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US4141610A
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Show case
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-04-13
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Granted: 1979-02-27
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Expires: 1998-04-13
Abstract
Abstract A show case for displacing articles of commerce having an electronic lock and partially open in the front side for slidably receiving a pair of sliding doors which are adapted to overlap at their inner edges when the doors are in the closed position, said doors having holes at their inner edges adapted to align with each other when the doors are the closed position and said electronic lock including a solenoid in a position corresponding to the position of said inner edges of the doors in the closed position, a lock pin movable between the retracted position in which the lock pin is received in the solenoid and the extended position in which the lock pin is received in the holes in the doors in the closed position, a receiver adapted to receive radio waves from an external source, door closing detection means and a solenoid drive circuit electronically connected to said receiver though a timer for driving said lock pin to the retracted position upon receipt of the output signal from said receiver and also connected to said door closing detection means through a timer for driving the lock pin to the extended position in response to the detection of the closing of said doors by door closing detection means.
Inventors
- 👤 Shoichiro Ando
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 10:34
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F3/00; A47F3/002; G; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/00174; G07C2009/00753; G07C2009/00769; G07C2009/00793; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S292/00; Y10S292/46; Y10T; Y10T292/00; Y10T292/08; Y10T292/096; Y10T292/1014; Y10T292/1021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
253 words
In a rectangular transparent show case having the top, bottom, opposite ends and rear side which are closed and the front side an upper portion of which is open and including a pair of sliding doors received in said open upper portion of the front side and provided at the inner edges with holes adapted to align with each other when said doors are in the closed position and hollow display stand extending across the interior of said case for supporting articles of commerce thereon, characterized by the provision of an electronic circuit including a selector switch and an electronic lock for locking and unlocking said doors including a solenoid provided in said display stand in a position corresponding to the position of said holes when the doors are in the closed position, a lock pin movable between the retracted position in which said lock pin is received in said solenoid and the extended position in which said lock pin is received in said holes in the doors in the closed position of the doors, a receiver for receiving radio waves from an external source, door closing detection means and a solenoid drive circuit electronically connected to said receiver for driving said lock pin to the retracted position upon receipt of the output signal from said receiver and also connected to said door closing detection means through a timer for driving the lock pin to the extended position in response to the detection of the closing of said doors by door detection means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
253 words
In a rectangular transparent show case having the top, bottom, opposite ends and rear side which are closed and the front side an upper portion of which is open and including a pair of sliding doors received in said open upper portion of the front side and provided at the inner edges with holes adapted to align with each other when said doors are in the closed position and hollow display stand extending across the interior of said case for supporting articles of commerce thereon, characterized by the provision of an electronic circuit including a selector switch and an electronic lock for locking and unlocking said doors including a solenoid provided in said display stand in a position corresponding to the position of said holes when the doors are in the closed position, a lock pin movable between the retracted position in which said lock pin is received in said solenoid and the extended position in which said lock pin is received in said holes in the doors in the closed position of the doors, a receiver for receiving radio waves from an external source, door closing detection means and a solenoid drive circuit electronically connected to said receiver for driving said lock pin to the retracted position upon receipt of the output signal from said receiver and also connected to said door closing detection means through a timer for driving the lock pin to the extended position in response to the detection of the closing of said doors by door detection means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
The show case as set forth in claim 1, in which said solenoid drive circuit includes an unlocking solenoid for retracting said lock pin from the extended position to the retracted position upon receipt of the output signal from said receiver and a locking solenoid for extending said lock pin from the retracted position to the extended position for a predetermined time period by said timer in response to the shifting of said door closing detection means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
The show case as set forth in claim 1, said selector switch disposed through a second timer between said receiver and solenoid drive circuit and after the operation of said selector switch, said receiver and solenoid drive circuit are maintained in the connected condition for a predetermined time period by said second timer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The show case as set forth in claim 2, in which said hollow display stand is offset on the front side thereof adjacent to said doors to provide a shoulder and said door closing detection means includes a pair of door closing detection switches provided on said shoulder of the display stand at the opposite ends of the shoulder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The show case as set forth in claim 1, in which said selector switch is foot pedal switch which is positioned externally of the body of said show case.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The show case as set forth in claim 1, in which said position of the solenoid is a substantially center position in the length of the display stand.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The show case as set forth in claim 1, in which one of said holes in the doors is a through hole provided in one of the doors.
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