JP7061633B2 - Inner box for safe deposit box and safe deposit box using it - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an inner box for a safe deposit box device equipped with both an electric lock and a mechanical lock, and a safe deposit box device using the same.

An inner box for a safe deposit box device equipped with both an electric lock and a mechanical lock (meaning a storage box for storing valuables and other items for each customer, the same shall apply hereinafter) is known (for example, Patent Document 1). ). When using an electric lock, it is necessary to identify the customer by using biometric information such as palm veins and finger veins in addition to the authentication card and PIN, unlock the inner box, and use a troublesome key. There is no. On the other hand, when it is difficult to limit the users of the inner box to a specific individual, such as a customer with a corporate contract, the inner box is unlocked with a mechanical lock that uses a key.

The conventional inner box swings for interlocking between an electric lock consisting of two solenoids and a mechanical lock consisting of a cylinder lock in order to properly regulate the operation of the knob for manual unlocking. A member is provided. The swinging member does not allow the unlocking operation of the knob unless it swings to the unlocking position, and each solenoid of the electric lock controls whether or not the swinging member can swing, and the swinging member. Is oscillated to the unlocked position. Further, the mechanical lock engages with one end of the swing member to drive the swing member to the unlocked position.

Japanese Patent No. 4960805

According to the conventional technique, the electric lock and the mechanical lock of the inner box have many required components, the overall configuration is complicated, and the assembly work tends to be complicated.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to minimize the number of required parts and simplify the overall configuration by combining an electric lock with a single solenoid and a mechanical lock with a cylinder lock in view of the problems of the prior art. The purpose is to provide an inner box for a safe deposit box that can be used and a safe deposit box that uses it.

The configuration of the invention of claim 1 for achieving such an object is a box for storing a customer's article, a lid for opening and closing the box, and a box for expanding and contracting the plunger of the solenoid to lock and unlock the box. It is equipped with an electric lock on the body side and a mechanical lock on the lid side that turns the tongue back and forth to lock and unlock. The electric lock is incorporated into the casing inside the box, and the tip of the plunger is the casing. For mechanical locks, the tongue hangs down in the opening when the lid is closed, and for electric locks and mechanical locks, when the lid is closed and the plunger and tongue are locked, the tongue in the opening When the horizontal hook at the lower end engages with the plunger to lock the lid and unlocks one or both of the plunger and tongue, the tongue and plunger do not engage and the lid is unlocked, while the plunger is left open. The gist is that when the tongue is locked and the lid is closed, the tongue temporarily compresses the plunger to engage with the plunger and automatically locks the lid.

The tongue can engage with the slope of the tip of the plunger to temporarily compress the plunger.

Further, when the lid is locked, the electric lock may unlock the plunger by an unlock request with unique key data from the outside, and the plunger may be unlocked by an external lock request. It may be locked.

The configuration of the invention of claim 5 is for a safe deposit box, a booth attached to the vault, and a safe deposit box device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is carried out from the vault to the booth and used by a customer. The gist is to have a box.

According to the configuration of the invention of claim 1, when the lid is closed, the electric lock on the box body side can be closed by extending the plunger and engaging it with the locked tongue of the mechanical lock on the lid side. The lid can be unlocked by locking, shortening the plunger and disengaging it. On the other hand, when the lid is closed, the mechanical lock locks the lid by turning the tongue and engaging it with the locked plunger of the electric lock, and by turning the tongue in the opposite direction to disengage it. The lid can be unlocked. That is, the electric lock and the mechanical lock are both locked and the plungers and tongues are engaged with each other to lock the lid, and at least one of them is unlocked and the plunger and the tongue are disengaged. Can be unlocked. In this case, the required members are only a single solenoid as an electric lock and a mechanical lock as a cylinder lock, and the overall configuration is simple. However, it is assumed that the solenoid for the electric lock is in the locked state by extending the plunger when it is not energized, and the plunger is shortened and is in the unlocked state by being energized.

For electric locks and mechanical locks, when both the plunger and tongue are locked and the lid is closed, the locked tongue automatically engages with the locked plunger to lock the lid. , So-called latch operation can be performed. In addition, such a latch operation is for urging the plunger in the extension direction via a spring, for example, and engaging the tongue with the slope formed at the tip of the plunger to temporarily shorten the plunger. The driving force may be generated.

The electric lock can realize necessary and sufficient security by unlocking the lid in response to an unlock request with unique key data from the outside. However, as the unique key data, for example, it is good to add arbitrary additional information such as random numbers and dates to the identification number of each inner box in the system to make the data independent of the customer, and communication with the outside is not possible. It is better to use encrypted data communication. The electric lock may be locked by extending the plunger in response to an external locking request.

When the configuration of the invention of claim 5 is adopted, necessary and sufficient security can be easily realized by using the inner box according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

Perspective explanatory view of the inner box Operation explanatory diagram of the electric lock (1) Operation explanatory diagram of the electric lock (2) Overall perspective view of the equipment in the booth Explanation of operation of the main part of FIG. 4 (1) Explanation of operation of the main part of FIG. 4 (2) Enlarged sectional view of the main part of the operating device Overall block system diagram Overall operation flowchart

Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The inner box 10 for the safe deposit box device is formed by attaching a lid 12 to a shallow rectangular box body 11 that is long in the front-rear direction (FIG. 1). However, FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B) are overall perspective views when the lid 12 is closed and when the lid 12 is opened, respectively.

One side of the lid 12 on the short side is connected to the rear portion of the box body 11 via hinges 12a and 12a. Further, a handle 12b, 12b for opening operation is attached to the front end portion of the lid 12, and a mechanical lock 13 of a cylinder lock with a tongue 13a is attached. The box 11 can store items such as customer's valuables and close the lid 12, and the lid 12 can be opened upward via the hinges 12a and 12a.

Angle members 11b forming downward handles 11a and 11a are attached to both front and rear surfaces of the box body 11, respectively. Further, a casing 14 having an opening 14a is provided at the inner front end of the box body 11, and an electric lock 20 to be combined with the mechanical lock 13 is incorporated in the casing 14 (FIGS. 1 and 2). However, FIGS. 2A and 2B are a perspective view and a top view of the electric lock 20, respectively. Note that FIGS. 2A and 2B also show a tongue 13a of the mechanical lock 13 that hangs down in the opening 14a of the casing 14 when the lid 12 is closed.

The electric lock 20 is configured by mounting a solenoid 22 and a substrate 23 on the left and right ends of a horizontally long bracket 21 that fits the casing 14, respectively. The tip of the inwardly facing plunger 22a of the solenoid 22 projects into the opening 14a of the casing 14 to form an upwardly inclined slope 22b. The intermediate portion of the plunger 22a is slidably supported in the axial direction via the auxiliary bracket 21a, and a spring 22c for urging the plunger 22a in the extension direction is mounted. A retaining ring 22d that defines an extension limit is mounted on the base side of the plunger 22a.

The substrate 23 is supported via the support bracket 21b. Further, the substrate 23 is provided with contact terminals 24 for power supply and communication, and the contact terminals 24 project to the front end surface of the box body 11.

The solenoid 22 is appropriately energized and controlled via the substrate 23. That is, when the solenoid 22 is not energized, the plunger 22a is fully extended via the spring 22c to be in the locked state of FIGS. 2A and 2B, and when the solenoid 22 is energized, the plunger 22a is shortened against the spring 22c. 3 (A) and 3 (B) are unlocked. However, FIGS. 3A and 3B are equivalent to FIGS. 2A and 2B, respectively. An unlocking sensor 25 for detecting the unlocked state of the plunger 22a is disposed in the vicinity of the solenoid 22 via a mounting bracket 21c, and a dog 25a for the unlocking sensor 25 is screwed to the plunger 22a. ing. In FIGS. 2 and 3, the plunger 22a is connected to the movable member 22e that appears and disappears in the solenoid 22 via the spring pin 22f.

The mechanical lock 13 can rotate the tongue 13a about 90 ° reciprocating around the vertical axis by inserting a key (not shown) and rotating it in the forward and reverse directions (directions of arrows K1 and K2 in FIG. 2A). ). Therefore, the tongue 13a is a horizontal hook in which the horizontal hook 13b at the lower end is directed toward the front of the box body 11 in the locked state of FIGS. 2 and 3 and the locked tongue 13a is swiveled in the direction of the arrow K1 in FIG. It is possible to take an unlocked state in which 13b is in the same direction as the plunger 22a of the solenoid 22.

When the lid 12 of the electric lock 20 and the mechanical lock 13 is closed to lock both the plunger 22a and the tongue 13a, the horizontal hook 13b of the tongue 13a engages from below the tip of the plunger 22a in the opening 14a. When combined (FIG. 2), the lid 12 is locked irreversibly. On the other hand, when the plunger 22a is unlocked (FIG. 3), the plunger 22a and the tongue 13a do not engage with each other even when the tongue 13a is locked, and the lid 12 is unlocked and can be freely opened. Further, when the tongue 13a is unlocked, the plunger 22a and the tongue 13a do not engage with each other regardless of whether the plunger 22a is in the locked state or the unlocked state, and the lid 12 is unlocked. That is, the lid 12 is locked only when it is closed to lock both the plunger 22a and the tongue 13a, and is unlocked when one or both of the plunger 22a and the tongue 13a are unlocked.

In the locked tongue 13a, the horizontal hook 13b engages with the lower side of the slope 22b at the tip of the locked plunger 22a (FIG. 2). Therefore, when the plunger 22a and the tongue 13a are locked and the lid 12 is closed with the lid 12 open, the horizontal hook 13b of the tongue 13a engages with the slope 22b of the plunger 22a from above and resists the spring 22c. The plunger 22a can be temporarily compressed, and finally the horizontal hook 13b can be automatically engaged with the lower side of the plunger 22a to lock the lid 12. That is, in the locked electric lock 20, when the mechanical lock 13 is locked and the lid 12 is closed, the lid 12 can be automatically locked by the latch operation.

The safe deposit box device that uses the inner box 10 has a booth for customers attached to a safe deposit box (not shown) that stores a large number of inner boxes 10, 10 ..., and uses the inside of the inner box 10 as equipment in the booth. The operation device 31, the attached table 32, the liquid crystal touch panel 33, for example, the biometric authentication device 34 for detecting the finger vein, and the like are provided (FIGS. 4 and 5).

The safe room and the booth are partitioned by a partition wall (not shown), and a usage port 31a for a customer to use the inner box 10 is opened on the upper surface of the operating device 31, and the usage port 31a is opened. , Can be opened and closed via the attached slide lid 31b. On the other hand, the safe room is equipped with a series of transport devices for carrying the designated inner box 10 over the partition wall into the operating device 31, and the inner box 10 from the safe room uses the operating device 31. When it is horizontally transported to just below the opening 31a (direction of arrow K1 in FIG. 5), it is lifted up toward the opening 31a (direction of arrow K2 in the figure), and then the slide lid 31b is opened to open the inner box 10 of the inner box 10. The lid 12 is exposed (FIG. 6 (A)), and the customer can open the lid 12 and use the inside of the inner safe 10 through a predetermined procedure (FIG. 6 (B)). When the inner box 10 has been used and the customer closes the lid 12, the slide lid 31b is automatically closed. After that, the inner box 10 is lifted down from the usage port 31a and automatically reaches a predetermined position in the safe room. Will be returned.

A lid closing sensor 35 for detecting that the lid 12 of the inner box 10 is closed is arranged at the usage port 31a of the operating device 31 (FIG. 6). Further, in the vicinity of the utilization port 31a, a downward contact terminal 36 for power supply and communication to which the contact terminal 24 of the inner box 10 lifted up to a predetermined position comes into contact is arranged (FIG. 7). However, in FIG. 7, in addition to the slide lid 31b in the open state, the cushioning materials 31c, 31c ... Arranged on the four circumferences of the utilization port 31a are also shown, and the cushioning materials 31c, 31c ... Are lifted up inner boxes. 10 can be positioned correctly.

The system computer 40 that controls and controls the safe deposit box device includes a communication unit 41a and a control unit 41 with a power supply unit 41b (FIG. 8).

The control unit 41 is connected to the slide lid 31b of the operation device 31 installed in the booth, the liquid crystal touch panel 33, the biometric authentication device 34, the lid closing sensor 35, and the inner box 10 from the safe room to the operation device 31 of the booth. A transport device 51 for use, a liquid crystal touch panel 52 provided on the outdoor side of the entrance of the booth, a biometric authentication device 53, an electric lock 54 for the booth door for entry, and the like are connected. However, regardless of FIG. 8, the system computer 40 may be configured in a distributed form in which a plurality of computer systems are combined.

On the other hand, the substrate 23 of the inner box 10 incorporates a communication unit 26a and a control unit 26 with a power receiving unit 26b, and the solenoid 22 of the electric lock 20 and the unlocking sensor 25 are connected to the control unit 26. There is. When the inner box 10 is carried out to the operation device 31 of the booth and lifted up to the usage port 31a, the control unit 26 contacts the power supply unit 41b on the system computer 40 side, the contact terminal 36, and the inner box 10 side. Power is supplied via the terminal 24 and the power receiving unit 26b, and the control units 41 and 26 of the system computer 40 and the inner box 10 can perform data communication in both directions via the communication units 41a and 26a, respectively.

An outline of the overall operation of the safe deposit box device is shown in FIG. 9, for example. However, in FIG. 9, the operation steps (M1), (M2) ..., (S1), (S2) ..., (B1), (B2) ... Each operation procedure is shown in chronological order, and each is simply described as (M1), (S1), and (B1) below. The inner boxes 10, 10 ... Stored in the safe chamber are locked with the plunger 22a of the electric lock 20 and the tongue 13a of the mechanical lock 13 locked, and the lid 12 cannot be opened.

First, when a customer visits the booth door for entering a booth (not shown), the biometric authentication device 53 on the outdoor side, for example, biometrically authenticates the palm vein according to the guidance message displayed in advance on the liquid crystal touch panel 52 on the outdoor side. Execute (M1). The biometric authentication information is authenticated by the system computer 40 in comparison with the registered customer's biometric authentication data, and when the authentication is successful, the system computer 40 unlocks the booth door for entry (S1) and the customer enters the room. To urge. Therefore, the customer opens the booth door and enters the booth (M2), and the system computer 40 locks the booth door (S2).

Subsequently, the customer inputs a pre-registered personal identification number via the liquid crystal touch panel 33 in the booth (M3). Therefore, the system computer 40 drives and controls the transport device 51 to carry out the specific inner box 10 belonging to the customer from the safe room to the booth (S3) on condition that the input password is authenticated. The inner box 10 is lifted up to the usage port 31a of the operating device 31 ((S3), FIG. 5). In the lifted inner box 10, the contact terminal 24 is automatically connected to the contact terminal 36 on the operating device 31 side (B1). After that, the system computer 40 starts supplying power to the inner box 10 via the power feeding unit 41b (S4), and opens the slide lid 31b of the usage port 31a ((S4), FIGS. 6 (A), 7). ..

Next, the customer biometrically authenticates with the biometric authentication device 34 in the booth (M4), and the system computer 40 requests the control unit 26 of the inner box 10 to unlock with the unique key data on condition that the authentication is established. (S5), the control unit 26 energizes the solenoid 22 on condition that the transmitted unique key data is authenticated, puts the electric lock 20 in the unlocked state, and unlocks the lid 12 ((B2)). Figure 3). At this time, the operation signal of the unlocking sensor 25 is sent to the system computer 40, and the customer opens the lid 12 of the inner box 10 (M5) according to the guidance message on the liquid crystal touch panel 33 and uses the inside of the inner box 10. Can be done (M6).

On the other hand, when the lid 12 of the inner box 10 is opened (M5), an off signal of the lid closing sensor 35 is sent to the system computer 40, and the system computer 40 sends a lock request to the control unit 26 of the inner box 10. (S6). Therefore, the control unit 26 de-energizes the solenoid 22 to lock the electric lock 20 ((B3)), and the off signal of the unlock sensor 25 is sent to the system computer 40. When the use of the inner box 10 is completed, the customer closes the lid 12 of the inner box 10 (M7). Therefore, the ON signal of the lid closing sensor 35 is sent to the system computer 40, and the inner box 10 is automatically locked with the lid 12 by the latch operation of the electric lock 20 (B4).

After that, the customer operates the return button displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel 33 (M8). As a result, the system computer 40 closes the slide lid 31b and ends the power supply to the inner box 10 (S7), lifts the inner box 10 down from the usage port 31a, and returns the inner box 10 to a predetermined position in the safe room. Is driven and controlled (S8). In the inner box 10, the contact terminal 24 is automatically separated from the contact terminal 36 by lift-down (B5). On the other hand, the customer can open the booth door and leave the room (M9). However, the booth door can be manually unlocked and opened from the indoor side, for example, and automatically closed and locked after the customer leaves the room.

If the customer has a corporate contract or the like, it may be difficult to identify the user of the inner box 10, and it may be difficult to apply biometric authentication. In that case, the user shall visit with the IC card type authentication card for the customer given in advance and the key for the machine lock 13 of the inner box 10 to visit, and the operation step (M1) of FIG. In, the user enters the booth using the authentication card, and in the operation step (M4), the mechanical lock 13 is unlocked with the key brought in, the lid 12 of the inner box 10 is directly unlocked, and the system computer 40 and the inner box are used. The lid 12 can be opened without going through the operation steps (S5) and (B2) of 10.

In the above description, the contact terminals 36 and 24 on the operating device 31 side and the inner box 10 side may be replaced with non-contact types such as electromagnetic induction type and optical communication type.

Further, the transport method of the safe deposit box device for transporting the inner box 10 back and forth between the safe room and the booth is to replace the transport device 51 with a lifter using the operation device 31, for example, over the partition wall on the safe deposit box side and the booth. A method using a dedicated carrier for the inner safe 10 such as a horizontal rotation type, a vertical rotation type, or a horizontally moving type that alternately appears and disappears on the side may be used.

The inner box for the safe deposit box device according to the present invention is equipped with an electric lock and a mechanical lock, and has a simple overall configuration. It is not necessary to hold customer registration information for authentication inside, and the scale is large or small. It can be widely and suitably applied to a safe deposit box device installed in any place regardless of the frequency of change of contract customers.

10 ... Inner box 11 ... Box body 12 ... Lid 13 ... Mechanical lock 13a ... Tongue 20 ... Electric lock 22 ... Solenoid 22a ... Plunger

Patent applicant Okamura Corporation
Fuji Seiko Co., Ltd. Headquarters

Claims (5)

The box that stores the customer's goods, the lid that opens and closes the box, the electric lock on the box side that expands and contracts the plunger of the solenoid to lock and unlock, and the tongue are swiveled back and forth to lock. It is provided with a mechanical lock on the lid side that is in a state and an unlocked state, and the electric lock is incorporated into a casing inside the box, and the tip of the plunger projects into the opening of the casing. When the lid of the mechanical lock is closed, the tongue hangs down in the opening, and in the electric lock and the mechanical lock, when the lid is closed and the plunger and the tongue are locked, the tongue of the electric lock and the mechanical lock is locked in the opening . When the horizontal hook at the lower end engages with the plunger to lock the lid and unlocks one or both of the plunger and the tongue, the tongue and the plunger do not engage and the lid is unlocked. When the plunger and the tongue are locked with the lid open and the lid is closed, the tongue temporarily compresses the plunger and engages with the plunger to automatically lock the lid. Inner box for rental safe device. The inner box for a safe deposit box device according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue engages with the slope of the tip of the plunger to temporarily compress the plunger . 1. Inner box for the safe deposit box device according to item 2. The inner box for a safe deposit box device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the electric lock locks the plunger in response to a lock request from the outside. It is provided with a safe deposit box, a booth attached to the safe deposit box, and an inner box for the safe deposit box device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is carried out from the safe deposit box to the booth and used by a customer. Safe deposit box device.

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