Electromagnetically controllable safety lock

• US 6,318,136 B1
• Filed: 12/28/1999
• Issued: 11/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mauer GmbH (dormakaba Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Mauer GmbH (dormakaba Holding AG)
• Inventors: Mauer, Gunter
• Primary Examiner(s): Gall, Lloyd A.
• Application Number:
  US09/446,858
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 702/76, 702/77, 704/32, 702/83, 702/785, 702/786, 702/787, 292/144, 292/251.5
• US Class Current: 70/276
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0002 with electromagnets
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0006 having a non-movable core; with permanent magnet
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/06 Controlling mechanically-operated bolts by electro-magnetically-operated detents
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5385 Spring projected
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7057 Permanent magnet
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7062 Electrical type [e.g., solenoid]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7096 With mechanism having rocker arm or linked bars
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7102 And details of blocking system [e.g., linkage, latch, pawl, spring]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/713 Dogging manual operator
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7186 Plural interdependent sets

Abstract

An electromagnetically controllable safety lock includes a locking bar which moves a slider, which is provided with teeth and which carries a blocking plate equipped with a passage pin channel. The blocking plate is coupled via a spring to a control plate, which has an angularly offset passage pin channel. The control plate supports an armature, which can be held by an electromagnet, fixed to the housing when the locking bar is subjected to a control movement. Both channels are aligned with the lock axis during an opening action so that the passage pin has a free path.

Claims

1. An electromagnetically controllable safety lock for containers for valuables, comprising a locking bar having a passage pin, and an electromagnet acting as a retaining magnet, said electromagnet blocking or releasing the retraction of the locking bar via controlling and blocking elements, wherein a driving nut moves a slider provided with teeth and driving along a blocking plate provide with a passage pin channel, said blocking plate being coupled via a spring with a control plate having an angularly offset passage pin channel, said control plate supporting an armature, said armature being retained by the electromagnet when current is applied, causing both channels to be aligned with the lock axis and permitting the passage pin with the locking bar to pass.

2. The safety lock according to claim 1, wherein the locking bar is constructed to be moved by a handle via said driving nut.

3. The safety lock according to claim 1, wherein the control plate supports a second armature, said second armature being opposed by a second electromagnet in a housing for the lock.

4. The safety according to claim 1, wherein a control cam for the locking bar is constructed so that the lead angle of the driving nut required for scanning does not trigger a movement of the locking bar.

5. The safety lock according to claim 1, further comprising a switching slide supported in a housing for the lock for actuating a microswitch, said switching slide being pressed down by a prong when the locking bar is retracted, and being lifted by the driving nut when the locking bar is extended.

6. The safety lock according to claim 1, further comprising a relocking element arranged between a lock cover and a bottom plate, said relocking element blocking the locking bar via a projection and a blocking edge when the bottom plate is knocked away.

7. The safety lock according to claim 1, wherein for obtaining a relocking function, the locking bar has weak points in the region of a control recess, said weak points yielding when blows are struck to a drive shaft, causing projections of the locking bar to engage recesses of an intermediate plate, thereby securing mechanical blockage of the locking bar.

8. The safety lock according to claim 1, further comprising a lock cover having a fracture line, the fracture line breaking open if blows are administered to a drive shaft, permitting the shaft to pass through, and thereby preventing the lock from being knocked off.

9. The safety lock according to claim 1, wherein for actuating a microswitch, provision is made for a switching slide, said switching slide being supported on an intermediate plate so that when the locking bar is retracted, said switching slide is activated via a control slope, and reset by a pin of the blocking plate, only after the locking bar has again been fully extended.