An unmanned retail device, an automatic vending system, and a settlement method after powering off and then powering on. The unmanned retail device includes a cabinet body , and a door body; an electric mortise lock configured to lock the door body and enable the door be latching when power failure occurs; a door opening/closing detection device configured to detect opening/closing of the door body; and a main control board electrically connected to the electric mortise lock and the door opening/closing detection device respectively and configured to control, when it is re-powered after power failure, the door opening/closing detection device to detect the opening/closing of the door body. The unmanned retail device is capable of resetting the electric mortise lock when it is re-powered after power failure in a power supply system, ensuring that the door body can be re-closed, and finishing shopping settlement of a last user.

A device for closing and opening doors and/or hatches and/or similar components, in particular of household appliances such as washing machines, in particular with top loading, dishwashers and similar household appliances, said device comprising a closing and opening assembly adapted to be fixed to one of a fixed part and the hatch of a household appliance and including a closing and opening element which is adapted to be switched by translation between a first end-stop position and a second end-stop position and vice versa; wherein said device comprises a permission element which is adapted to be switched by translation between a first end-stop own position thereof and a second end-stop own position thereof and vice versa, and wherein said permission element, during the translation thereof from said first end-stop own position thereof to said second end-stop own position thereof, is adapted to be locked in a third intermediate own position thereof between said first and second end-stop own positions thereof.

An example electronic security tag attachable to an item includes a tag body member, a connecting member having a pin portion releasably engageable with the tag body member, the pin portion extending along a first axis. The electronic security tag further includes a locking member to lock the connecting member to the tag body member. The locking member includes a clutch mechanism movable parallel to the first axis between a first position in contact with the pin portion and corresponding to a locked state and a second position corresponding to an unlocked state. The locking member further including a rotational drive member configured to rotate and interact with a plunger member of the clutch mechanism to move the clutch mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state.

A system may comprise an alarm apparatus for a premises and a security container apparatus including a housing defining an interior for receiving objects and a securing door movable between open and closed conditions. The container apparatus may also include control elements configured to control operation of the security container apparatus, and the control elements may control operation of aspects of the alarm apparatus. The container apparatus may also include sensing elements configured to sense characteristics of the security container apparatus, and the sensing elements may be in communication with at least one element of the control elements.

A method of regulating usage of an electronic device is provided that includes at least one remote server, a user personal computing (PC) device, an administrator PC device, at least one electronic device, and a computerized regulating adapter. The method begins by monitoring a current date-and-time with the computerized regulating adapter. An electrical plug is then physically secured to the computerized regulating adapter with a locking mechanism of the computerized regulating adapter. The electronic device is then electrically powered with the computerized regulating adapter, if the current date-and-time is any date-and-time from the plurality of available date-and-times. The electronic device is then disabled with the computerized regulating adapter, if the current date-and-time matches an arbitrary blocked date-and-time, wherein the arbitrary blocked date-and-time is any date-and-time from the plurality of blocked date-and-times.

An electronic lock includes a control circuit module and an electromagnetic mechanism. The electromagnetic mechanism is electrically connected to the control circuit module, and the electromagnetic mechanism includes a driving member and a magnet. The driving member is configured to be driven by the control circuit module to be located at one of a first position and a second position. When the driving member is not driven by the control circuit module, the driving member is configured to be held at one of the first position and the second position by the magnet.

A locking system for a temperature-controlled container is provided. The container has an interior and a barrier having an open position allowing access to the interior of the container and a closed position blocking access to the interior of the container. The locking system includes a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature within the container; a locking device coupled to the barrier to lock the barrier in the closed position; and a controller in communication with the locking device and the temperature sensor. The controller receives the sensed temperature from the temperature sensor and controls the locking device based on the sensed temperature. The controller is configured to control the locking device to lock the barrier in the closed position when the sensed temperature rises above a predetermined threshold temperature.

An actuator controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a latch of a lockset. The strike comprises a keeper support bracket movable between blocking and unblocking positions. When the bracket is in the blocking position a keeper is held in a locked position, and when the bracket is in the unblocking position the keeper is movable to the unlocked position. A motor is operatively connected to the bracket and is actionable in first and second directions to move the bracket between the blocking and unblocking positions. A biasing member comprises first and second springs that apply a net force to the bracket. The first spring applies a first force to the bracket in the first direction, and the second spring applies a second force to the bracket in the second direction. When the bracket is in the blocking position, the net force of the biasing member is approximately zero.

A trap for large animals. The system utilizes multi-containment areas for improved efficiency in herd animal trapping. The outer containment zone of the system is designed in such a way to promote animals further into the inner containment zone. The improved efficiency lowers overall cost of trap operation in terms of time, consumable bait replenishment and number of attempts on target animal groups. The system allows for independent and remote actuation of containment zone gates. Data is transmitted to a remote user and remote actuation of attracting or deterring audio can be done during trapping process. The architecture of the trap dissuades animals capable of jumping from doing so over the containment walls.

A locking device is adapted for a first object and a second object that are movable with respect to each other. The locking device includes a first element and a second element. The first element can be in a locking state or an unlocking state. The second element drives the first element and thereby moves the first element from the locking state to the unlocking state in response to the second object being displaced with respect to the first object from a retracted position to a predetermined position in an opening direction.