FR2815995A1 - DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING OBJECTS UNDER ELECTRONIC PROTECTION - Google Patents

Abstract

The device according to the invention involves a transfer box (1) mounted in an orifice of the enclosure, this box (1) comprising two doors (4, 5) giving respectively inside and outside of the enclosure. 'pregnant. This safe comprises a trolley (8) designed to receive the objects to be transferred and mobile in translation, as well as an identification and monitoring unit comprising connection means (12) to which an electronic circuit fitted to the objects can be connected. . The invention applies in particular to the transfer of funds to the bank.

Description

- 1 - The present invention relates to a device for the transfer

of objects under

  electronic protection, on both sides of the wall of an enclosure.

  It applies in particular to the remittance of funds, in particular banknotes transported by bank conveyors and placed in a container such as a bag or a cassette, equipped with an electronic protection device. This protection device can, for example, include means making it possible to trigger an alarm and / or means making it possible to

  make objects transported under certain conditions unfit for use.

  Thus, banknotes transport cassettes are generally equipped with an electronic circuit controlling a banknote deterioration device, for example by staining or by piercing. This electronic circuit is intended to be permanently connected to an identification and monitoring unit installed in a fixed position either in a protected room of the bank or even in vehicles used to transport funds. Disconnection of this circuit from the surveillance unit is only authorized in special circumstances provided for in the surveillance unit software, in particular to allow the transport of cassettes from the cash transport vehicle to the safe room. the bank. Of course, apart from these particular circumstances which require the implementation of predefined procedures, any

  disconnection will result in smudging or perforation of the tickets.

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  Given these constraints, hitherto, remittance of banknotes transported in cassettes by long-distance carriers was compulsory during bank opening hours, long-distance carriers being most often obliged to return to banks by them

same access as customers.

  It turns out that this solution has many drawbacks: It forces the bottom conveyors to move during the hours when the traffic is the most intense and where they are therefore the most exposed to attacks. he

  this results in significant loss of time and increased risk.

  In addition, the presence of bottom conveyors with security guards in the rooms or passages used by customers is not desirable: It can be traumatic for customers (fear, panic) and is not free from

  risks (hostage taking, exchange of gunfire during a heist).

  Furthermore, we know that many banks are equipped with transfer boxes which are designed in the same way as an airlock mounted in an opening in an outside wall of the bank and which include two armored doors giving access to the outside respectively. and inside the bank. This solution has the advantage of preventing the bottom conveyors from entering the bank. However, it does not lend itself well to the transfer of a protected cassette equipped with a protection device of the aforementioned type: This results in particular from the fact that the residence time of the cassettes inside the transfer case is very variable and is therefore not manageable by the electronic circuit

fitted to the cassette.

  The invention therefore more particularly aims to eliminate these drawbacks. -3- It offers for this purpose a transfer device involving a transfer case of the aforementioned type equipped with a trolley designed to receive the cassettes, this trolley being movable in translation and / or in rotation relative to the trunk, a unit of identification and surveillance fitted to said safe and comprising connection means to which the electronic circuit can be connected

  equipping the cassette carried by the carriage.

  Advantageously, the trolley may be designed in the manner of an "rack" of electronic device and include a backplane connector to which is connected a connector provided on the cassette when the latter occupies

  the space allocated to him on the cart.

  Thanks to these provisions, the bottom conveyor no longer has to enter the bank. He opens the exterior door of the trunk and places the cassette on the trolley, ensuring the connection of the cassette connector to the connector on the trolley. This connection is then taken into account by the identification and monitoring unit associated with the safe and by the electronic circuit of the cassette which will initiate a monitoring sequence appropriate to this situation (without triggering an alarm signal or staining or piercing the notes contained in the cassette). Of course, this operation can be performed at any time of the day or night, regardless of the presence or absence of anyone inside

form the bank.

  Advantageously, a device may be provided to prohibit any possibility of opening the external door while the cassette is inside

from the trunk.

  Similarly, signaling means may be provided to indicate, to

  inside the bank, the presence of the cassette in the safe.

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  The cassette is extracted by an authorized operator by opening the interior door of the boot and rotating the carriage around a

  vertical axis so as to present the cassette towards the inside of the bank.

  The operator can then extract the cassette by ensuring the disconnection of the two connectors. This disconnection is taken into account both by the identification and monitoring unit and by the electronic circuit of the cassette which then starts a new appropriate monitoring sequence allowing for example the operator to bring the cassette to the room of safe

  from the bank where it is connected again.

  Embodiments of the invention will be described below, by way of nonlimiting examples, with reference to the appended drawings in which FIGS. 1 and 2 are respectively front views, exterior side, and side view of a transfer device according to the invention; Figure 3 is a schematic horizontal section of a transfer device of the type shown in Figure 1, installed in the orifice of a wall; Figures 4, 5 and 6 are schematic views illustrating the operating principle of the transfer device illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 Figures 7 and 8 show in perspective (Figure 7) and front view (exterior side, Figure 8) a transfer case that can be used to transfer cassettes, mail and / or money; FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating the principle of the interior door of the boot allowing the translational movement of the cassette support carriage; Figure 10 is a schematic horizontal section of a variant

  of execution of the device according to the invention.

  As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6, the device according to the invention involves a substantially parallelepipedal transfer case 1 comprising a front face 2 intended to be located outside a room, a rear face 3 intended to be located inside the room and on the upper, lower and lateral sides

  which define a tubular passage, of rectangular section.

  The front face 2 comprises an armored door 4 pivotally mounted around a

  lateral vertical axis and fitted with safety locks.

  The rear part of the boot comprises a tilting cover 5 articulated on its front edge around a horizontal axis so as to be able to occupy a closed position in which it closes the boot and a raised position

  in which it completely frees access to the trunk.

  The underside of the trunk 1 is fitted (inner side) with longitudinal slides 6 on which is slidably mounted a horizontal plate 7 of a carriage 8 movable in axial translation in the trunk 1 and able to move to a loading position / unloading located outside

  trunk 1, inside the room.

  On this plate 7 is rotatably mounted a support structure 9 of rectangular trapezoidal shape, open in its upper part and comprising a rectangular base equipped at its center with pivoting means 10, two substantially lateral trapezoidal vertical faces which extend -6 -

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  parallel to each other and a rectangular bottom 11 fitted with a

connector 12.

  This support structure is intended to contain, at least partially, a self-protected cassette 13 for transporting banknotes provided with a connector 14 intended to cooperate with the connector 12 in the manner of a bottom connector

  basket of a classic electronic "rack".

  The operation of this device which is illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6 comprises the following loading and unloading phases: Prior to loading, the trunk 1 is empty and the two doors are locked. The downhole conveyor is in possession of a cassette which has just been disconnected from the identification and monitoring circuit present in the downhole transport vehicle. He therefore has a limited time to perform

  the bank deposit of the cassette.

  For this purpose, he opens the door 4 of the safe 1 which is outside the bank with an appropriate key and / or the introduction of an access code, then he places the cassette 13 in the structure support 9 by engaging it so as to obtain a connection between the two connectors 12, 14. The identification and monitoring circuit associated with the transfer case 1 then takes this connection into account and then starts a new monitoring program and triggers possibly a signal to indicate inside

  from the bank that a cassette is in the safe 1.

  A bank attendant can then pick up the cassette, for example

  to put it in the bank vault.

  - 7 - For this purpose, after having unlocked it, it raises the cover 5 so as to open

  completely the inside of the boot 1.

  It then causes a displacement in translation of the carriage 8 / cassette 13 assembly until this assembly is completely outside the

trunk 1.

  It then pivots for example up to 180 the support structure 9 on its plate 7 so as to be able to extract the cassette 13 by causing the

  disconnection of connectors 12, 14.

  This disconnection is then taken into account by the identification and monitoring system associated with the safe, which then begins a new monitoring program allowing the attendant to transport the cassette to the room.

  safes where a new connection is made.

  Of course, once the cassette 13 has been removed from the support structure, the attendant must successively rotate the latter to return it to its initial position at 180 and then push the carriage 8 back into the trunk 1 before

  fold down and lock the cover 5.

  As previously mentioned, the invention is not limited to the mode

  previously described.

  Thus, the support structure could contain several cassettes and include,

  as a result, more connectors.

  In addition, the transfer case 1 could comprise several compartments each comprising an interior door and an exterior door, at least one of these compartments CI being intended for tickets and being equipped in the manner described above, while the other compartments C2 , C3, which

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  have a classic airlock structure, which can be used to transfer

mail or change.

  FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 illustrate this last alternative embodiment and show a box having, in its upper part, a structure similar to that previously described and, below this structure, a compartment C2 for the transfer of mail and a compartment C3 for the transfer of money. In FIG. 9, the cassette support structure is extended outside the trunk, before pivoting. The cover 5 is kept raised by the use of elastic means, each in the form of two telescopic elements

T1, T2 containing a spring.

  According to another embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the support structure 20 is simply pivotally mounted around a fixed vertical central axis 21. According to this embodiment, the attendant who wants to extract the cassette does not have to move this support structure in translation but must simply rotate it 180. This simpler solution nevertheless presents

  the disadvantage of being more cumbersome.

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Claims (10)

claims   1. Device for transferring objects (13) under electronic protection through a wall of an enclosure, this device involving a transfer case (1) mounted in an orifice of the enclosure, this case (1 ) comprising two doors (4, 5) giving respectively inside and outside of the enclosure, characterized in that said trunk comprises a trolley (8) designed to receive the objects, this trolley (8) being movable in translation and / or rotation relative to the trunk (1), as well as an identification and monitoring unit comprising connection means on which a circuit can be connected   electronics fitted to objects (13).   2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the aforesaid objects consist of cassettes (13) for transporting banknotes, these cassettes (13) being equipped with an electronic circuit controlling a device for deteriorating banknotes as well as means connection (14) can be connected to the connection means (12) of   the identification and surveillance unit.   3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the carriage (8) is designed in the manner of a "rack" of electronic device and comprises a backplane connector (12) to which is connected a connector ( 14) provided on the cassette (13) when the latter   occupies the space allocated to it on the carriage (8).   4. Device according to one of claims 2 and 3,   characterized in that it comprises means for signaling the presence of a   cassette inside the trunk (1). -10 - - 10 - 2815995   5. Device according to one of claims 2 to 4,   characterized in that it comprises a device making it possible to prohibit any possibility of opening the external door (4) while a cassette (13) is at inside the trunk (1).   6. Device according to one of claims 2 to 5,   characterized in that the extraction of a cassette (13) contained in the trunk (1) is carried out after a translational movement allowing the carriage (8) to be brought outside the trunk (1) and a movement of rotation so as to orient the carriage (8) in a position allowing the gripping of the cassette (13).   7. Device according to one of the preceding claims,   characterized in that the carriage (1) comprises a horizontal plate (7) mounted to slide on slides (6) carried by the carriage as well as a support structure (9) for the cassette pivotally mounted on the plate (7) around an axe central (10).   8. Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the support structure (9) comprises two lateral faces   vertical and a bottom fitted with a connector (12).   9. Device according to one of the preceding claims,   characterized in that the external face of the trunk (1) is equipped with an armored door (4) pivotally mounted about a lateral vertical axis as well as locking means. -l l - 2815995   10. Device according to one of the preceding claims,   characterized in that the interior part of the boot (1) comprises a tilting cover (5) articulated on its front edge around a horizontal axis so as to be able to occupy a closed position in which it closes the boot (1) and a position raised in which it completely frees access to the trunk (1).