transmits it to an interrogation device. The information collected may include both the disengagement time and the times of disengaged or disengaged events, power outages, or maintenance times.

In the present case, therefore, a device for separating persons is described which effectively prevents manipulation at the expense of the operator and makes it possible to control the effectiveness of the erected device with simple electronic and mechanical means.

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contraption

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stand

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rotation unit

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stop bar

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Contact

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insulation

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bars

Claims (9)

1. An apparatus for isolating persons, comprising a plurality of barrier arms (4, 4') for preventing passage of a person and a rotation unit (3) for sectional rotation of the barrier arms (4, 4') preferably arranged at a defined spatial angle with respect to each other around a rotational axis, which after passing a rotational section allows the locking of at least one barrier arm (4) in a locking position, which barrier arm (4) is pivotably linked to the rotation unit, characterized in that said barrier arm (4) can be pivoted out of engagement from the locking position under electric connection of two electric potentials and an electric time meter associated with the apparatus can thereby be stressed by a defined potential.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the barrier arm (4) disposed in the locking position is held in engagement by means of a resiliently mounted locking bar (7), and the locking bar (7) can be pivoted in such a way against the spring force by disengagement of the barrier arm that the locking bar (7) touches a contact (5).
3. An apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that an electric potential which differs from the contact (5) is applied to the locking bar (7) and the electric connection can be produced by the contact of locking bar (7) and the contact (5).
4. An apparatus according to one of the claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the contact (5) is mounted in a resilient manner in such a way that the resilient mounting enables it to yield before the pivotable locking bar (7).
5. An apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a suitable insulation (6) is provided between the two potentials in the engagement position of all barrier arms (4, 4').
6. An apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electric time meter measures the time of its supply with voltage.
7. An apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the electric time meter can be evaluated and is preferably also resettable.
8. An apparatus according to one of the claims 6 or 7, characterized in that the time meter also detects and stores the time of a disengagement and an engagement.
9. An apparatus according to one of the claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the time meter is associated with a non-volatile memory, e.g. a flash memory or an EEPROM.

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