The present application refers to an interactive security and locking system for dwellings doors that significantly improves the use of similar articles existing on the market and in the current state of the art.
Specifically, this innovation refers to a security system for dwellings doors with electronic activation and a system of anchor bolts on the floor that block the door, also adding means of activating optical and sound alerts. The main objective of this innovative closing mechanism is to increase the time that must be used to force the door, which is why it includes different remote access technologies and/or physical means of access that are complemented by means of connection for peripheral elements of security, control or warning.
This invention fits in the sector that corresponds to fixed constructions, in particular door or window locks and accessories, extensive to the operation of locks or other closing devices by electrical or magnetic means.
One of the sectors that generates a greater volume of business is the security of dwellings, whether they are located in buildings or if they are single-family. The access doors are usually of a standard nature, made of wood. Some are completed with an “L” shaped bar located longitudinally and externally on the side of the door frame that is close to the lock. Obviously, placing protection bars is a good option on windows and interior doors leading to yards, terraces or balconies, but in no way can they be installed on the main access door to the dwelling.
At a technical level, different types of the classic key and bowler lock have been developed, from the cylindrical with a pear-shaped central cylinder where the key enters to the rim or mortise locks. In recent years, the so-called invisible locks have been developed, electronically operated and very easy to install, which lack a cylinder which, theoretically, is a serious drawback when trying to force it. But in general, the cylinder lock is the most used and is, statistically, the most vulnerable point of the door, so forcing said cylinder is the most used method for theft.
Regarding industrial property, there are numerous patents that develop locks and closing systems. This is the case of file ES1074663U, referring to a “security device for doors” that “consists of a pair of metal tubes telescopically coupled to each other, arranged on the inner face of the door, crossing it from side to side; with the particularity that the tube with the largest diameter is articulated at its free end on an anchor provided in the wall, in correspondence with the hinged area of the door itself in which it is applied, while the free end of the tube with the smallest diameter is attachable in a housing established for this purpose in a plate provided in correspondence with the wall, on the opposite side to the hinge of the door itself, having foreseen that said tube of smaller diameter is associated with a bushing, movable along the same, provided with blocking means with respect to the aforementioned tube of smaller diameter, and provided in turn with anchoring means articulated to the door in the area opposite to the hinged area of the same.” European patent EP0963498A1 develops a “lock assembly, which is arranged to be mounted on a hinged door, and a door opening activating device, which is arranged to be fixed to a fixed member facing the door. hinged door in a closed state thereof, the lock comprising a frame arranged to be fixed on the outside against a first side of a tubular member or fixed to said door; at least one bolt, which is slidably mounted on the frame between a retracted position and a protruding position, and which is arranged to extend in its protruding position, in the closed state of the door, through said tubular member, outside of a second state thereof, within said door closing activating device; and an actuation mechanism to move said bolt from its retracted position to its protruding position and vice versa.”
However, all the locks described, even fulfilling their function as a means of closure, have a serious drawback: they are all located near the door frame, which must be understood to be, together with the bowler, the weakest part of the door, unless it is an armored door mounted on a steel frame, which is still anchored in standard construction partition walls, so it remains vulnerable with the right tools.
There are also alarm systems installed in high-rise dwellings that are activated when the entrance door is forced, sending a signal to the owner or to the company that installs and controls them, which acts according to the established protocol, but the truth is that the alarm goes off when the intruder is already inside the dwelling and a certain time elapses until the owner or security personnel appear.
The applicant is not aware of a security system for dwellings doors similar to the one detailed in this application in the current state of the art.
The object of the invention presented is an interactive security and locking system for dwellings doors that incorporates technical characteristics that advantageously improve its operation.
Specifically, said security system for dwellings doors comprises two parts: a first part consisting of a mechanical physical locking means and a second part consisting of electronic security means for opening and closing such physical lock.
Innovatively, the mechanical means of physical blocking comprises at least one hardened steel bolt, solid or hollow, the lower part of which is housed in a cavity made in the interior floor of the dwelling, coinciding with the lower part of the door, with the bolt reaching up to the wrought. When the bolt is hollow, it houses a second crazy-turning cylindrical bolt inside.
The electronic security means for opening and closing the door has a double function. First of all, they activate the upward and downward movement of the bolts in the path they carry out to block the door-when they go down—or to release it—when they go up-allowing it to open and close on its hinge system. Secondly, said electronic means control different audible and/or optical alarm systems in the event of any attempt to force the door, including an alert system connected to at least one mobile device carried by the tenant of the dwelling.
The actuation of the bolts is activated by a transmitter/receiver control via radio with an encrypted signal and/or an evolutionary code received by a main motor, which acts on the bolts to lower or raise them and the door to be locked or unlocked. As a safety measure, the system has a second, secondary motor, with the same technical characteristics as the main motor and which is activated if the main motor has any incident that prevents its correct operation. The activation of this secondary motor can be carried out via GSM by means of an SMS in anticipation of the receiver/transmitter via radio suffering any failure, or through a wireless switch parallel to the installation, which would only work in the event of a fault. the other systems.
For its part, the system has a double system of sensors: at least one vibration sensor that detects any knock or vibration on the door with the intention of forcing it, i.e. the system is activated by the intruder's intentionality when the door has not yet been forced, and at least one magnetic sensor that is activated by a forced opening of the door.
Both sensors are part of the alarm system of the claimed mechanism and whose function is to dissuade the person who wants to force the door and simultaneously warn the tenant of the dwelling that an attempt is being made at that very moment. force his door.
In this regard, when at least one of the sensors is activated, an internal siren of at least 90 decibels is immediately activated, startling the intruder and alerting the neighbours. Simultaneously and through GSM technology, the tenant of the dwelling is notified by SMS to the previously registered telephone numbers.
This notification by SMS allows the tenant to contact directly the system electronic by phone call, so that, by having an amplifier and loudspeaker, their voice is heard live and direct on the landing of the apartment, this being a fact completely unexpected for the intruder, who at that moment doubts if there is someone inside the apartment.
It is also possible to incorporate a light alert connected to the door and/or to each landing of the block of flats and a discreet camera that allows the tenant to see the intruder and, if a recording system is available, save the images of the intrusion.
The different electrical and electronic elements that regulate the operation of the described system are housed in a central control module connected by wiring to the box that contains the bolts, motors and vibration sensor.
In summary, in the basic operation of the system, the bolt receives the impact of the leverage, transmits it to the box in which it is integrated and from this to the screws that hold it, in turn, to the door, which is likely to be different materials (wood, sheet metal, etc.) that may not withstand the impact sufficiently.
To provide a better technical solution, the bolts and/or the box incorporate a damping means to mitigate the impact of said leverage on the screws that hold the box and on the door. Regarding the bolts, their damping element is an intermediate piece that makes them flexible, so that when they receive the force of the leverage, they do not transmit it to the box or the bolts. The same result is achieved by incorporating a shock-absorbing element in the box, which, upon receiving the impact of the leverage force from the bolt, absorbs it and does not transmit it to the bolts that hold it.
In a new embodiment, the bolt system is structured as a superimposed equipment in which the bolt, or in its case the bolts, continue to be integrated in its box together with its activation mechanism (motor) and the vibration sensor, but a recessed cassette or receptacle is installed under the floor in which a mechanism that comprises some moving parts related to each other is located, so that the first piece receives the impact of the bolt when it penetrates the recessed cassette or receptacle and finally acts on the last piece, of variable conformation, for example another bolt, a platform, etc. moving it up. This ensures that the impact of the leverage received by the bolt reaches the door cushioned.
In another embodiment, the box is embedded in the floor, housing the main bolt or bolts and their consequent activation mechanism (motor) and the vibration sensor, achieving the same mechanical result regardless of the internal operating details. In this case, the box invades the space occupied by the corner of the door and the bolts go up inside the dwelling, so that they are not in any way in contact with the door, being a clear blocking system. In a lever, forcing the door open, less than 1 cm away there are some bolts that act as a block, so that the door transmits the force to the bolts, and these to the recessed cassette or receptacle integrated in the floor. A manual actuator related to the bolt system is added to unlock the equipment and the bolts go down, thus being able to leave the dwelling in an emergency.
In another embodiment, the bolt system together with its activation mechanism (motor) and the vibration sensor integrated in its box is located in a housing made in the same door, which implies that, at a construction level, it is necessary to form such an accommodation. In this case, the bolt or bolts go down and are inserted into the recessed cassette or receptacle in the floor, without any mechanical activation.
For maximum effectiveness as a means of blocking, in other embodiments, the box that contains the bolt or bolts together with its activation mechanism (motor) and the vibration sensor is installed in the area opposite the door hinge using screws, either in the door frame, on the wall or on the floor. In these implementation options, the bolt or bolts always move until they are blocking the opening of the door, without touching it at any time, but instead remain millimeters away from it, in the area of the frame, at different levels of the height of the door, being feasible to install more than one box in the same door at different points, which multiplies its resistance to leverage.
An optimal combination is the one resulting from installing the box with its corresponding bolt or bolts, activation mechanism (motor) and vibration sensor, i.e. a non-recessed cassette but installed in the door frame or wall on the opposite side to the hinges, as in the embodiment described in the previous paragraph but located in the lower part, combined with the perforations made in the floor, already described in the first embodiment, with which an articulated arm is achieved that rotates 90 degrees towards the side of the door, causing the bolts to enter the floor, acting as a block. This embodiment supposes a clear improvement in the resistance to leverage because the door transmits the force received to the bolts and these directly to the floor, never to the box, which does not receive any damage and the screws are not affected.
Optionally, if spatially feasible, the central control module and the magnetic sensor are integrated in the same box that contains the bolts, activation mechanism (motor) and vibration sensor.
The exposed physical locking system, even with emergency means of manual opening and the alert means already exposed (SMS, etc.), has been designed to be linked and managed through an application (APP) that connects with the equipment either wirelessly, or wired, directly (locally) via Bluetooth and GSM and remotely (external server) via Wi-Fi, GPRS and LAN, suitable for Android and IOS systems in Smartphone and Smartwatches mobile devices, implementing physical devices linked to the opening and access control of the door, which are integrated into the central control module, and incorporating, either in the central control module, either in the box or simultaneously in both, a device optional security for opening the door in case of failure of the wireless system, keeping said box its original content, i.e. the bolts, the vibration sensor, the magnetic sensor, the limit switch and the lever that allows the upward movement of the bolts to be activated manually to open the door from inside the dwelling. This optional security device for opening the door in the event of a failure of the wireless system incorporated in the central control module is specified in a main electronic board and management elements.
This interactive system encompasses both means for controlling access to the dwelling and means for connecting a plurality of peripheral elements, among others, sensors, detectors and alarm signals.
The means of access control are devices that act as switches that activate and deactivate the equipment connected to the main electronic board housed in the central control module that governs the operation of the system.
Both the access control means and the peripheral elements are externally accessible and duly related to the corresponding electronics, interacting with the tenant in different ways according to their corresponding technical characteristics
Some are located in areas designed and suitable to accommodate, for example, these technical characteristics, the environment of the dwelling or the tenant's criteria.
Others are linked to a device carried by the tenant and that controls access to the dwelling through wireless communication technologies such as Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS, WIFI and RF (radio frequency), sending an input to which the main electronic board of the module responds. central control. It is understood that these wireless means also constitute a support device in case of failure or violation of the aforementioned external devices.
Access control devices include, among others, the following:
The means for connecting peripheral elements allow various auxiliary safety devices to be powered from the same system that regulates the interactive closure, i.e. from the central control module and through the corresponding settings, which are connected in accordance with the needs of each dwelling.
These auxiliary safety devices include, among others, the following:
Both the access control devices and the auxiliary security devices are integrated into the interactive system that is claimed according to the requirements of each installation and the security needs that must be covered, choosing, in each group, one or the other without limitation of their number and in the right combinations.
For a better understanding of what is described in this report, some drawings are attached, which should be analyzed and considered solely as an example and without any limiting or restrictive character.
These figures explicitly detail the security system for dwellings doors that is claimed in this application.
Both figures show an example an embodiment of the system, in which the floor (A), the door (B), its frame (D) and the electrical switchboard (C) of the dwelling. participate, although they are not claimed
In the rear part of the door (B), at a point close to its lower part, there is a box (2) inside which are housed some bolts (3), some main and secondary motors (7) and at least one vibration sensor (6), the box being connected by wiring (not drawn in these figures) with a central control module (1) containing electrical and electronic elements, this central control module (1) being located in an area close to the electrical switchboard (C) of the dwelling. In at least one point of the frame (D) and the door (B) a magnetic sensor is located, which consists of two pieces located in parallel and close to contact each other, a piece (5B) anchored in the frame (D) and the other (5A) on the door (B). In the floor (A) of the dwelling, in coincidence with the position of the bolts (3) housed in the box (2), two cavities (4) are made, suitable for housing the lower part of said bolts (3) when the door it is closed, as detailed in
Based on these figures, the system operation is simple. When an intruder tries to force the door, he must necessarily come into physical contact with it, forcing the lock, prying etc. In any case, the vibration sensor (6) is activated, which is inside the box (2) close to the bolts (3), both anchored in the same support, with the bolts (3) in the locked position, i.e. inserted in the corresponding cavities (4) existing in the floor (A). If the forcing persists and the door lock is violated, the bolts (3) allow the door to move only between 5 mm to 15 mm, a very short distance with which the bolts (3) continue to have the door blocked. In this way, when the intruder acts on the door, the vibration sensor or sensors (6) are activated, connected to the central control module (1), which activates a first burst of alarms.
If the intruder manages to break the bolts (3), the door opens and consequently the magnetic sensor, connected to the central control module (1), is activated by separating its two parts (5B) and (5A) installed in the frame (D) and on the same door (B) and the system responds by activating new bursts of sound and/or optical alarms installed, simultaneously sending an alert via SMS to the programmed telephone number of the tenant of the dwelling, who has the option of activating the system audio and speak directly to the intruder.
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The damping means is present either in the bolts (3), or in the box (2) or in both simultaneously in the embodiments described.
As described in these figures, it is evident that the box and consequently the bolts are located in different positions with respect to the door to adapt to different installation needs.
In these figures, the box (2) is linked to the central control module (1) by physical or, especially, wireless means, as shown in the following figures.
Based on what has been described, the advantages of this security system for dwellings doors are obvious
This system has been developed to be installed on doors with a cylinder lock with a traditional key, not to replace it but to prevent, or at least delay, the opening of the door thanks to the bolts activated by electronic means and the corresponding alarm system.
The alarm that is activated by the sensors is wired so it is immune to possible frequency inhibitors. As for the GSM signal that intervenes in the SMS notice received on the mobile phone, the claimed system is capable of incorporating means to detect if there is a frequency jammer nearby, in this case being able to activate one of the warning means already described, be it an audible or visual alarm, etc.
On the other hand, the hardened steel bolts or the double bolt with crazy rotation inside, being a physical body, can be cut with an electric tool, for example a radial grinder, but access to them must necessarily be below the door, with a reduced space of 3 mm which makes it very complicated.
The manual activation of the bolts by means of the external lever of the box ensures that people who could be inside the dwelling in the event of a total failure of the electronic system can leave it, being therefore a fundamental security element.
The hardened steel bolt or bolts, solid or hollow, may have any regular or irregular geometric shape, and obviously the cavities made in the floor will have sufficient shape and depth to house the corresponding bolt. The shape of the bolt and the cavity do not necessarily have to coincide, as long as the cavity is sufficiently dimensioned to accommodate such a bolt.
The shape of the bolt and the cavities do not affect their functionality in any way.
When the bolt is hollow, whatever its shape, the inside bolt with crazy rotation is cylindrical.
Alternatively, these bolts can also be integrated inside the door.
Optical or sound alarms are likely to respond to a smoke detector.
In short, many of the actions that occur-vibration sensor activation, audible and visual alarms, etc.—happen without necessarily the door having been breached even when the lock is forced, because the bolts continue to be a physical obstacle that blocks the opening of the door and when trying to breach them, the slightest vibration or blow will trigger the sensor or sensors of vibration. For its part, the magnetic sensor jumps when the door is opened. Because the reality is that any door can be breached simply because, as has already been mentioned, the locks are anchored and secured by low-resistance screw elements and are breached with skillful techniques, all silent. Even if it is armored and with a very complex and perfected lock, using skill techniques to force the lock or bowler or more forceful to act against the partition wall, also vulnerable. It is about having to spend as much time as possible in which the door is violated.
The claimed system can also be violated, but it forces the intruder to spend a long time on the landing of the stair, with the risk of being seen or heard by the neighbours, and if he wants to break the bolts, he needs to use electric tools that reach at least 90 decibels, which means that the noise multiplies exponentially when being on a landing of the stairs, i.e. a closed place, a fact that contradicts what the intruder usually does, enter and exit quickly and silently. Obviously, the system is functional against any attempt to force the door, whether the dwelling is empty or if it is occupied, for example at night.
The claimed system is compatible with other security elements, for example, infrared detectors, cameras, barriers, etc. to cover the dwelling if it has more accesses to it or even if it has a connection service to an alarm receiving center (ARC). It can also be incorporated as one more component to an installation that is already made in the dwelling, for example, if this installation has a switchboard, it can be connected electronically so that it works as one more peripheral, being able to send alerts instead of to the tenant, to said central and that it acts according to the protocol that it has established. Or if there is already an audible alarm, do not install another. It is about not duplicating features of the new system and another that was already installed or that is installed at another time.
The fundamental objective of the new security system for dwellings doors that is claimed is, as has been explained, to provide greater resistance to the door, considerably complicating its physical force and forcing the intruder to spend more time and to do it with more noise.
However, the dwellings have more doors and/or windows that are also access routes for intruders, for example in interior to yards, terraces and balconies. These accesses may have protection bars that are vulnerable to mechanical tools such as picks or shears.
Given the nature of these exterior doors, the security system that is presented is modified in some of its characteristics since it would be easy to cut the wiring or lift the bolts by means of manual actuation with a lever in the box. For this reason, a second model of the system is proposed, in which the installation lacks screws and the box lacks a lever for manual opening, being totally watertight as it is welded and includes a rechargeable power battery through a connector that will be connected to carry out the charge of said battery and will be disconnected once the charge has been made. In the event of a breakdown, the technical staff must use electrical machinery.
Obviously, this second version of the system carries some risk of being blocked and requires more technical intervention to open it, but as it is a secondary access to the dwelling, the tenant continues to use the main access, while the possible intruder, even if he forces the bowler, you will find a physically strong and strong system.
This interactive security and locking system implement a plurality of means, both physical and wireless, to enable not only the opening of the door but also peripheral elements of dwelling security.
The bolt can adopt other conformations that fulfill the same function, i.e. that have mobility in response to the activation of the motors and that either inserted into the cavities made in the floor or remain a few millimeters from the door, in its inner part, so that in any case they act as effective means of blocking.
In the embodiment in which the box with the bolt system is embedded in a housing previously made in the door, it is obvious that this technical solution requires a commercial relationship with door manufacturers since it must be manufactured with such a housing provided with a cover.
With the different arrangements of the bolt system described, it is achieved that the attempt to force the door implies the use of unusual tools, for example machinery emitting more than 90 dB, and requires a long time, facts that tend to make the intruder give up.
At the same time, said system requires that the user, tenant of the dwelling, have the maximum guarantees to access their home, and that is why the wide variety of means detailed in this invention is required. Obviously not all the means that are contemplated must be present together in the interactive system that is claimed. Depending on each door, the demand for the level of security required and especially the need and/or capacity of each tenant, the choice of one or another means or the implementation of several of them. This assumption derives, for example, from the fact that not all people have a Smartphone or do not trust non-tangible means of opening.
In any case, each and every one of the aforementioned means, alone or in combination with each other, allow access to the dwelling, controlling the movement of the bolts in an upward direction—the door opens—or downward—the door remains closed and locked, ensuring the maximum inviolability of the dwelling and at the same time guaranteeing its opening by its tenant.
From what is described in these pages, it is evident that the tenant always has an operational resource that allows the door to be opened in the event of failure or violation of the installed means of physical access, for example failure of fingerprint recognition or alphanumeric keyboard, having various support technologies such as Bluetooth, SMS, etc. Likewise, as an optional opening device, the tenant can have a secondary electronic board located in the box attached to the door or in the central control module, if he chooses to install it.
The interactive system, as a self-contained system, is capable to have a connection service to an alarm reception center (ARC), so that the various sensors it incorporates send and contact the aforementioned ARC, which activates the corresponding protocols. In a second embodiment, the interactive system acts as a peripheral element of an alarm center, i.e. a local electronic switchboard installed in the dwelling, limiting its electronic content and therefore reducing its functions.
It is not considered necessary to make this description more extensive, so that any person skilled in the art understands the scope of the invention and the advantages derived from it. The materials, shape, size, position, direction and angle will be subject to variation as long as this does not imply an alteration in the essence of the invention. The terms in which this report has been written must always be taken in a broad and non-limiting sense.
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U202030468 | Mar 2020 | ES | national |
U202130497 | Mar 2021 | ES | national |
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PCT/ES2021/000011 | 3/12/2021 | WO |