FR3059131A1 - SHORT-CIRCUIT DEVICE FOR SECURE SYSTEM - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a secure system for storing and / or transporting values comprising at least: an enclosure provided with at least one internal storage area arranged to receive a cassette containing the values to be protected; less a neutralization product, said secure system being characterized in that it comprises at least one short-circuit device disposed between the reservoir and the storage area and configured to allow the transport of the neutralization product towards the interior of the device. said cassette only when it is disposed in the storage area.

Description

Technical area

The present invention relates to the general field of the protection of valuables by spraying objects with at least one agent making it possible to delay access to said valuables and / or causing their neutralization and / or alteration, or even their destruction, in the event of theft or attempted theft of the latter. More specifically, it relates to a secure system used to store and / or transport said valuables.

The invention finds a preferred but not limiting application in the protection of fiduciary values of the bank note type.

Prior art

In the field of background transport and / or storage, a number of devices are known which are capable of destroying or neutralizing all or part of the securities or valuables contained in a secure transport system in the event of a breach of said system or attempt secure break and enter.

In the specific context of the distribution cycle of fiduciary securities, these secure systems are advantageously of the suitcase type and allow the transport of fiduciary securities, such as those collected in stores and packaged in sealed bags. These suitcases are in particular secured by detection means associated with protection devices by neutralization of the funds by a degrading smearing agent, staining the values in an indelible manner.

There are also machines allowing the distribution and / or the collection of fiduciary values, which are provided with removable storage units, called

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- 2 cassettes, allowing, if necessary, further processing of the fiduciary values collected.

The models of cassettes conventionally distributed are not intended to be equipped with protection devices by neutralization of the bottoms. The space available inside said cassettes only makes it possible to install members making it possible to spread the degrading or smearing agent such as, for example, spray bars. These cassettes including such a device therefore need additional equipment to guarantee perfect protection of the securities, in the event of a break-in or attempted break-in. Said additional equipment in particular consists of a reservoir, a system for releasing the degrading agent, and an interface for connecting and supplying the device which spreads the degrading agent. This supplement can be installed permanently in machines enabling the distribution and / or collection of fiduciary securities.

In addition, these cassettes can also be carried in suitcases. These suitcases can either be secure and provided with the above-mentioned additional equipment, or non-secure and provided only with equipment dedicated to the transport of bags and therefore unsuitable for protecting said cassettes.

Statement of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a secure system provided with an enclosure, making it possible to store and transport, in a secure manner, valuables, such as preferably fiduciary securities, stored either directly inside the enclosure, either in cassettes intended to be themselves placed inside said enclosure, the latter being equipped with a single device for releasing at least one agent making it possible to delay access to said valuables and / or resulting in their neutralization and / or alteration, or even their

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- 3 destruction, in the event of theft or attempted theft of the latter, said release device remaining operational regardless of the storage mode of the fiduciary securities mentioned above.

In accordance with the invention, a secure system is therefore proposed for the storage and / or transport of valuables comprising at least:

- an enclosure provided with at least one internal storage area arranged to receive a cassette containing the values to be protected,

- a tank containing at least one neutralization product, said secure system being remarkable in that it comprises at least one short-circuit device disposed between the tank and the storage area and configured to allow the transport of the neutralization product towards the inside of said cassette only when it is placed in the storage area.

The short-circuit device preferably comprises at least:

a nozzle arranged to cooperate with a wall of the cassette so as to allow, when the latter is put in place in the storage area, the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir inside said cassette, and

- A slide associated with said nozzle and capable of sliding, on the side opposite to said nozzle, along its longitudinal axis, in a sealed manner, inside a body between a retracted position in which the neutralization product from the tank passes through the associated nozzle, and a deployed position in which the neutralization product from the tank does not pass into the slide.

Advantageously, said slide is a tube

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- 4 hollow closed on the side opposite to said nozzle and comprising at least one transverse orifice extending substantially perpendicular to its longitudinal axis and relating the interior of said slide and the exterior of the latter, so as to allow the passage of '' a neutralization product from the outside of the slide to the nozzle.

Said body comprises a hollow central zone capable of receiving said slide and closed off on the side opposite the latter, and at least one first transverse orifice and extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body in order to relate the hollow central zone and the exterior of said body, so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product originating from the exterior of the body in its hollow central zone, said first orifice being connected to the reservoir.

Thus, according to a preferred embodiment, in the retracted position, the slider is arranged so that its transverse orifice is located in line with the first orifice of the body, so as to allow the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir only of said first orifice towards said transverse orifice, and, in the deployed position, the slide is arranged so that it obstructs the first orifice of the body, so as not to allow the neutralization product coming from the reservoir to pass through said first orifice.

According to an alternative embodiment, the enclosure is provided with at least one internal storage area arranged to receive the values to be protected or a cassette containing the values to be protected, the secure system furthermore comprises at least one device for neutralizing said values capable of activating, in the event of a break-in or attempted break-in of said secure system, the triggering of a device for releasing said neutralization product in the area of

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- 5 storage, and spraying means associated with said release device connected to said tank and capable of projecting said neutralization product, and the short-circuit device is disposed between the tank and the spraying means and configured to allow routing of the neutralization product either towards said spraying means when the values are directly stored in the storage area, or towards the interior of the cassette when it is placed in the storage area.

The short-circuit device then preferably comprises at least:

a nozzle arranged to cooperate with a wall of the cassette so as to allow, when the latter is put in place in the storage area, the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir inside said cassette, and

- A slide associated with said nozzle and capable of sliding, on the side opposite to said nozzle, along its longitudinal axis, in a sealed manner, inside a body between a retracted position in which the neutralization product from the tank passes through the associated nozzle, and a deployed position in which the neutralization product from the tank passes through the spraying means.

Advantageously, said slide is a hollow tube closed on the side opposite to said nozzle and comprising at least one transverse orifice extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and relating the interior of said slide to the exterior of the latter. , so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product from the outside of the slide to the nozzle.

Said body preferably comprises an area

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- 6 hollow central unit capable of receiving said slide and closed on the side opposite the latter, and at least a first orifice and a second orifice, said orifices being transverse and extending parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body in order to relate the hollow central zone to the exterior of said body, so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product originating from outside the body into its hollow central zone, each first orifice being connected to the reservoir and each second orifice of the body being connected to the spraying means.

Thus, according to a preferred embodiment, in the retracted position the slider is arranged so that its transverse orifice is located in line with the first orifice of the body, so as to allow the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir only of said first orifice towards said transverse orifice, and in that in the deployed position the slider is arranged so that it does not obstruct any of the first and second orifices of the body, so as to allow the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir only from said first port to said second port.

Said short-circuit device advantageously comprises return means bringing the slide back into its deployed position.

According to a preferred embodiment, these return means are a helical compression spring disposed between the body and the slide.

Brief description of the figures

Other advantages and characteristics will emerge more clearly from the description which follows of an embodiment of a secure system according to the invention with reference to the appended figures in which:

- Figure 1 is a partial exterior view in

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- 7 perspective of a secure enclosure according to the invention provided with a short-circuit device;

- Figure 2 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the enclosure of Figure 1 along the line II-II 'of Figure 1;

- Figure 3 is a detail view of Figure 2 on which appears the connecting pipes;

- Figure 4 is a partial detail view in section of the enclosure of Figure 1 in which the short-circuit device is in its retracted position;

- Figure 5 is a partial detail view in section of the enclosure of Figure 1 in which the short-circuit device is in its deployed position.

Best way to realize the technical invention

In the present description, a secure system will be described comprising at least one suitcase-type enclosure,

but it goes without saying that this pregnant may be of one all Another type Phone by example, a safe, a distributor of tickets or again a compartment of a

armored vehicle.

Thus, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, the invention relates to a secure system 1 for transporting and / or storing securities and / or objects of fiduciary values.

Said secure system 1 comprises an enclosure 2 of generally parallelepiped shape and comprising a lower face 3 and an upper face 4 generally parallel to each other and connected by a peripheral face formed by two lateral faces 5 and two longitudinal 6. Said enclosure 2 further comprises at least one internal storage area 7 and an opening 8 arranged, in a conventional manner, on its upper face 4 giving access to the storage area 7 for placing the fiduciary values to be protected therein, said opening 8 being usually closed, after switching on

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- 8 places tickets, by a removable or hinged cover, not shown. Conventionally, the dimensions (width and length) of the opening 8 are smaller than those of the upper face 4 of said enclosure 2.

Said enclosure 2 is advantageously rigid, but may also be flexible, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, said enclosure 2 of the secure system 1 advantageously contains at least:

a reservoir, not shown in the figures, containing at least one neutralizing and / or degrading neutralization product,

- a neutralization device, not shown in the figures, of the values contained in said storage area 7 which can activate, if necessary, the triggering of a release device, not shown in the figures, in the storage area 7 of said product neutralization,

- sprinkling means 9 associated with said release device, arranged along at least one of the lateral 5 or longitudinal 6 sides of the enclosure 2, connected to said reservoir and capable of projecting said neutralization product onto the fiduciary values.

It is clear that the tank and the neutralization device can also be arranged outside of said enclosure 2.

The spraying means 9 conventionally comprise at least one generally hollow tubular spray boom 10 provided with a series of orifices 11 connecting the interior of the spray ramp 10 with the storage area 7.

In the embodiment described, the enclosure 2 comprises two spray bars 10 parallel to each other and arranged along each of the side faces 5 of

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Enclosure 2.

Thus with such a configuration, in the event of a break-in or attempted break-in of the secure system 1, the neutralization device activates the triggering of the release device and the neutralization product is projected onto the values by the spraying means 9, in order to render said values unusable.

However, it is understood that this configuration is particularly effective against break-in or attempted break-in of the secure system 1 when the fiduciary values to be protected are placed directly in the storage area 7 of the enclosure 2.

On the other hand, when said values are contained in at least one closed cassette which will itself be placed in the storage area 7 of the enclosure 2, it is clear that the neutralization product will then be projected onto the cassette and not onto the values contained in the latter.

The present invention therefore aims to a short-circuit device 20, by-pass in English, guaranteeing the neutralization of the values, in the event of break-in or attempted break-in of the secure system 1, whatever their storage mode in the storage area 7 of the enclosure 2, that is to say with or without a cassette arranged inside said storage area 7. Said short-circuit device 20 is disposed between the tank and the spraying means 5 and configured to allow, consequently, the routing of the neutralization product either to said spraying means 9 when the values are directly stored in the storage area 7, or towards the interior of a cassette arranged in the area storage 7 when the values are previously stored in said cassette.

For this, said short-circuit device 20 comprises at least one nozzle 21 associated with a sliding slider 22, on the side opposite to said nozzle 21, along its

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- longitudinalο longitudinal axis 23, in a sealed manner, inside a body 24 secured inside the enclosure 2, advantageously in the storage area 7.

Said slide 22 is a hollow tube closed on the side opposite to said nozzle 21 and comprising at least one transverse orifice 25 extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 23 and relating the inside of said slide 22 and the outside of this the latter, so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product coming from the outside of the slide 22 to the nozzle 21 for the projection of said neutralization product.

Said body 24 comprises a hollow central zone 26 capable of receiving said slide 22 and closed off on the side opposite the latter. Said body 24 further comprises at least a first orifice 27 and a second orifice 28, said orifices 27, 28 being transverse and extending parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body 24 so as to relate the area hollow central 26 and the outside of said body 24, so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product coming from outside the body 24 in its hollow central zone 26.

In the preferred embodiment described, the short-circuit device 20 comprises two nozzle 21 - slide 22 - body 24 assemblies identical to that previously described and arranged in parallel with one another.

Referring to Figure 3, each first port 27 of the body 24 is connected to the reservoir containing the neutralization product disposed in the secure system 1 by a pipe 29 and each second port 28 of the body 24 is connected to the spray means 9 of the secure system 1 by a hose 31.

The slide 22 is capable of sliding, in a sealed manner, inside the hollow central zone 26 of the body 24 between a retracted position and a position

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With reference to FIG. 4, when the slide 22 is in the retracted position, its transverse orifice 25 is located in line with the first orifice 27 of the body 24 to allow the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir only from said first orifice 27 towards the transverse orifice 25 of the slide 22 and therefore towards the associated nozzle 21, in accordance with the arrows shown in FIG. 4.

With reference to FIG. 5, when the slide 22 is in the deployed position, it does not obstruct any of the first and second orifices 27, 28 of the body 24, so as to allow the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir only from the first orifice 27 towards said second orifice 28 and the spraying means 9 to which it is connected, in accordance with the arrows shown in FIG. 5.

Said short-circuit device 20 further comprises return means 32 returning the slider 22 to its deployed position. These return means 32 are preferably a helical compression spring disposed inside the hollow central zone 26 of the body 24 between the closed end of the latter and the slide 22.

Each nozzle 21 is arranged to cooperate with a wall, preferably the bottom wall 33, of the cassette containing the fiduciary values to be protected so as to allow, under conditions, the passage through each nozzle 21 of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir to the interior of said cassette.

Thus, in accordance with FIG. 5, when the fiduciary securities to be protected are directly disposed in the storage area 7 of the enclosure 2, no pressure

OBCAD1-FR-17_TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / AG is exerted on the nozzle 21 - slide 22 assembly, which therefore remains in the deployed position under the action of the return means 32. In this situation, in the event of a break-in or attempted d 'break-in, the neutralization device activates the triggering of the release device and the neutralization product passes through the first and second orifices 27, 28 of the body 24 then is led to the spraying means 9 thanks to the pipe 31 in order to '' be projected onto fiduciary values, in order to make them unusable.

Similarly, in accordance with FIG. 4, when the fiduciary values to be protected are previously placed in a cassette, when the cassette is placed in a dedicated housing in the storage area 7 of the enclosure 2, a pressure of the bottom wall 33 of the cassette then cooperates with the nozzle 21, exerts pressure on the nozzle 21 - slide 22 assembly and moves it to its retracted position. In this situation, in the event of a break-in or attempted break-in, the neutralization device activates the release of the release device and the neutralization product passes through the first orifice 27 of the body 24, of the transverse orifice 25 of the slide. then is led to the interior of the cassette by means of the nozzle 21 in order to be projected onto the fiduciary values contained in said cassette, in order to render them unusable.

For this, the bottom wall 33 is preferably provided with an orifice 34 passing through it right through and dimensioned to allow the nozzle 21 to penetrate, sealingly, inside the cassette in order to directly project the neutralization product or come and connect to specific spraying means for the cassette. The slide 22 advantageously comprises a collar 35 (see FIG. 5) acting as a stop in order to limit the movement of said slide 22 but also the penetration of the nozzle 21

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- 13 in the cassette.

With a short-circuit device 20 thus configured, it is clear that the secure system 1, which comprises only one neutralization device, guarantees the protection of the fiduciary values it contains, whatever their storage mode.

Description of other embodiments

According to an extreme variant of embodiment not shown in the figures, the secure system only comprises at least one enclosure provided with at least one internal storage area capable of receiving only a cassette containing the values to be protected, a reservoir containing at least a neutralization product, and at least one short-circuit device disposed between the reservoir and the storage area and configured to allow the neutralization product to be conveyed towards the interior of said cassette only when it is placed in the area storage.

Said short-circuit device is then similar to the short-circuit device 20 previously described. Thus, it includes a nozzle arranged to cooperate with a wall of the cassette so as to allow, when the latter is put in place in the storage area, the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir inside said cassette, and a slide associated with said nozzle and capable of sliding, on the side opposite to said nozzle, along its longitudinal axis, in a sealed manner, inside a body between a retracted position and a deployed position.

Said slide is a hollow tube closed on the side opposite to said nozzle and comprising at least one transverse orifice extending substantially perpendicular to its longitudinal axis and relating the inside of said slide and the outside of the latter, so as to allow

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- 14 the passage of a neutralization product from the outside of the slide to the nozzle.

Likewise, said body comprises a hollow central zone capable of receiving said slide and closed off on the side opposite the latter.

However, the short-circuit device differs from the short-circuit device 20 in that it only comprises a first transverse orifice and extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body in order to relate the central area hollow and the outside of said body, so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product coming from outside the body in its hollow central zone, said first orifice being connected to the reservoir.

Thus configured, the slide is such that, in the retracted position, it is arranged so that its transverse orifice is located in line with the first orifice of the body, so as to allow the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir only of said first orifice towards said transverse orifice then through the associated nozzle, and, in the deployed position, it is arranged so that it obstructs the first orifice of the body, so as not to allow the passage of the product from neutralization from the reservoir through said first orifice.

Finally, it is well understood that, whatever the variant embodiment of the secure system, the short-circuit device according to the invention may be of any other type such as, for example, a valve piloted with cassette recognition via a detector. , a tilting pallet closing or releasing the suitable spray duct, or a detector allowing the correct position of the valve plug. However, all these different types, which are certainly effective, have in particular the disadvantage of being more difficult to implement.

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- 15 Possibility of industrial application

The secure system 1 according to the invention applies more particularly to the storage and / or transport of fiduciary values such as, for example, banknotes, but it can also be used for the protection of valuables or else sensitive electronic equipment.

Finally, it goes without saying that the examples of secure system 1 in accordance with the invention which have just been described are only particular illustrations, in no way limiting of the invention.

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Claims (3)

1 - Secure system for the storage and / or transport of valuables comprising at least: - an enclosure provided with at least one internal storage area arranged to receive a cassette containing the values to be protected, - a tank containing at least one neutralization product, said secure system being characterized in that it comprises at least one short-circuit device disposed between the tank and the storage area and configured to allow the transport of the neutralization product towards the inside of said cassette only when it is placed in the storage area (7). 2 - Secure system according to claim 1, characterized in that the short-circuit device comprises at least: a nozzle arranged to cooperate with a wall of the cassette so as to allow, when the latter is put in place in the storage area, the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir inside said cassette, and - A slide associated with said nozzle and capable of sliding, on the side opposite to said nozzle, along its longitudinal axis, in a sealed manner, inside a body between a retracted position in which the neutralization product from the tank passes through the associated nozzle, and a deployed position in which the neutralization product from the tank does not pass into the slide. OBCAD1-FR-17_TEXT DEPOSE_RG / AG - 17 3 - Secure system according to claim 2, characterized in that said slide is a hollow tube closed on the side opposite to said nozzle and comprising at least one transverse orifice extending substantially perpendicular to its longitudinal axis and relating the inside said slide and outside of the latter, so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product coming from the outside of the slide to the nozzle. 4 - secure system according to claim 3, characterized in that said body comprises a hollow central zone capable of receiving said slide and closed on the side opposite the latter, and at least a first transverse orifice and extending substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the body so as to relate the hollow central zone to the exterior of said body, so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product originating from outside the body into its hollow central zone, said first orifice being connected to the tank. 5 - Secure system according to claim 4, characterized in that in the retracted position the slider is arranged so that its transverse orifice is located at the right of the first orifice of the body, so as to allow the passage of the neutralization product from from the reservoir only from said first orifice to said transverse orifice, and in that in the deployed position the slide is arranged so that it obstructs the first orifice of the body, so as not to allow the passage of the neutralization product originating of the reservoir through said first orifice. OBCAD1-FR-17_TEXT DEPOSE_RG / AG - 18 6 - Secure system (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the enclosure (2) is provided with at least one internal storage area (7) arranged to receive the values to be protected or a cassette containing the values to be protected, and in that it comprises a device for neutralizing said values which can activate, in the event of break-in or attempted break-in of said secure system (1), the triggering of a device for releasing said neutralization product in the storage area (7), and spraying means (9) associated with said release device connected to said tank and capable of projecting said neutralization product, and in that the short-circuit device (20) is arranged between the reservoir and the spraying means (9) and configured to allow the neutralization product to be conveyed either to said spraying means (9) when the values are directly stored in the storage area (7), or to the i inside the cassette when it is placed in the storage area (7). 7 - Secure system (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the short-circuit device (20) comprises at least: - A nozzle (21) arranged to cooperate with a wall (33) of the cassette so as to allow, when the latter is put in place in the storage area (7), the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir to the inside said cassette, and - A slide (22) associated with said nozzle (21) and capable of sliding, on the side opposite to said nozzle (21), along its longitudinal axis (23), in a sealed manner, inside a body (24) between a retracted position in which the neutralization product coming from the reservoir passes through the associated nozzle (21), and a deployed position OBCAD1-FR-17_TEXT DEPOSE_RG / AG - 19 in which the neutralization product from the tank passes through the spraying means (9). 8 - Secure system (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that said slide (22) is a hollow tube closed on the side opposite to said nozzle (21) and comprising at least one transverse orifice (25) extending substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis (23) and relating the interior of said slide (22) to the exterior of the latter, so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product originating from the exterior of the slide (22) to the nozzle (21). 9 - Secure system (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that said body (24) comprises a hollow central zone (26) capable of receiving said slide (22) and closed on the side opposite the latter, and at least one first orifice (27) and a second orifice (28), said orifices (27, 28) being transverse and extending parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body (24) in order to relate the central area hollow (26) and the exterior of said body (24), so as to allow the passage of a neutralization product originating from the exterior of the body (24) in its hollow central zone (26), each first orifice (27 ) being connected to the reservoir and each second orifice (28) of the body (24) being connected to the spraying means (9). 10 - Secure system (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that in the retracted position the slide (22) is arranged so that its transverse orifice (25) is located in line with the first orifice (27) of the body (24), so as to allow the passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir only of said OBCAD1-FR-17_TEXT DEPOSE_RG / AG - 20 first opening (27) towards said transverse opening (25), and in that in the deployed position the slide (22) is arranged so that it does not obstruct any of the first and second openings (27,28 ) of the body (24), so as to allow the 5 passage of the neutralization product coming from the reservoir only from said first orifice (27) to said second orifice (28). 11 - Secure system (1) according to any one of 10 claims 2 to 5 or 7 to 10, characterized in that said short-circuit device (20) comprises return means (32) returning the slide (22) to its deployed position. 15 12 - Secure system (1) according to claim 11, characterized in that these return means (32) are a helical compression spring disposed between the body (24) and the slide (22). 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