Electrical locker means

Claim 2

An electrical locker means including a locker structure having a chamber, door means having open and closed positions for controllably enclosing said chamber, and electrically actuated locking means having locked and released positions for locking said door means in its closed position and controllably releasing said door means for placing same in its open position, said locker structure having top and bottom portions and front, rear and side walls, the front wall of said structure including said door means intermediate its top and bottom portions, said door means being hingedly secured with said structure, said locking means including a latch having a first normal position and a second activated position supported by said structure and an electrical latch actuating unit, said latch when in its first position engaging and locking said door means in its closed position while releasing said door means when in its second position, said latch actuating unit upon energization actuating said latch to its second position and when deenergized allowing said latch to assume its first normal position, and including a lock control means for controllably electrically energizing said latch actuating unit for releasing said locking means, said locker structure being provided with a base having a cavity therein at its bottom portion, the latch of said locking means being positioned intermediate the top and bottom portions of said structure and said electrical latch actuating means including a solenoid unit secured with said structure within the cavity of its base, said solenoid unit having an armature which has a first deenergized position and a second energized position, the armature of said solenoid unit when in its second position actuating said latch to itS second releasing position, said lock control means including release means for controllably allowing mechanical actuation of the armature of said solenoid unit from its first position to its second position for releasing said locking means.

Claim 3

The electrical locker means of claim 1 in which the base of said locker structure is provided with an opening in its front communicating with its cavity positioned proximate to the armature of said solenoid, and said lock control means includes an movable element having a first locked position enclosing the opening of said base and a second open position allowing the receipt of a tool through the opening from outside of said structure for mechanically actuating the armature of said solenoid unit from its first position to its second position for releasing said locker means.

Claim 4

The electrical locker means of claim 2 in which said locking means includes a vertically extending and movable release bar attached at its bottom with the armature of said solenoid unit for being moved upwardly when the armature is actuated from its first position to its second position, said release bar extending proximate to the latch of said locking means and actuating said latch from its first position to its second position when the armature of said solenoid unit is actuated from its first to said second positions, and including spring means for actuating said door means from its closed position to its open position upon its release by said locking means.

Claim 5

An electrical locker means including a locker structure having a chamber, door means having open and closed positions for controllably enclosing said chamber, and electrically actuated locking means having locked and released positions for locking said door means in its closed position and controllably releasing said door means for placing same in its open position, said locker structure having top and bottom portions and comprising a plurality of attached lockers each locker having front, rear and side walls, the lockers being secured together at proximate side walls to form a row of lockers, the front wall of each of said lockers being provided with at least one hinged door enclosing a chamber therewithin, said locking means providing each locker with a latch supported by said structure having a first normal position for engaging said door and a second activated position and an electrical latch actuating unit, said latch when in its first position engaging and locking said door in its closed position while releasing said door when in its second position, said latch actuating unit upon energization actuating said latch to its second position releasing said door and when deenergized allowing said latch to assume its first normal position, and including lock control means for controllably activating said solenoid unit for releasing said locking means, said locker structure being provided with a base at its bottom portion having a cavity therein extending along the row of lockers, the latch for each of said lockers is being positioned intermediate the top and bottom portions of said structure and its electrical latch actuating means includes a solenoid unit secured with said structure within the cavity of said base, said solenoid unit having an armature which has a first energized position and a second deenergized position, the armature of said solenoid unit when in its second position actuating its latch to its second releasing position, said lock control means including means for controllably allowing mechanical actuation of the armature of said solenoid unit from its first position to its second position for releasing said locking means.

Claim 6

An electrical locker means including a locker structure having a chamber, door means having open and closed positions for controllably enclosing said chamber, and electrically actuated locking means having locked and released positions for locking said door means in its closed position and controllably releasing said door means for placing same in its open position, said locker structure having top and bottom portions and comprising a plurality of attached lockers each locker having front, rear and side walls, the lockers being secured together at proximate side walls to form a row of lockers, the front wall of each of said lockers being provided with at least one hinged door enclosing a chamber therewithin, said locking means providing each locker with a latch supported by said structure having a first normal position for engaging said door and a second activated position and an electrical latch actuating unit, said latch when in its first position engaging and locking said door in its closed position while releasing said door when in its second position, said latch actuating unit upon energization actuating said latch to its second position releasing said door and when deenergized allowing said latch to assume its first normal position, and including lock control means for controllably activating said solenoid unit for releasing said locking means, said locker structure being provided with a base at its bottom portion having a cavity therein extending along the row of lockers, the latch for each of said lockers is being positioned intermediate the top and bottom portions of said structure and its electrical latch actuating means includes a solenoid unit secured with said structure within the cavity of said base, said solenoid unit having an armature which has a first energized position and a second deenergized position, the armature of said solenoid unit when in its second position actuating its latch to its second releasing position, said lock control means including means for controllably allowing mechanical actuation of the armature of said solenoid unit from its first position to its second position for releasing said locking means.

Claim 7

The electrical locker means of claim 4 in which the lock control means includes a release shaft rotatably mounted within the base of said structure and extending along its cavity provided with a lever and a plurality of radially extending arms spaced along said shaft each respectively proximate to the armature of one of said solenoids, saiD shaft being rotatable by actuation of its lever between first and second angular positions, the arms of said shaft respectively actuating the armatures of said solenoids to their second energized positions for manually releasing said latches when said shaft is rotated to its second position.

Claim 8

The electrical locker means of claim 5 in which the base of said locker structure is provided with an opening in its front communicating with its cavity positioned proximate to the lever of the shaft of said lock control means, and said lock control means includes a movable element having a first locked position enclosing the opening of said base and a second position allowing the receipt of a tool through the opening from outside of the structure for engaging the lever and rotating the shaft of said lock control means for releasing the doors of said lockers.