Rotary access locking apparatus

• US 20020050098A1
• Filed: 08/23/2001
• Published: 05/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kwon Kyong Chan
• Original Assignee: Kwon Kyong Chan
• Inventors: Chan, Kwon Kyong
• Application Number:
  US09/934,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20020050098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/42
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 11/08 Turnstiles; Gates for control of entry or exit of persons, e.g. in supermarkets control gates on vehicles B60N5/00 ; bank protection devices E05G5/00; with registering means G07C9/10 ; coin-freed facilities for turnstiles G07F17/14

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rotary access locking apparatus which is designed to perform rotation lock/position control/damping functions for a plurality of rotating plates arranged at constant intervals by a mechanical mechanism in the case that access is performed via the rotating plates. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a rotary locking control apparatus which includes: a rotation unit provided with a cylindrical rotation housing having a plurality of rotating plates arranged at a constant angle in the vicinity thereof; and a rotation actuating/control unit for supporting the rotation of the rotation unit, allowing the rotating plate to be rotated only at a predetermined angle and damping the rotation, said rotation actuating/control unit having a rotation lock portion interlocked to the rotation of the rotating plate and releasing the lock state of the rotating plate only when normal access is permitted, a rotating position control portion for controlling the rotating plate to be kept at the predetermined angle at the rotation of the rotating plate, and a rotation damping portion for damping the rotation of the rotating plate.

Claims

1. A rotary locking control apparatus, comprising:

a rotation unit provided with a cylindrical rotation housing having a plurality of rotating plates arranged at a constant angle in the vicinity thereof; and

a rotation actuating/control unit for supporting the rotation of the rotation unit, allowing the rotating plate to be rotated only at a predetermined angle and damping the rotation,

wherein said rotation actuating/control unit having a rotation lock portion interlocked to the rotation of the rotating plate and releasing the lock state of the rotating plate only when normal access is permitted, a rotating position control portion for controlling the rotating plate to be kept at the predetermined angle at the rotation of the rotating plate, and a rotation damping portion for damping the rotation of the rotating plate.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined angle at which the rotating plate is arranged is 120°

, and the rotation lock portion comprises a rotating body having a rotary connecting rod penetrating through the rotation housing engaged to the center, a plurality of stopper rollers rotatably installed by an engaging member at a lumbar space formed at the position conforming to the install direction of the rotating plate on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating body, a plurality of solenoids for transferring the applied force on the lock/unlock of the rotating plate, a first group of stopper arms for releasing the rotation lock state of the rotating plate by activation of the solenoids, and a connecting member interconnecting the front end of the solenoid and one end of the stopper arm and being installed to turn one point of the center by a rotary axis.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the predetermined position of the stopper arm is fixed so that it can be turned by the rotary axis, and the lower side of the front end thereof is controlled to have a curvature corresponding to that of the stopper roller. At normal times, the curvature-controlled lower side of the front end of the stopper arm locks the movement of the stopper roller.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rotating position control unit comprising:

a plurality of rotation positioning parts contained in the lumbar portion formed in the intermediate outer circumference of the rotating body;

an elastic spring contained in the lumbar groove formed at the center of the front end of the rotation positioning part and shifting the rotation positioning part forward/backward;

a ring portion containing parts of the front end of the rotation positioning part; and

a spring fixing member installed at a peripheral area of the containing lumbar portion of the rotation positioning part formed on the inner surface of the ring portion and preventing the detachment of the elastic spring.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein inside the cylindrical housing of the rotation actuating/control unit, a plurality of bearing members for supporting the rotation of the rotating body are installed in the vicinity of the lower extended portion of the rotating body.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rotation damping portion comprising:

a wobble plate connected to the lower end of the lower extended portion of the rotating body;

a buffering member providing rotation damping force of the rotating plate; and

a guide frame member formed in a shape curved at a constant curvature, of which center is connected to be turned by the rotary axis, where the front end of the gas cylinder member is contacted with the inner surface thereof and which has a rotary roller for supporting the rotation of the wobble plate installed at one end thereof.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the wobble gate has a plurality of corners formed to be positioned in the middle of the angle at which the rotating plates are arranged.