EP 0260860 B1 19910123 - LOCKING MECHANISMS
Title (en)
LOCKING MECHANISMS
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8622120 A 19860913
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0260860A1] The mechanism for locking the main boltwork of a safe or vault door includes a lock having a bolt 1 with a pivoted drop-arm 3 engageable in the slot 10 of a rotatable drive disc 6. For enabling and disabling the coupling of the arm 3 to the disc 6 there is an electromechanical actuator 12. This comprises a magnetisable element 11 pivoted within a coil 13 and a passing between the poles of a permanent magnet 14. Reverse pulses of current through the coil 13 therefore cause the element 11 to flip between two stable positions. In the locking position of the actuator (Fig 1) the element 11 prevents the arm 3 from dropping into the slot 10. When a correct code is entered into an associated user-authentication device the coil 13 is pulsed to flip the element 11 clear of the arm 3. The disc 6 can therefore be turned to pick up the head of the arm 3 (Fig 2) and withdraw the bolt (Fig 3).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
E05B 47/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
E05B 47/0688 (2013.01); E05B 47/0003 (2013.01)
Citation (examination)
- GB 2161856 A 19860122 - CHUBB LIPS NEDERLAND BV
- EP 0148701 A2 19850717 - GUITARD ROBERT
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE FR IT NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0260860 A1 19880323; EP 0260860 B1 19910123; AU 7831387 A 19880317; DE 3767622 D1 19910228; GB 2196378 A 19880427; GB 2196378 B 19900516; GB 8622120 D0 19861022; GB 8721098 D0 19871014
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 87307911 A 19870908; AU 7831387 A 19870911; DE 3767622 T 19870908; GB 8622120 A 19860913; GB 8721098 A 19870908