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• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a barrel type security locking system which is of a particularly simple constitution and which does not require for its locking to use a rotation of the control key.
• cylinder locks which essentially comprise a removable barrel, or rotor, which is rotatably mounted in a stator. A bit is secured to the rotor and its rotation controls the opening / closing mechanism of the lock.
• the rotor comprises a series of pistons each of which is urged by a spring which applies them, when a key is inserted into the lock, against the edge of the key which, for this purpose, has a profile specific to each lock.
• Keys of this type have barrels that are cylindrical in shape so that, for a given piston arrangement, they are usually of a relatively large thickness which is sometimes incompatible with certain applications.
• the present invention proposes to reduce the thickness of such locks.
• the two side faces of the key intake lumen are of a shape that is complementary to the imprint of the lateral surface of both sides of the key so as to exert a first control of the correct form of it.
• this area does not have sufficient depth to be able to prevent the introduction of tools in the lock to achieve its pick.
• the present invention also proposes to solve this difficulty.
• the security systems of the prior art that ensure for example the locking of a series of lockers that are available to multiple users, each of them is forced to use the locker that has assigned and corresponding to the key / canon match. The user does not have the opportunity to choose the locker that suits him.
• the present invention also aims to provide a security locking system that allows the user to choose from a series of free lockers that he wishes to use and change it according to his needs.
• the present invention thus relates to a security locking system of the type comprising a barrel provided with a series of pistons adapted to be positioned by elastic means on the cavity formed in the edge of a control key, perpendicular to the the direction of insertion of said key into the barrel, these pistons being able to occupy two positions, namely a retracted position inside the barrel when the key is inserted into the latter and an extended position when the key is extracted from it; this.
• This locking system is characterized in that:
• the barrel consists of a parallelepiped-shaped locking block that can be received in a receiver block,
• locking means which are activated when the locking block is introduced into the receiver block.
• the locking block will comprise means able to block it in the receiver block when the pistons are in the retracted position.
• the receptor block will preferably be of parallelepipedal shape.
• the locking block may comprise a guide and control block comprising an inlet duct of the key, at least one of the side walls will be of complementary shape to that of one of the lateral flanks of the key.
• the intake duct will have a length that will be at least equal to half the height of the lateral flanks of the key.
• the holding means may consist of a leaf spring whose one end will be fixed to the receiver block and the other end will include a hook adapted to cooperate with a notch of the locking block to maintain it with the receiver block.
• the key may be provided with means adapted, by a slight rotation, to release the locking block of the holding means.
• the key may thus be provided with a pin adapted, during said slight rotation, to push the hook so as to release the locking block.
• the locking means may be constituted by the locking block itself.
• the receiver unit may be constituted by the body of a padlock, and may also be integral with the body of a computer.
• At least one of the lateral faces of the locking block will comprise a specific shape profile and the inner face of the receiver block will comprise a complementary shape profile.
• the key can be provided with a head inside which will be slidably mounted a slide part of which will protrude from the head on its front so as to be able to come to bear on the locking block when the key will be engaged in the latter.
• FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view represented at another angle of the safety locking system of FIG. 1 in the position of insertion of the key into a locking block;
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the security locking system of FIG. 2 represented in the locking position
• FIG. 5a is an exploded view of the key and the elements constituting a locking block of the security locking system represented in the preceding figures,
• FIG. 5b is a perspective view and vertical section of a locking block
• FIGS. 8a and 8b are views of an embodiment of the invention applied to a padlock, respectively in the unlocked position and in the locked position
• FIG. 9a is a schematic view of another embodiment of the invention applied to the locking of two sliding panels of a window
• FIGS. 11a to 11d are diagrammatic views of another example of implementation of the invention applied to the security of computers.
• FIG. 12 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the invention applied to a conventional type door lock
• FIG. 13 is a schematic perspective view of a customizable embodiment of a locking block and a receiver block according to the invention.
• FIGS. 1 to 4 show a security lock 1 implementing the principle of operation of the security locking system according to the invention and which comprises a locking block 3 of parallelepiped shape, a receiver block 5 of complementary shape. and a flat control key 7 of conventional type for this type of lock.
• the locking block 3 is provided with a mechanism which will be described in detail hereinafter, and which comprises a series of 12 pistons 8 which, when the key 7 is not inserted into said locking block, as shown on Figure 1, are in the extended position and when the key 7 is inserted therein, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, are in the retracted position.
• the receiver block 5 comprises an inlet face 28 provided with an orifice 6 of the same shape and dimensions as the cross-section of the locking block 3, so that when the key 7 is inserted into the locking block 3 and, as a result, the pistons 8 are retracted, it is able to receive the locking block 3 as shown on Figure 3.
• the receiver block 5 is provided with holding means capable of ensuring the immobilization of the locking block 3 once it has been put in place in the latter.
• these holding means are constituted, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, by a metal spring plate 11 which is fixed at one of its ends to the receiver unit 5 and which, at its other end, is folded so as to form a hook 11a which takes place in a notch 15 of the locking block 3 and which thus ensures the maintenance thereof and prevents its removal from the receiving block 5.
• a locking mechanism which, in the present embodiment, consists of a rotating bolt 9 which, being pushed by the locking block 3 during its installation, pivots under this action about an axis 9a against the action of a bending spring 17 to lock, for example, a rack 19.
• FIGS. 5a and 5b show an example of a mechanism internal to the locking block 3 which allows the pistons 8, as specified above, to be in the extended position when the key 7 is not in place in the locking block 3 and to be in retracted position when this key is in place in it.
• the parallelepiped-shaped locking block 3 is made in the form of two shells 3a and 3b which are secured by means not shown in the drawing.
• one of the vertical faces in the drawing forms an entry face 3c which is pierced by a window 15a which allows the reception of the hook 11a and an admission window 3d which gives access to a block 27 for guiding and controlling the key 7 comprising an intake duct 29 whose two opposite faces 27a and 27b have respective complementary fingerprints to those of the two lateral flanks 7a and 7b of the key, as shown in FIGS. Figures 5b and 6.
• each of the pistons 8 respectively take place in recesses 32a and 32b made in upper guide plates 30a and lower 30b which are respectively disposed at the upper and lower portions of the locking block 3.
• 3rd openings are provided in the upper and lower half-shells 3a and 3b so as to allow the ends of the pistons 8 out of the locking block 3 when the key 7 is not engaged therein.
• Each of the pistons 8 is biased by a spring 10 which, in the absence of the key 7, puts it in the extended position as shown in Figures 1, 4 and 5b.
• security locking system can be used with any other safety device that a lock and it can be used for example on a padlock, as shown in Figures 8a and 8b.
• a padlock 40 of conventional type comprising a body 42 in which a locking ring 44 has a first end 44a which, in known manner, is mounted both rotatably and slidably in the body 42.
• the locking ring is capable of occupying two positions, namely an unlocking position in which its second end 44b is out of the body 42, as shown in FIG. 8a, and a locking position in which this second end 44b is locked in the body 42, as shown in Figure 8b.
• Locking of this lock is obtained by means of a security locking system according to the invention.
• the portion of the cavity 48 opposite the spring 52 is hollowed with mini cavities 56 each intended to receive one end of the pistons 8 of the locking block 3.
• the control key 7 in the locking block 3 which has the effect of eclipsing the output portion of the pistons 8, as shown in Figure 8a.
• the subassembly formed of the key 7 and the locking block 3 is introduced into the cavity 48 of the padlock and, in doing so, the locking lever 50 is pushed back so that if at that moment the locking ring has been pushed back in the direction of the arrow F, the hook 50a enters the notch 54 of the locking ring 44.
• the ends of the pistons 8 then become lodged in the mini cavities 56, which locks the padlock.
• FIGS. 9a and 9b show such an alternative embodiment of the invention.
• a window 60 which is closed by two glass panels 61a and 61b which are respectively slidably mounted in two parallel rails 63a and 63b.
• the closing of this window is ensured by a security lock system following the invention.
• the panel 61b is secured by any suitable means such as screwing and / or gluing, a receiver unit 5 which has recesses 32a which are arranged in such a way that they face the pistons 8d. a locking block 3 when it, as above, will be introduced into the receiver block 5.
• the receiver block 5 has a thickness such that it can slip between the space between the two panels 61a and 61b of so as not to hinder their movement, and the locking block 3 is of a thickness such that when it is in place in the receiver block 5 it abuts against the panel 61a, as shown in FIG. 9a.
• the locking block When the key 7 is removed from the locking block 3, the locking block is held in place under the pressure of a finger and the pistons 8 of the latter penetrate into the notches 32a and thereby secure the locking block 3 with the receiver block 5. In this position the locking block forms a stop which prevents the movement of the panel 61a to the left in Figure 9a and that of the panel 61b to the right, so that the locking of the window is ensured. . Unlocking is of course as previously discussed.
• the bolt 76 is blocked against any translational movement by the simple presence of the locking block 3, so that the leaf 70 is then in position locked and that in this mode of implementation it is the locking block 3 itself which constitutes the locking means of the security locking system according to the invention.
• the unlocking operation is performed as described above.
• FIGS. 11a to 11d show an example of such an application of the present invention.
• a receiver block 5 has been made which takes place in a computer 77 of the portable type and which opens on the outside via an orifice 81 of the same dimensions as the so-called "USB" jacks and which is intended to receive a block 3 locking of appropriate dimensions.
• the receiver block 5 comprises a window 79 on one of its lateral faces which passes a locking member comprising a pivotable latch 80 in the form of a hook which is able to occupy two main positions, namely an open position as shown in FIG. 11b and a closed position as shown in Figure 11c.
• the mechanism of the lock 80 is such that when the locking block 3 is not introduced into the receiver block 5 the lock is open ( Figure 11b).
• the security locking system can also be used to lock a conventional type of door lock which comprises a sliding bolt 88 which is biased by a spring 89 intended for the penetrate into a strike, not shown in the drawing. The removal of the bolt 88 is achieved by a mechanism actuated by an axis 90 controlled by a handle not shown in the drawing.
• the sliding bolt 88 is pierced by two rectangular lights 92 and 93 whose cross-section is of the same shape and dimensions as that of a locking block 3.
• the envelope 91 of the lock is pierced by two windows 94 which are respectively arranged vis-à-vis the slots 92 and 93 of the bolt 88, these lights being arranged on either side of the lock, which allows users to lock the lock on both sides of the lock door on which it is mounted, as shown in Figure 12.
• a user When a user wishes to lock the lock, he introduces through one of the windows 94 a locking block 3 in one of the lights 92 or 93, depending on the side of the door where it is located, blocking any moving the sliding bolt 88 and ensures its locking by removing its key 7.
• the locking block 3 itself which is the locking means of the security locking system according to the invention. Unlocking is performed as described above.
• the locking system can be customized by giving one or both lateral faces of the locking block 3 a specific profile 100 and to the face or to the internal faces in This embodiment allows the receiver unit to receive only locking blocks that are in adequacy with it.
• the head 102 of the key 7 may admit a slide member 103 whose front portion is provided with a tongue whose end 104 protrudes from the head.
• the slide 103 is pushed towards the front of the key and the end 104 thereof then comes press on the locking block 3, which has the effect of pushing the key in the direction of the arrow G and allow its removal. Then, as explained above, the pistons are in the extended position and block the withdrawal of the locking block from the receiver block.

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