109results about "Bank protection device" patented technology

In an aircraft cabin floor adjacent to the cockpit, a trap door opens downwardly into a security cell, to trap a terrorist trying to enter the cockpit. Two walls with lockable airtight doors bound a safety buffer cabin between the cockpit and the passenger cabin. Sensors like seat occupancy sensors, motion detectors, video cameras and microphones provide data regarding the location, movement and activities of passengers to a system that evaluates the data to recognize unusual data situations indicating one or more escalation levels of suspicious or aggressive actions by passengers. Alarm signals and terrorist countermeasure devices such as fogging or tranquilizer gas generators, noise generators, high intensity blinding / glaring lights, a cabin lighting master shut-off, window darkening devices, and tranquilizer dart guns are actuated automatically by the evaluation system, or manually by a cockpit input device or a portable signaling device carried by a flight attendant.

The security portal (10) is dimensioned to be readily mounted and transported on a trailer (54) alone as a single security portal (10) or with a plurality of security portals to provide screening for a short term, high security event. The portal (10) includes bullet-resistant, bomb-blast proof and at least partially transparent walls (12, 14, 16, 18) and doors (22, 24, 26). Monitors (32, 34) are secured to the portal (10) for monitoring an individual within an interior (30) of the portal (10) for detecting weapons, bio-hazards, chemical toxins, illegal drugs, contraband, or other hazardous materials. The security portal also includes a security monitoring station (36) adjacent the security access door (26) and a bomb-blast enclosure (66) having a flap (68) and bomb-blast containment balloon (70) for containing hazardous materials in the event of a bomb-blast within the portal (10).

A revolving door system includes a frame having first and second, opposing enclosure walls and a ceiling structure; a revolving door including central shaft with an axis and a plurality of panels hingedly connected together to the central shaft for rotation together about the axis; an access control system for signaling authorization to a control system upon provision of proper access data by a user; a detection system for detecting the presence of objects in specified zones proximal to at least one of the panels and including at least one fixed sensor mounted to the frame and at least one ride-along sensor mounted to the at least one the panels; motive means for rotating the door about the axis and, a control system connected with the detection system, access control system and motive means and operable to control rotation of the door about the axis in response to data from the detection system and the access control system.

A secured checking cabin for checking people entering closed public regions has an entrance passage between two armored walls defining a gap dimensioned to prevent more than a single person at a time to walk between the walls side by side. At least one armored capturing unit coupled to the entrance passage admits a person coming from the entrance passage, and is in communication with a closed public space. An entrance mechanism allows the entrance of one person at a time to the entrance passage, and a no-return mechanism prevents him from returning therethrough. An exit mechanism releases a person from the capturing unit to the closed public space, and a locking mechanism locks both the entrance and exit mechanisms upon demand. At least one detector is located in the entrance passage or in the capturing unit for detecting a material suggestive of a potential danger.

A method and a facility for the protection of a crowd from terrorists by screening each individual in search of concealed prohibited articles possibly carried by one of the individuals in the crowd. Each individual is monitored by sensors controlled by a monitoring unit while passing in single line queue over a fenced walkway and through a confinement structure containing a one-way passage control device. When a prohibited object is detected, response is provided and the passage control device is locked to detain the suspect individual in the confinement structure interior. The confinement structure is configured to deflect the blast created by an explosion initiated therein, and to prevent harm to the individuals residing on the fenced walkway.

A receiving apparatus receives a broadcast program in a manner convenient for users depending on the content of the broadcast program. A tuner selects a broadcast program that matches the preference of users of respective rooms in a building in which the receiving apparatus is installed on the basis of preference information stored in a memory. Sensors disposed in the respective rooms detect whether the users are present in the respective rooms. A controller controls selectors so as to select displays and speakers located in rooms in which users are present so that the users in the respective rooms can view and / or listen to the program. The receiving apparatus may be applied to a television set or the like.

A controlled gate system for use in a restricted passage having an entry end and an exit end is described. The system comprises a barrier gate secured to a pivotal support assembly at the exit end to permit the barrier gate to pivot from a closed position, obstructing the restricted passage, to an open position, outwardly of the restricted passage to permit entry into an establishment. An electrically actuable brake, arrests the gate at the closed position and it is deactivated by a detector activated by a person at the entry end. An electromagnetic arresting mechanism is provided to disconnect the barrier gate from the electrically actuable brake to permit the barrier gate to swing freely within and out of the passage to provide for evacuation in emergency situations.

A revolving security door includes a drum defining a secure zone between door openings controlled by a revolving door disposed within the drum and wherein light curtain sensors and active infrared sensors may detect an intruder moving from a non-secure side of the doorway to the secure side and detect objects left behind in a secure zone. Methods of operation prevent persons or objects from passing from the non-secure side to the secure side of the doorway.

A protected cabinet for cash or other valuables, designed to protect the cash or valuables from being robbed, the protected cabinet comprising: a housing, for receiving and housing two drawers, having a front opening through which one or both drawers simultaneously may be withdrawn; a first drawer, adapted to be moved into and out of the housing through the front opening, coupled to a front panel, the front panel adapted to substantially cover the front opening of the housing; a second drawer, positioned over the first drawer, adapted to be moved into and out of the housing through the front opening, when engaged to the first drawer, substantially covering the first drawer when engaged to it, preventing view of contents of the first drawer; engagement mechanism for engaging the second drawer to the first drawer, whereby one drawer is regularly used for transactions or presentation of the cash or valuables kept in it, whereas the other drawer is used as an emergency, decoy, drawer, pulled open in emergency instances, such as in a robbery, by operating the engagement mechanism.

A device for detecting humans includes a radio frequency transmitter for generating a signal in a frequency range in which human bodies absorb RF radiation. A radio frequency receiver is spaced relative to the radio frequency transmitter for receiving a portion of the signal. A human passageway is provided between the transmitter and receiver. The receiver includes a detector responsive to a change in the received portion of the signal for determining the passing by of a human. The detector is responsive to an amplitude and / or phase change in the received portion of the signal. A building access security system or people counting system would include a plurality of devices set up in adjacent lanes. The RF detection system may be augmented with the addition of an IR detection beam system, distance sensors and / or a video camera system. The video camera system may include stereo video.

A revolving security door includes a drum defining a secure zone between door openings controlled by a revolving door disposed within the drum and wherein light curtain sensors and active infrared sensors may detect an intruder moving from a non-secure side of the doorway to the secure side and detect objects left behind in a secure zone. Methods of operation prevent persons or objects from passing from the non-secure side to the secure side of the doorway.

A protective device which includes a sealed container which is made from a material which breaks under the effect of a shock wave in excess of a predetermined magnitude and a substance inside the container that gives rise to a bank note traceability factor.

A security revolving door assembly includes a revolving door and a controlling unit. The revolving door has a rotary vertical shaft, a vertical lateral wall extending circumferentially relative to the shaft, and a plurality of door wings extending radially from the shaft. The door wings have distal ends, include first and second door wings, are rotatable along with the shaft, and define with the lateral wall a trap space when the first and second door wings reach respectively first and second positions. The distal ends of the first and second door wings confront the lateral wall when the first and second door wings reach respectively the first and second positions. The controlling unit is operable so as to stop rotation of the door wings as soon as the door wings define the trap space.

Electro-mechanical and electronically controlled access devices are described for controlling access to a building, premises or area in a secure manner such that a subject who is deemed ineligible for access will be barred entry and may be optionally retained. The devices can contain multiple rotatable door panels, which can be positioned behind one another. The door panels can be controlled by mechanized arms or other control devices in order to control the passage through the device. The direction of flow through a device according to these embodiments is electronically controlled and may be changed at any point in time. At any instant in time, the flow through the device is unidirectional. Multiple devices can be stacked together to form clusters, which can be controlled according to traffic, time of day, or other factors.

A security gate for controlling passage of personnel through an accessway to or from a controlled-access region, the security gate including: (a) a first support structure deployed on a first side of the accessway; (b) a second support structure deployed on a second side of the accessway opposite the first support structure; (c) for each of the first and second support structures, a first set of vertically-spaced elongated barrier elements extending from the support structure in a first barrier formation and a second set of vertically-spaced elongated barrier elements extending from the support structure in a second barrier formation; and (d) a mechanical actuator system deployed so as to synchronously move at least the first and second barrier formations of the first and second support structures such that: (i) the first and second barrier formations assume a first state in which the first barrier formations are spaced apart to allow entrance of a person into the gate from an entrance side while the elongated barrier elements of the second barrier formations of the first and second support structures are at least partially interspaced so as to prevent passage of a person from the gate to an exit side, and (ii) the first and second barrier formations assume a second state in which the second barrier formations are spaced apart to allow exit of a person from the gate to an exit side while the elongated barrier elements of the first barrier formations of the first and second support structures are at least partially interspaced so as to prevent entry of a person from the entrance side into the gate.

A primary communication channel for drive-in customers performing financial transactions with bank teller while customers are in their cars from the drive-through lanes. This telecommunication system is a conduit secured line telephone receiver for each separate lane and is interconnected with corresponding headsets. The total design prevents cross-talk, amplified overhead conversations to other customers in their cars or to persons walking perimeter of drive-through banking areas. Each customer is provided with a complete primary communication channel for financial transactions Preventions of customers being identified as potential victims of financial exploitations through car tag associations with amplified conversations. Improved apprehension of person attempting to rob bank from bank teller's transaction window of drive-in area.

A method and a system for monitoring access of a person from an exterior to an interior of a partition via a passage having an openable closed opening, using a detection device and supervision of an operator. A monitoring unit is coupled to both the detection device on the exterior, for handling in manual self-scanning procedure, and an input / output unit on the interior, for use by the operator. The monitored person handles the detection device, which transmits at least a first type handling signal, and at least a second type recognition signal to the monitoring unit. The operator rates the monitored person and transmits a third type rating signal to the monitoring unit, indicating crossing permission or crossing denial. The monitoring unit then derives an access signal from the three types of signals received from at least two sensors, to allow or to deny access via the passage.

A blast resistant window structure capable of withstanding typical car bomb blast pressures of 100 psi or more and of resisting leakage of chemical or biological agents is described, the window structure including a frame hermetically enclosing two glass panels in confronting relationship defining an air gap therebetween, each glass panel having a thin layer of polymer film on each surface thereof, and a pressure relief valve in the frame for releasing air pressure from within the gap in response to blast pressure imposed on an outer surface of one of the panels.

In a register system in which a plurality of register units including a register and a money settlement device is provided, the plurality of register units includes a base unit and a terminal unit. A money settlement device of the base unit includes a money storing unit arranged in a safe, an interior of which only a person having specific authority is allowed to access. In addition, the base unit is configured to perform a replenishing process and a collecting process with respect to the terminal unit.

A driven part can be pivotably mounted to the door frame so that, in a starting position, it engages a driving part fixed to the leaf frame in order to fix the position of the door leaf with respect to the door frame. An electromagnetic brake generates a moment to retain the driven part in the starting position when electrical current is supplied, and allows the driven part to pivot from the starting position when electrical current is not supplied. The driven part is held in the starting position when the driven part returns to the starting position and no moment is generated by the electromagnetic brake.

An anti-theft device includes a sensing device for attaching to an entrance of a house building and for sensing whether the entrance of the house building is pried by an unauthorized person or not, and a counterattacking device for counterattacking the unauthorized person when the unauthorized person breaking the entrance of the house building. One or more containers may receive an attacking agent and a pumping device may pump the attacking agent out of the container via one or more nozzles which may be rotated by a rotating device, an agitating device may agitate the attacking agent received in the container. A receptacle may be attached to the house building for supporting the container.

An improved security checkpoint separates certain individuals into a secure, enclosed wanding station for additional security screening. The wanding station may be constructed using glass (or other strong, visually transparent substance) and metallic (such as aluminum or steel) posts so that people may be securely enclosed in the wanding station but still have a direct line of sight to personal items being screened at another location. The size of the wanding station may vary according to the needs of the checkpoint but preferably has room to screen three people simultaneously. The wanding station may include an entry area in which people form a queue, optimally of six people, for entering the wanding station. Two or more personal and item screening areas may share a wanding station to form a double lane module. The security module is configured so that most people pass straight through the checkpoint, and people leaving the wanding station can easily obtain their items without delaying others. The security module may further include a small item x-ray or other screening device positioned near the wanding station to expedite the screening within the wanding station.

A theft-prevention ink pack device is provided, comprising a support member (70) having support lugs (73a, 74a, 75a, 75b) within a case (130) having ink spouts (66) and knife edges (69), a tray member (80) supported by the lugs (73a, etc.), spaced from the knife edges (69), an ink pack (90) placed on the tray member (80) and having a bag (92) containing ink (91), a pressboard (100) positioned behind the ink pack (90), and conical compression coil springs (120, 121) for pushing the pressboard (100). When the support member (70) is moved as it is pulled, the support provided by the support lugs (73a, etc.) of the tray member (80) is cancelled to cause the tray member (80) to fall down and the ink pack (90) is broken by the knife edges (69) and urged under pressure by the spring forces of the springs (120, 121) via the pressboard (100) to cause the ink to spurt through the ink spouts (66).

A revolving door for placement in a facade of a building to provide an entrance and exit to the building, comprising a rotation axis and door leaves mounted on the rotation axis, placed between cylinder segment-like shell elements, wherein the shell elements comprise at least one movable wall segment. The movable wall segment either blocks or gives way to an area between the entrance and the exit.

A method and a system for monitoring access of a person from an exterior to an interior of a partition via a passage having an openable closed opening, using a detection device and supervision of an operator. A monitoring unit is coupled to both the detection device on the exterior, for handling in manual self-scanning procedure, and an input / output unit on the interior, for use by the operator. The monitored person handles the detection device, which transmits at least a first type handling signal, and at least a second type recognition signal to the monitoring unit. The operator rates the monitored person and transmits a third type rating signal to the monitoring unit, indicating crossing permission or crossing denial. The monitoring unit then derives an access signal from the three types of signals received from at least two sensors to allow or to deny access via the passage.

A multi-hit transparent armor system is described and claimed herein for improving the resistance of transparent armor to incoming projectiles. Typically, the transparent armor is framed within a window opening of a security structure. An exemplary, contemplated structure is an armored combat vehicle. My system includes a sheet of tempered glass that is also positioned within said window, but is deployed outboard of said transparent armor and is also parallel planar thereto. Positioned below said sheet of tempered glass, and coaxial thereto, is an opaque armor panel that is more efficient and effective against multiple projectiles than either the tempered glass or transparent armor alone. The tempered glass sheet and the opaque armor are typically loaded under compression by a spring assembly. An incoming projectile, launched from a position outboard and also remote from said structure, will first strike the tempered glass before hitting my transparent armor. Thereby, the tempered glass sheet will undergo global failure and is effectively removed from the window opening. In turn, the spring assembly translates the opaque armor into the position formerly occupied by the tempered glass sheet. Subsequently arriving projectiles are then defeated by the opaque armor panel.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of automating arrival and departure procedures in an airport, by which the forgery of a passport, the identity of a passport bearer, the arrival or departure permission according to a result of arrival and departure examinations, and the carry-on of prohibited items on the plane are automatically checked. The apparatus for automating arrival and departure procedures according to the present invention includes an exit gate, a departure automation apparatus, and may further include an entrance gate and a scanner. In the apparatus for automating arrival and departure procedures according to the present invention, a departure area entry procedure, a security screening procedure, and a departure examination procedure for departure passengers, which are conventionally performed separately in different areas, may be incorporated in the same area and performed therein.