FR2869786A1 - Mailbox doors anchoring device for library furniture, has common anchoring tab permitting opening of doors that are assembled individually on respective boxes, and locking and unlocking bar controlled by common unlocking lock of leg - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has angles (8, 9), where rear edge of the angle (8) has notches (92) with indentations (93) at their upper edges. Rear edges of the indentations delimit vertical hooks (94). A common anchoring tab (72) prohibits feed movement of the angles in order to permit opening of doors (11) that are assembled individually on respective boxes. A locking and unlocking bar (71) is controlled by a common unlocking lock (70) of a leg (7).

Description

The present invention relates to integrated mailbox sets

  in one block to be globally accessible to the factor while remaining each accessible to a single user.

  Typically, such letterboxes are arranged in a vertical matrix of "lines" and columns, forming a kind of open-celled honeycomb cabinet. The set of cells is masked by a general façade door pivotally mounted on a vertical axis anchored to the ground and locked in the masking position. The factor, having a central unlocking key, can thus, by a single operation, unmask all the cells to deliver packages, if the possible slot to slide the letters is insufficient. To remove his mail, each user has an individual key opening an individual gate cut in the collective door and pivotally mounted on it to access its own cell.

  Such a construction is relatively complex because the collective door must be maintained by two hinges respectively high and low. In addition, due to the matrix arrangement, the modularity is not optimal, that is to say, it generally remains unused cells. Finally, in case of vandalism on the hinge of a gate, it is necessary to replace the collective door.

  The present invention aims to address at least one of these problems.

  To this end, the invention relates to an anchoring device for a plurality of gates, closing respective access openings inside a respective mailbox box, the device comprising a common frame mooring device comprising anchoring means each arranged to cooperate with a respective gate in order to maintain it in the closed position, the frame comprising a common anchoring element intended to be anchored to a retaining body and comprising a means of inhibition of the common anchoring arranged to be controlled by a central unlocking means gates.

  Thus, once the above device equipped with mailboxes, which may be conventional, the collective door of the prior art with its bearings is replaced by the gates which are mounted individually on the respective housings, although It's easy to replace a door in case of vandalism.

  Instead of locking, conventionally, each door directly on the edge of the access opening, so fixed, this lock is here by anchoring through the frame on the retaining body. The frame is a kind of yoke, the means of inhibition of the anchoring can "disengage" this common anchor. The frame is therefore switchably part of a building, that is to say a fixed element, or a piece of furniture, that is to say a movable item under the control of a delivery driver appointed by parcel. All that remains then is individual anchors on this yoke, which has become mobile. The absolute anchoring, in a fixed position, of each of the gates is thus replaced by a relative anchorage, in which the common unlocking means provide the gates a common degree of freedom so that they can all be opened by centralized control. that is, by controlling the inhibiting means. It is easy to arrange the gates to allow their simultaneous openings. The common degree of freedom may be total, or partial if the gates remain mutually coupled.

  Individual locking and unlocking means specific to each mailbox can be arranged on the door and / or the housing and / or the frame and they retain, for their part, at least in the common anchoring position, a classical degree of total but individual freedom.

  Note that the above device may be provided to cooperate with gates mounted on the housing according to various types, for example for a pivoting movement about a vertical or horizontal axis or a forward translation movement or by lateral erasure substantially in its overall plane of extension for example downwards, the gate being optionally retained in the upper part by two cables of predetermined length to prevent the fall. In particular, each door may, in the absence of an axis, be clipped by a slice on a front edge of the housing wall and be locked in position by a lock mounted near an opposite edge of the door, on the ci or on the frame, or be locked at several points around its perimeter by movable locking elements.

  The mooring frame advantageously comprises a common operating part of the gates. In addition to the central unlocking, the user has centralized means of maneuvering gates.

  The anchoring means are advantageously arranged to present two opposite thrusts of maneuver pushing in opening, respectively closing, gates, for a bidirectional global operation of the gates.

  The means for receiving anchor gates form for example lights formed in a wall of the common workpiece for receiving individual anchoring elements of the respective gates.

  The workpiece can be arranged to open the gates by cooperation with locking tabs respectively belonging to the anchoring elements. The common workpiece holds the gates by the locking tabs, but is also trapped behind them, so that it drives them open.

  In one embodiment, the common piece of work is arranged to open the gates by cooperation with an edge of each gate, radially extending relative to a pivot axis of the gate on the housing.

  An individual operating arm belonging to the common operating part may carry a maneuvering control relief arranged to slide on a complementary sliding relief located on said radial gate edge.

  The workpiece can thus advantageously form a spinal column, between two adjacent rows of axes of gates of letterboxes with symmetrical openings, with "ribs" constituting the operating arms for simultaneously pulling the gates in position d opening, forwards, or folded into the locking position, the arms being pivotally mounted if necessary forward, in a given sector of respective radial planes, to allow also the individual opening of the gates, if a rear door is not planned.

  The common workpiece may include a framing means on one of the mailboxes, in at least one predetermined direction. This makes it possible to avoid a fall of the common workpiece when it is not anchored.

  The common workpiece of the frame is advantageously connected, removably under the control of the means for inhibiting the common anchoring, to an adapter, for connection with the retaining body, comprising a means of permanent attachment to the body of the body. detention.

  The adapter can thus constitute a kind of pedestal or base fixed to a wall or the ground, by very summary means such as screws, so that the inhibition means, generally more sophisticated, connect two elements developed for this purpose. Indeed, that is, the common workpiece and the adapter.

  The adapter may comprise a common anchoring tab movable between two positions, under the control of the inhibiting means, for cutting a predetermined path of opening the gates by the workpiece, or to fade from the said trajectory, which is that of the workpiece or that of at least one of the gates.

  The respective anchor receiving means are preferably mutually aligned to cooperate with a row of mailboxes. It is thus possible to form a frame column for the desired number of mailboxes.

  In such a case, the common anchor tab may be movable in an alignment direction of the mailbox row, to face a common anchor hook belonging to the workpiece.

  The adapter advantageously comprises a plurality of support means arranged to cooperate with respective means for fixing the housings. The column of mailboxes above is then carried by the adapter.

  The adapter preferably comprises two rows of said support means, arranged on two opposite sides.

  It is thus possible to double the number of mailboxes while maintaining a fixed length of row and, in addition, the frame is hardly more complex.

  The common anchoring element can be arranged to anchor on one of the mailboxes, serving as a retaining body. Thus, at least one of the mailboxes will provide a reference position for anchoring. It is therefore useless, to exert the global locking desired, to use a different element, such as a wall or floor.

  The central unlocking means may comprise an electromagnetic unlocking data receiver arranged to control an electric unlocking mechanism. One can in particular think of a short-range receiver, for example transponder, controlled by a portable radio module constituting an electronic key. Preferably then, the receiver is arranged to control a common operating actuator gates. Successive shipments of two electronic keys, or twice the same electronic key, can open and then automatically close the gates.

  The invention will be better understood from the following description of a preferred embodiment of a set of mailboxes according to the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which: FIG. perspective view of the set of mailboxes, Figure 2 is an exploded view of most of the elements of Figure 1, with, in addition, in the right part, duplication of the representation of a column of boxes- to-letters, then to the semi-open state, and Figure 3 is a horizontal section through two locks of two mailboxes.

  FIG. 1 represents in perspective a furniture of the library type comprising boxes forming a set of six housings 1 of mail boxes arranged in two columns situated on either side of a common frame 7, 8, 9 in the form of of median mast, here in direction of vertical extension. The reference 7 designates a central mast, carrying all the other elements of this assembly and fixed to the ground by a base 79 having fixing screw holes, and the references 8 and 9 denote two kinds of vertical angles of shapes. mutually symmetrical, removable mounted on the mast 7.

  Note that orientation indications, vertical or horizontal, relate only to the embodiment and the particular implementation described here in detail, and that the description would remain valid, with the necessary orientation transposition, in the case of another implantation, for example with the frame 7, 8, 9 fixed to a wall and extending horizontally.

  FIG. 2 represents, in exploded configuration, the elements of FIG. 1, except that the two lower letter boxes of the left column have not been represented, for the sake of clarity. On the other hand, the three mailboxes of the right-hand column are represented twice, namely in the closed state, and in the half-open state in the right-hand part of FIG.

  Each housing 1, here substantially cubic, is constituted by a rear wall 12 connected to four so-called left 13, lower 14, right 15 and upper 16 walls. Opposite the rear wall 12 is a front opening 10 , access to the interior of the box 1, an edge of which, here parallel to the direction of vertical extension of the frame 7, 8, 9, carries two opposite bearings, respectively up and down (not drawn), carrying an axis 19 of a gate 11 for closing the opening 10. The gate 11 comprises a slot 2 for the passage of letters closed by a flap 3 suspended on a horizontal axis, not drawn, carried by the gate 11.

  The gate 11 also carries here an individual lock 4, a barrel of which, sketched in FIG. 3, drives an individual anchoring tab 41, here in the form of a hook, turned downwards, in a rotation of a quarter of a turn between a horizontally projecting locking position, as drawn, and a raised, unlocking position. The vertical wall 13 (or 15) located against the mast 7 here carries a tab or lug 159 folded down to catch in one of a vertical row of several support slots 79 formed in the support mast 7. D ' in a general manner, the mast 7 has a specular symmetry with respect to a median vertical plane, that is to say that all the elements of its right face, visible in FIG. 2, are found symmetrically on its left side. .

  For example, if we consider the right-hand letterboxes and the associated angle iron 8, it has a vertical row of vertically extending lights 81, each intended to receive one of the individual anchoring lugs. 41. Thus, the angle 8 provides an anchor point to the various individual anchoring lugs 41, and precisely provides a stop against any forward movement, this stop being constituted by a leading edge of each light 81. Each light 81 likewise has a rear edge which can serve as a stop to the rear but which is only redundant here because the gate 11 has a sufficient size for the front slices of the walls 13 to 16 to offer this function of backstop.

  It will be noted that, according to a dual assembly, the locks 4 could be mounted on the brackets 8, 9, with tabs 4 possibly forked to imprison the two opposite faces of the doors 11.

  The anchor point above, however, is fixed only when the angle 8 is anchored to the mast 7, serving as a fixed anchor point, as explained below. For this purpose, a global rear edge of the bracket 8 comprises, in parts respectively high and low, two similar indentations 92. The upper edge of each indentation 92 itself has a cutout or indentation 93 open downwards and one edge vertical rear delimits, with the overall rear edge, a vertical hook 94, partially closing the mouth of the notch 92, for removable attachment to the mast 7.

  For this purpose, the mast 7 comprises a lock 70 for central locking control of the hooks 94 of the brackets 8 and 9. The lock 70 is of the conventional type for a multi-point anchoring safety door, with a rotary barrel controlled by a key for locking or unlocking and driving in vertical translation a vertical locking and unlocking bar 71, sketched in dashed lines in FIG. 2, carrying two axially opposite common anchor tabs 72 projecting laterally for, in the up position, to be locked, housed in the associated indentation 93, that is to say at the height of the hook 94. The common anchoring tabs 72 therefore prohibit any advance movement of the angles 8 and 9, which would allow the common opening of the doors 11 Each angle 8, 9 also rests, by the bottom of the two indentations 93, on an upper edge of the common anchoring lugs 72. When the common anchor legs 72 downward nt, with the bar 71, in the unlocked position, they are then completely opposite the mouth of the notch 92 associated, which allows a forward movement of the angles 8, 9, that is to say distance in relation to the housings 1, and thus opening the gates 11. In the opposite direction, the front edge of the lights 81 allows pushing the individual anchoring lugs 41 to the anchoring position.

  Alternatively, the key of the lock 70 may have only the function of locking and unlocking, the drive function of the locking bar and unlocking 71 being provided by a handle or latch.

  As mentioned above, the rear edge of the lights 81 does not necessarily have a backstop function, that is to say that the lights 81 could, alternatively, be replaced by fixed tabs or a common strip of angle serving as a front stop. In such a case, the gates 11 would indeed be released simultaneously, but should be opened by individual maneuvers of a parcel deliveryman. In the present example, the trailing edge of the lumens 81 serves essentially as a pushing member for operating the gates 11 at the opening.

  To avoid the fall of each bracket 8, 9 when it is in the released position vis-à-vis the mast 7, each door additionally here a horizontal transverse plate 89 for taking an axial bearing, that is to say say in the vertical direction, on an upper edge area of the gate 11 of one of the associated mailboxes, here the upper mailbox, as shown in the right part of Figure 2.

  Alternatively, the housings 1 could be attached to a wall, in which case the mast 7 could be omitted. Each angle 8, 9 should, however, include a lock system for a central unlocking, equivalent to the lock 70 with the bar 71 and the common anchors 72. For example, it would be sufficient that such a centralized control lock, then mounted on the angle 8, 9, controls a catch hook on a fixed relief, for example a stud fixed to the ground or carried by the left wall 13 preferably belonging to the letterbox located at mid-height in the right column, to limit any twisting in case of attempted break-in.

  The mast 7 therefore has only an additional function, for the implementation of the present invention, of serving as an adapter base for the common anchor, functionally considered to be equivalent to a part of a building, such as ground or wall, that is to say fixed but providing, however, this part of building, the desired conformation so that the removable anchoring elements 92, 93, 94 angles 8 and 9 can cooperate with the building. The support function of the boxes 1 is of the same appendix.

  Figure 3 shows that it can be provided further a rear door, individual withdrawal packages, in which case it is possible to choose to fix the gates 11 irremovably to the angle 8, 9.

  Various variants of the lock systems 4 and 70 are conceivable, the tabs 41 and 72 may for example have rotational or translational movements. Similarly, an electric control thereof by electromagnets is possible.

Claims (18)

claims   Anchoring device for a plurality of gates (11) for closing respective access openings (10) within a respective mailbox housing (1), the device having a common mooring frame (7, 8, 9) comprising anchoring means (81) each arranged to cooperate with a respective gate (11) in order to keep it in the closed position, the frame (7, 8, 9) comprising a common anchoring member (72, 92, 93, 94) for anchoring to a holding body and having common anchorage inhibiting means (71) arranged to be controlled by a means (70); ) central unlocking of the gates (11).   2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the mooring frame comprises a piece (8, 9) for common operation of the gates (11).   3. Device according to claim 2, wherein the anchoring means (81) are arranged to have two opposite abutments thrust operation opening, respectively closing, the respective gates (11).   4. Device according to claim 3, wherein the anchoring means form slots (81) formed in a wall of the common workpiece (8, 9) for receiving the respective individual anchoring elements (41).   5. Device according to claim 4, wherein the common workpiece (8, 9) is arranged to open the gates (11) by cooperation with locking lugs (41) belonging to the individual anchoring elements.   6. Device according to one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the common workpiece (8, 9) is arranged to open the gates (11) by cooperation with an edge of each gate (11), radially extending. relative to an axis (19) for pivoting the gate (11) on the housing (1) in question.   7. Device according to claim 6, wherein an individual maneuver arm belonging to the common workpiece (8, 9) carries a maneuver control relief arranged to slide on a complementary sliding relief located on said radial edge of the gate (11).   8. Device according to one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the common workpiece (8, 9) comprises a framing means (89) on one of the mailboxes, in at least one direction predetermined.   9. Device according to one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the common workpiece (8, 9) of the frame is removably connected under the control of means (71) for inhibiting the common anchor to an adapter (7) for connection with the retaining body, comprising means (79) for permanent attachment to the retaining body.   10. Device according to claim 9, wherein the adapter (7) comprises a common anchoring tab (72) movable between two positions, under the control of the inhibiting means (71), to cut a predetermined path of opening the gates (11) by the common workpiece (8, 9), or to fade from said path.   11. Device according to one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the respective anchoring means (81) are mutually aligned to cooperate with a row of mailboxes.   12. Device according to claims 10 and 11 together, wherein the common anchor tab (72) of the adapter (7) is movable in a direction of alignment of the row of mailboxes, to come into view of a common anchor hook (93) belonging to the common workpiece (8, 9).   13. Device according to one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the adapter (7) comprises a plurality of support means (79) arranged to cooperate with respective means (159) for fixing the housings (1).   14. Device according to claim 13, wherein the adapter (7) comprises two rows of said support means (79), arranged on two opposite sides.   15. Device according to one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the common anchoring element (92) is arranged to be anchored on one of the housings (1), serving as retaining body.   16. Device according to one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the central unlocking means comprises an electromagnetic unlocking data receiver arranged to control an electric unlocking mechanism.   17. Device according to claim 16, wherein the receiver is arranged to control a common operating actuator gates (11).   18. Device according to one of claims 1 to 17, equipped with mail boxes.