FR2557189A1 - STRONG ROOM INSTALLATION FOR BANKS - Google Patents

Abstract

THE BEDROOM IS DIVIDED INTO A PART 6 NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND A PART 8 ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE COMPARTMENTS 30 ARE HOUSED IN COLUMNS ARRANGED IN ROWS 14-14 'CONDUCTING BETWEEN A CORRIDOR 20 WHERE AN AUTOMATED TROLLEY 36 CIRCULATES. AT THE END OF EACH ROW, A SWIVEL DRUM 52 RECEIVES A COMPARTMENT AND SWIVELS TO PRESENT THIS COMPARTMENT, BY AN OPENING-WINDOW 60 PROVIDED IN A SEPARATION WALL 12. IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECURITY OF STRONG ROOMS AGAINST DAY AND NIGHT ATTACKS.

Description

Bank vault installation.

  The present invention relates to an installation

  the vault, for banks, and more specifically the vaults, so-called

  chests, which house a large number of

  viduals, or compartments, which are rented to customers.

  We know that these vaults are very vulnerable, even during the day, to attacks by burglars

  who have often succeeded in opening and emptying under the

  many, or even all, of the compartments

  of a vault. One of the reasons for this vulnerability comes from the fact that customers, so the

  public, have access to the interior of the vault.

  To improve security, we sought to

  completely remove access from the vault itself

  even to customers and employees of the bank and to

  establish so-called "automatic" vaults.

  Thus, it has been proposed to use removable compartments which are normally stored in bins or superimposed housings forming columns installed in a non-accessible part of the vault. Two rows of columns facing each other leave a traffic corridor between them, in which a controlled automated carriage extracts the selected compartment and brings it to a single point located at the end of the corridor and opening on another part.

  the vault, which is open to the public.

  Such an installation already improves the

  but still presents some inconveniences

  vantages. Indeed, the designated compartment having been

  brought, without human intervention, to the

  between the two parts of the vault, the

  customer must extract the cassette contained in the

  then move with his cassette to a voting booth to perform operations and must again

  move to put the cassette back in its compartment.

  is lying. These shifts in value are not favorable

safety.

  On the other hand, if during these operations, the compartment considered remains in place in the window, the PLC is immobilized, so that we can serve one customer at a time. If, on the contrary; the cart transfers the empty compartment to its locker as soon as the customer has removed the cassette, this carriage will then become available for another operation,

  but he will have to make a new round trip to re-

  take and replace the 1st compartment. The customer service is therefore provided relatively slowly and, in addition, the use of the trolley is low

  and limited to a small number of compartments.

  If we wish to increase the capacity of the vault by multiplying the number of rows, we must also multiply the number of automated trucks,

which is uneconomical.

  The present invention aims to remedy

  these disadvantages by means of a chamber installation

  strong security in which customer service is faster

  and whose establishment price related to a compartment

  is smaller than with the proposed facilities.

so far.

  The subject of the invention is an installation of

  vault which includes a first non-accessible part

  to the public, in which removable compartments

  are normally stored in

  poses forming columns arranged in rows, two rows facing each other leaving between them a circulation corridor in which moves a robot carriage adapted to grip a designated compartment, to bring it to an end of the corridor close to a partition wall

  between the first part and a second part-accessi-

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  to the public, then bring that compartment back into its According to the invention, the installation comprises, at said end of the corridor, against said partition wall and at the right of each row, a rotary drum, with a vertical axis, for receiving a compartment; the cylindrical wall of said drum is pierced with an opening for introducing the compartment;

  and said drum can selectively occupy a first

  angular position in which said opening is turned towards the corridor and a second angular position in which said opening is located in

  view of an opening in the separating wall

tion.

  The opening in the separating wall

  exit into a booth or

  stands the client and where he can engage in his opera-

  without having to move the cassette. One of these iso -

  loirs is planned in correspondence with each row,

  which multiplies the number of customers who can simul-

  have access to their compartment.

  The rotating drums ensure, in one

  and the other of their positions, anti-tear integrity

  separation wall. Finally, as we

  will see in the following, simple and reliable

  compartments in their boxes.

  as in the drums, as well as control devices for closing the compartment doors

  and the presence of the compartments in their housing

  force the security of the installation.

  The invention will be better understood when reading

  of the following detailed description and review

  attached drawings which represent, by way of example

  non-limiting embodiment of the invention.

  In these drawings: - Figure 1 is a plan view of a vault installation - according to the invention, - Figure 2 is a partial view of

  elevation, partly in section, according to the plan

II-II of Figure 1.

  - Figure 3 is a partial view in

  following the vertical plane III-III of Figure 1.

  - Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view

tale of a receiving drum.

  - Figure 5 is an elevational view of a

receiving drum.

  - Figure 6 is a partial sectional view

  locking system compartments.

  - Figure 7 is a partial sectional view of the detector device of the closure of the compartment doors.

  The vault 2 shown in Figure 1 is de-

  limited on its six faces by armored walls 4 and it is divided into a first part 6, not accessible to the public, containing the chests, and a second part 8 accessible to the public by a door 10. An armored wall

  12 separates the three parts 6 and 8 of the installation.

  In Part 6 are arranged one or more

  pairs of rows 14-14 ', 16-16', 18-18 'of storage

  compartments, a traffic corridor 20-20'-

  "being arranged between each pair of rows, each row is constituted by a succession of columns 22-22'-22", etc. (see Figures 2 and 3) delimited by posts 24 at constant spacing supported by a

base 25.

  Slides 26, which can be mounted at an adjustable spacing, form, with the uprights, housings 28 for removable compartments 30, 30 ', 30 "

  which can be single, double or triple height.

  It is possible to change even after installation.

  the vault the size of the dwellings 28.

  Each compartment, made of steel plate, com-

  carries a door 32 whose closure is provided by a lock 34. It should be noted that, in the stored position of the compartments 30 in their housings 28, the doors 32 of the compartments are turned towards the coulcirs circulation 20. As he is classic,

  each compartment contains a cassette whose di-

  mensions are adapted to each size of compartments.

  The installation comprises a robot carriage 36 which has been shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 as

  circulating in the corridor 20, between the rows 14-14 '.

  The method of construction of such a type of trolley is

  well known because it is commonly used in

  automatic storage facilities and it is unnecessary to describe it in detail. Just indicate that he

  may comprise a vertical mast 38 driven behind the scenes

  following a first axis by a motor not shown, in a horizontal upper rail 40 located in the axis of the circulation corridor. A guiding system 42 (Figure 2) bears against the bases 25 to avoid

the swinging of the mast 38.

  A loading platform 44, mobile ver-

  tically, is guided on the mast 38 along a second axis

  in a vertical rail 46 along which it is

  born by a second motor not shown. By a suitable programming system, the platform 44 can be brought, by a horizontal translation, opposite

  of a chosen column 22, then by a vertical translation

  tical, opposite the compartment 30 chosen in the column.

  On the loading platform 44, an orga-

  Gripping the compartments, such as an electromagnetic suction cup 48, is carried by a translational device along a third axis such as a treadmill.

  controlled by a third motor not shown.

  Platform 44 having been brought to the level

  of the compartment 30 chosen, it is sufficient to bring, by

  treadmill 50 in the desired direction, the magnetic suction cup 48 against the compartment 30, then, by a translation in the opposite direction, to extract the

  compartment 30 of its housing (after unlocking

  the compartment that will be discussed in what

  follows) and bring it to the center of the platform 44.

  At the end of each corridor of traffic

  20 and in the vicinity of the partition wall 12 are arranged two rotary drums 52-52 'for receiving a compartment, each drum being located at right, that is to say in the extension, of the row 14 or

14 'considered.

  One of these drums (the drum 52 'located in the extension of the row 14' in FIG. 1)

  is shown in more detail in FIGS. 4 and 5.

  The drum is rotatably mounted about a vertical axis Y-Y and is driven 1/4 turn by a motor 54. The cylindrical wall 56 of the drum is pierced,

  at an angle of less than 90, an opening 58 of

troduction of a compartment 30.

  Inside the drum are mounted positioning means 59 (similar to rails or partitions) delimiting, inside the drum, a housing for the compartment similar to housing 28

in columns 22.

  In Figures 4 and 5, the drum 52 'has been shown in its second angular position which is the presentation position of the compartmenteuclient. In this position, the opening 58 of the drum is in coincidence with an opening 60, similar to a window,

  breakthrough in partition wall 12.

  In its first angular position of the drum,

  offset by 90 from the second position, the opening

  58 of the drum is facing the corridor of

culation 20.

  The drum being aligned with the correct row

  corresponding, the compartment housing provided for

  the inside of the drum is oriented and positioned trans-

  versally exactly like housing 28 of the

row considered.

  It follows that a compartment 30 having been extracted from its housing by the automaton trolley 36 can be brought to the end of the corridor 20, opposite the

  drum, and reintroduced into the drum by a moving

  in the opposite direction of the treadmill 50 of the

  form 44 and by a simple push of the magnet sucker

  Tick 48 on the compartment. A compartment in this

  introduction position has been shown in

  broken in Figure 4, we see that this compartment is oriented and aligned exactly as a compartment 30

  remained in his storage slot 28.

  The drum then rotates 90 and presents the front of the compartment 30 with its door 32, to the customer

  which is in part 8 accessible to the public.

  Partitions 62 (Figure 1) form cabins

  each of which corresponds to one of the

  openings 60 of the partition wall 12.

  In Figure 1 there is shown the drum

  52, corresponding to row 14, in the position of

  troduction of the compartment, while the drum 52 ', corresponding to the row 14', is in the presentation position to the customer (in which the compartment itself is locked in the drum, as will be seen

further).

  The customer can open, with his key, the door 32 of his compartment, extract the cassette,

  do your operations and then put the cassette back

  sea the door before the reverse operations get

  unfold until the compartment is brought back to its

initial storage.

  It should be noted that each drum, regardless of its angular position, maintains the anti-tamper integrity.

  breaking of partition wall 12.

  The compartments 30 may have high

  The opening 58 formed in the cylindrical wall 56 of the drum has a height corresponding to the highest compartment, but in front of the opening 58 a flap is provided. sliding slide 64 (FIG. 5), guided by slides 66, which is lowered automatically (by means not shown) to a corresponding height

  at the height of the compartment in question.

  The invention of the invention in accordance with the invention also includes several safety and control devices which will be described in the following. But we can see right away that protection against

  day attacks is significantly improved.

  In fact the compartments of the strong self-supporting

  are not accessible directly. The walls

  vault, the armored separation wall and the

  this drums prevent getting near the compartments

  and make daytime attacks ineffective even

  in case of hostage taking. Night security is also

  improved thanks to the blocking of the compartments

  in their homes and to the individual alarm devices

  duels mounted on the compartments that will be described

now.

  Each compartment 30 is provided on its rear face with a horizontal rib or beak 68 pierced with a buttonhole 70 (Figure 6). At the rear of each column 22 is mounted a vertical locking rod

  72 (Figure 2) which is ordered (by means not shown

  felt) to rotate 900. The rod 72 is either a rod with a rectangular section along its entire length,

  a stem with a round section that is notched

  calves 68 to have a reduced thickness less than the width of the mouth 74 of the

buttonholes 70.

  In the storage position of the compartments in their housings 28, the rod 72 is oriented as shown in FIG. 6, that is to say that all the compartments of the column in question are locked in their housings and can not be extracted from them,

  which constitutes a security against the fraudulent extraction

duleuse compartments.

  As soon as the automatic trolley 36 brings its platform 44 opposite a compartment to extract, the rod 72 rotates 90, which allows the extraction

  of the chosen compartment. Immediately after, the stem 72 re-

  takes his rest position, which blocks again

  all the compartments of the column.

  ú0 A similar system of blocking the compartments

  ments is provided in each drum 52 and has been

  4 and 5. A rod 72 'of at least partially rectangular section is mounted in the

  bottom 76 of each drum and is engaged by the button

  70 of the compartment. Once a compartment is placed in a drum, the rod 72 'is controlled

  to rotate 90 to lock the compartment. The pivo-

  rod 72 'can be controlled by the same

  motor member 54 as the drum itself.

  In addition to these security systems, control and alarm systems can be provided,

  in particular, closed position control systems

  door 32 of the compartments 30.

  According to one embodiment of such a system, a permanent magnet 78 is included in the portion 32 of a compartment 255711t (FIG.

  closed position of the door (shown in figu--

  7) is opposite an orifice 80 formed in the side wall of the compartment 30. A magnetic switch with a blade, sealed bulb, 82 is fixed in the adjacent post 24 of the column in question and thus detects the normal position, closed of the

door 32, or its open position.

  A similar device for detecting the closing of the door 32 is provided in each of the drums and has been shown in FIG. 4 in the form of a magnetic switch 82 'which is excited by the magnet 78 when the door is closed. . This control makes it possible to control the pivoting of the drum, for the return of the compartment, only after the

  client has closed the door of his compartment.

  Of course, any other detection system

  proximity (capacitive, inductive, optical, etc.)

  could be used in place of the detection system

  which has been described by way of example,

  in order to trigger any appropriate alarm.

  It can be seen that the detector system which has been described with reference to FIG. 7 can trigger a

  alarm in response to the opening of the door and

  the absence of a compartment.

  If we want to be able to differentiate between these two

  a similar system (which has not been shown) of presence or absence

  compartments in their housing.

  Blocking and alarm systems, for

  each compartment, which have just been described

  forcing security day and night.

  All the above devices are

  automatic removal by known electromechanical or electronic means, which deprives the staff of the bank of the obligation to accompany the customer

the vault.

  Complete control of each operation

  can be done automatically, it is possible to

  immediately from a statistical information of the

Vault.

  To withdraw his compartment,

  each customer has a code or magnetic card

  that defines the coordinates of its compartment.

  Normally, all operations can be performed without any human intervention in the vault part 6. However, in the event of an anomaly or for maintenance operations, the 20-20'-20 "corridors are wide enough to allow access and work of an individual (a communication hatch or unrepresented security door not shown, being provided for this purpose in the partition wall 12), this work being facilitated because the compartments 30 have their door 32 to the corridor and not against one of

side faces of housing 28.

  The automaton trolley 36 having no period

  can be used to serve more than one

  20-20'-20 "as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. For this, the longitudinal rail 40 is itself mounted rolling, by rollers 84, on two transverse rails 86, the carriage is moving transversely in an aisle 88 formed at the bottom of the Dartie 6 of the vault to align with the corridor, 20 'or 20 "selected. A single automaton trolley thus serves a large number of compartments, for example about 1500 to 1700 distributed six rows of columns in a room of about 9m x 5m, according to the arrangement of Figure 1, with six booths in which

  six clients may simultaneously have access to their

  partment. In a classical vault installation, with the same surface, with identical columns placed against the walls and with a central space where the customers carry out their operations, one can only have 800 to 900 compartments, about half as much as in an automatic vault conforming to the invention.

  In the foregoing, there have been described

  in which the rows are mounted fixed on

  floor-mounted pedestals and provide a corridor for

  between each pair of rows.

  But one can also consider, according to the storage principle referred to as the "COMPACTUS", to mount the rows on pedestals rolling on transverse rails. As is known, in the rest position, all the rows are clamped against each other. To access a bucket

* designated, we rolled transversely a certain

  row to clear the traffic corridor that will be used by the automaton trolley. It is thus possible

  to increase the capacity of a vault by approximately 30%.

  The management of a vault according to the invention

  can be fully automated. The customer can introduce

  draw a magnetic card in a card reader 90 and tab a code on a keyboard, to open the door 10. One of the booths or booth is automatically indicated to him while the search compartment

  operates by selecting the traffic corridor and selecting

  the coordinates of the compartment in front of which the automaton truck stops, these

  be indexed by magnetic sensors. The comparisons

  timings of the column are unblocked, the platform of the

  trolley loads the compartment, while the

remaining records are reblocked.

  The carriage places the compartment in the drum where it is locked, where its presence is controlled

  and o the guillotine damper is lowered to the appropriate height

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  nable, while the cart is withdrawing.

  The drum can then turn 90 to present the compartment door to the client in the designated den. His operations completed and the compartment door closed, the customer

  press a return button that triggers the operations

  inversions to replace the compartment in its original housing. A second card reader 92 at the

  output can control the opening of the door 10.

  Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described and shown, it is capable of numerous variants accessible to those skilled in the art, depending on the intended applications

  and without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (12)

R E V E N D I C A T I 0 N S CLAIMS   1. Vault installation that includes   a first part pon accessible to the public, in the-   which of the removable compartments are normally stored in superimposed housings forming columns arranged in rows, two rows facing each other leaving between them a circulation corridor in which a automaton carriage adapted to   seize a designated compartment, to bring it to a   of the corridor close to a partition wall between the first part and a second accessible part   to the public, and then bring this compartment back into its   said plant being characterized: in that it comprises at said end of the passage (20), against said separation wall (12) and at the right of   each row (14), a rotatable drum (52), with a vertical axis   tical, receiving a compartment (30); in that the cylindrical wall (56) of said drum (52) is pierced with an opening (58) for introducing the compartment; and in that said drum (52) can selectively occupy a first angular position in which said opening (58) faces the passage (20) and a   second angular position in which said opening   ture (58) is located opposite an opening (60)   swung in the partition wall (12).   2. Installation according to claim 1   characterized in that the drum (52) is positioned at the end of a row (14) so that, in the first position of said drum, the housing is formed inside the drum for receiving a compartment (30). ) is oriented and positioned exactly like the-dwellings (28) of the row considered.   3. Installation according to one of the claims   1 or 2 characterized in that the compartments (30), when stored in their housing (28), have their   door (32) facing the circulation corridor 20.   4. Installation according to one of the claims   1 to 3, characterized in that each drum (52) is equipped with a guillotine flap (64) adapting the height of the opening (58) of the drum to the height of the drum.   compartment (30) loaded in the drum.   5. Installation according to one of the claims   1 to 4 characterized in that each compartment (30) carries a locking member 68-70 adapted to cooperate with an associated locking member 72-72 'mounted   in dwellings occupied by the compartments.   6. Installation according to claim 5   characterized in that the associated locking member of the compartments (30) in the housings (28) of the same column (22) is constituted by a vertical pivoting locking rod (72), unique for the same column, cooperating with all the locking members (68-70) of all the compartments (30) housed in this same column (22).   7. Installation according to claim 5   characterized in that the associated locking member of a compartment (30) in the housing provided inside a drum (52) is constituted by a pivoting rod (72 ') projecting above the bottom (76). ) of the drum (52).   8. Installation according to any of the   Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that each lodge   compartment and each door (32) of a compartment   (30) are provided with an associated device (78, 82,   82 ') for closing the door (32) of the door   partment. 9. Installation according to any of   Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that each lodge   compartment and each compartment (30) are   equipped with an associated device for detecting   presence of a compartment in a dwelling.   10. Installation according to any one of   Claims 1 to 9 characterized in that it comprises   a plurality of rows of rows (14-14 ', 16-16', 18-18 ') providing a plurality of circumferential corridors between them;   culation (20-20'-20 ") and that a single trolley   matte (36) is adapted to serve several rows.   11. Installation according to claim 10 characterized in that the vertical mast (38) of the automaton trolley (36) circulates on a first raillongitudinal (40)   parallel to the axis of the corridors (20) and in that said first   first rail runs on second rails (86)   extending across the width of the vault.   12. Installation according to one of the claims   10 or 11 characterized in that the rows (14-14 ',   16-16 ', 18-18') are mounted on mobile rotary pedestals   transverse rails and that said rows can be selectively clamped against each other by   circulation between two rows chosen.