PASSAGE CONTROL DEVICE

Abstract

A passage control device having a corridor (1) and at least one pedestrian barrier (3), which, by the use of at least one blocking element (5) which is arranged in the region of the corridor (1) and can be moved between a blocking position and a passage position, releases or blocks the corridor (1) for a passage. Lateral boundaries (2) are arranged right and left of the corridor (1). The lateral boundaries (2) have a module rail (6) that is close to the ground and is provided with receptacles for functional elements and/or functional modules of the access control device, more particularly with specifically adapted receptacles for functional elements and/or functional modules of the access control device, preferably in a predefined grid.

Claims

1. A passage control device, comprising: a corridor (1); at least one pedestrian barrier (3) having at least one blocking element (5) that is disposed in a region of the corridor (1) and is movable between a blocking position and a passing position, in order to release or block the corridor (1) for passage; lateral boundaries (2) disposed on right and left sides of the corridor (1); the lateral boundaries (2) including a floor-proximal module rail (6) that comprises receptacles configured to receive at least one of functional elements or functional modules of the access control device.

2. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacles include at least one sensor receptacle configured to receive at least one of equidistantly disposed sensors or radiation sources.

3. The passage control device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the receptacles are located at a predefined pitch dimension, and specifically adapted ones of the receptacles that are configured to receive functional elements having an extent in a longitudinal direction of the module rail (6) that is larger than the pitch dimension are disposed above the at least one sensor receptacle.

4. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the module rail (6) further comprises receptacles that are configured to receive board-shaped or pane-shaped lateral boundary elements (7).

5. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the module rail (6) further comprises integrated cable ducts (35).

6. The passage control device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the module rail (6) further comprises at least one of cable conduits or prepared connector locations at a predefined pitch.

7. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the module rail (6) further comprises anchoring installations configured for floor mounting.

8. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacles further comprise receptacles configured for mounting a console having scanning apparatuses.

9. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pedestrian barrier (3) is assembled from the at least one blocking element (5) and an activating element (4), and the activating element (4) contains an integrated drive installation for adjusting the at least one blocking element (5) between the blocking position and the passing position.

10. The passage control device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the blocking element (5) is fastened to the activating element (4) and is pivotable thereby about a vertical axis of rotation (24) between the blocking position and the passing position, and the blocking element (5) is configured such that said blocking element (5) in a vertical projection has a substantially rectilinear profile and defines a vertical blocking plane (27) which does not include the vertical axis of rotation (24).

11. The passage control device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the blocking element (5) is fastened to the activating element (4) eccentrically with respect to the vertical axis of rotation (24).

12. The passage control device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the activating element (4) is configured as a vertically oriented column and is assembled from a stationary base part (22) and a holding part (23) which is rotatable relative to said base part (22) and to which the blocking element (5) is fastened.

13. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacles include receptacles (16) located at a predefined pitch and configured for mounting at least one of a drive installation or an activating element (4) of the pedestrian barrier (3).

14. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the module rail (6) consists of an extruded aluminum profile.

15. The passage control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lateral boundaries (2) in a region of an upper periphery thereof are provided with a sensor strip (8).

16. The passage control device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the sensor strip (8) is provided with at least one sensor receptacle configured to receive at least one of equidistantly disposed sensors or radiation sources.

17. The passage control device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the sensor strip (8) at a predefined pitch is provided with respectively specifically adapted receptacles (16) configured to receive additional functional elements of the access control device.

18. The passage control device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the sensor strip (8) includes integrated cable ducts.

19. The passage control device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the sensor strip (8) further comprises a handrail (9).

20. A passage control station having at least first and second ones of the passage control devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the left-side lateral boundary of the first passage control device is at a same time the right-side lateral boundary of the second passage control device.

21. A parts kit for the passage control device as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least one of the pedestrian barriers (3) which is assembled from the blocking element (5) and an activating element (4) having an integrated drive device, the lateral boundaries (2) for forming the corridor (1), the module rail (6) for each of the lateral boundaries (2), said module rail (6) being provided with the receptacles located at a predefined pitch and being configured to receive at least one of functional elements or functional modules of the access control device, and a sensor strip (8) for each of the lateral boundaries.

22. The parts kit as claimed in claim 21, wherein the functional modules are selectively made in different sizes.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] An exemplary embodiment for a passage control device designed according to the invention or for a corresponding parts kit will be described and explained in more detail hereunder by means of the appended drawings in which:

[0033] FIG. 1 shows a schematic isometric view of a passage control station having two exemplary embodiments, disposed next to one another, for a passage control device designed according to the invention, in each case being configured as a manlock;

[0034] FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of the modular construction mode of the passage control station from FIG. 1;

[0035] FIGS. 3A and 3B show an enlarged illustration of the module rail from FIG. 2;

[0036] FIG. 3C shows an enlargement of the detail from FIG. 3B;

[0037] FIGS. 4A to 4C show an enlargement of control cabinet examples from FIG. 2;

[0038] FIG. 5 shows an enlargement of the illustration of sensor strips from FIG. 2;

[0039] FIGS. 6A to 6D show an enlargement of the illustration of scanning apparatuses, some having the console from FIG. 2;

[0040] FIG. 7 shows an enlarged illustration of the lateral boundary elements from FIG. 2;

[0041] FIG. 8 shows an enlarged illustration of an activating element of a pedestrian barrier from FIG. 2;

[0042] FIG. 9 shows an enlarged illustration of a blocking element of a pedestrian barrier from FIG. 2;

[0043] FIGS. 10A and 10B show in each case a section through a module rail; and

[0044] FIGS. 11A and 11B show in each case a section through a sensor strip.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] FIG. 1 shows two examples for a passage control device designed according to the invention, having in each case a corridor 1, 1′, which is formed by lateral boundaries 2 disposed on the right and the left. For the purpose of forming a passage control station, the two passage control devices are placed next to one another such that the left-hand lateral boundary 2 of the first passage control device, here disposed on the right, is at the same time the right-hand lateral boundary 2′ of the second passage control device.

[0046] The two passage control devices are provided in each case with two dual-leaf pedestrian barriers 3, 3′, wherein a first pedestrian barrier 3, 3′ is disposed at the beginning of the corridor while the respective second pedestrian barrier 3, 3′ is situated at the end of the corridor 1. The passage control devices are thus designed as locks and access to the lock as well as the exit therefrom is controlled, wherein the pedestrian barrier 3 disposed at the end of the corridor 1 opens at the earliest when the pedestrian barrier 3 disposed at the beginning of the corridor 1 has been closed again once a person has passed through.

[0047] The pedestrian barriers 3, 3′ consist in each case of an activating element 4 integrated in the lateral boundary 2 and a blocking element 5, attached thereto, on each side, that is to say that said pedestrian barriers are dual-leaf pedestrian barriers 3, 3′ which in a blocking position (shown in FIG. 1) block in each case approximately half of the corridor 1. The blocking elements 5, 5, by means of being pivoted about a vertical pivot axis, are pivoted by approximately 90° to a passing position, as a result of which said blocking elements 5, 5′ release the corridor 1 for passage. As an anti-pinch feature, the two blocking elements 5 of the in each case dual-leaf pedestrian barriers 3 are centrally spaced far enough apart that in particular a human hand cannot become jammed therein.

[0048] The lateral boundaries 2, 2′ consist substantially of a module rail 6 disposed on the floor, composed of pane-shaped lateral boundary elements 7 held by the module rail 6, and also of a sensor strip 8 which is disposed on the upper periphery of the lateral boundary elements 7 and have a cover serving as a handrail 9. Functional modules, such as in the present case control cabinets 10 having electrical apparatuses and a control unit, and also the activating elements 4 of the pedestrian barriers 3 are integrated in the lateral boundaries 2, 2′. Consoles 11 having reading units 12, 12′ are disposed at the beginning of the corridors 1, 1′ of the two passage control devices. The right-hand passage control device is equipped with an additional functional element which is designed as a recognition unit 13 for detecting biometric data. The reading unit 12 is substantially a scanner for scanning a passport, the assigned biometric data of which has to be verified by way of the recognition unit 13 in order to obtain access to the passage control device.

[0049] As is well known, a person (not illustrated) firstly has to place their passport onto the reading unit 12 and let it be scanned there, if appropriate on the recognition unit 13, which may be in the form of a monitor, the biometric data are compared, for example by means of facial recognition, whereupon, when passage is possible after a check has been performed by means of a control unit contained in the control cabinet 10, the blocking elements 5 of the first pedestrian barrier 3 at the beginning of the corridor 1 are pivoted into a passing position (not illustrated) and access is granted for the relevant person into the lock or the passage control device. Then, the first pedestrian barrier 3 at the beginning of the corridor 1 closes again, whereupon the second pedestrian barrier 3 at the end of the corridor 1 opens and the relevant person can leave the lock again. It is a prerequisite for the opening of the second pedestrian barrier 3 at the end of the corridor 1, however, that only one person and, if appropriate, their item of luggage is located in the lock. This is controlled via light barriers (not illustrated here) in the module rail 6 and in the sensor strip 8.

[0050] FIG. 2 schematically highlights the modular construction mode of the two passage control devices from FIG. 1, said modular construction mode being composed substantially of the module rail 6, the control cabinets 10, the sensor strip 8, the consoles 11, reading units 12 and recognition unit 13, the lateral boundary elements 7 and the pedestrian barriers 3, the latter for their part being assembled from in each case two activating elements 4 and two blocking elements 5.

[0051] The module rail 6 illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 3A to 3C, and is illustrated in the assembled state in FIG. 3A and in the disassembled state in FIG. 3B. FIG. 3C is an enlargement of the detail from FIG. 3B.

[0052] It becomes obvious in FIG. 3B that the module rail 6 is assembled from three extruded aluminum profiles: A first extruded profile 14 is completed with two second extruded profiles 15 that are pushed longitudinally into the first extruded profile 14 so as to form the module rail 6 illustrated in FIG. 3A. As can likewise be seen here, the second extruded profiles 15 cover the first extruded profile 14 only in parts of the length L of the module rail 6, specifically in the sub-portions a1, a2 and a3. The gaps or windows, denoted by b1 and b2, in the upper extruded profiles 15 serve as specifically adapted receptacles for functional modules which are inserted from above into the module rail 6, said functional modules here being in particular control cabinets 10 (not illustrated in this Figure).

[0053] As is shown in FIG. 3B and the enlargement of a detail in FIG. 3C, the module rail 6 contains a predefined pitch having the pitch dimension x. A plurality of specifically adapted receptacles 16 for functional elements, here light barriers 17, which are equidistantly distributed over the entire length L of the module rail 6 and simply snap-fitted into the lower extruded profile 14 are provided in this pitch. Receptacles 16′ which are likewise disposed at the pitch x and form only part of a specifically adapted receptacle for functional modules can be seen on the side of the first extruded profile 14 that points toward the rear in FIG. 3B. Holding elements 18 (cf. FIG. 3A) which complete the receptacles 16 so as to form a specifically adapted receptacle for a functional module, here are pedestrian barrier (not illustrated) may be attached to these receptacles 16′.

[0054] The second extruded profiles 15 of the module rail 6 moreover form receiving grooves 19 for the lateral boundary elements 7 which are simply plugged into the receiving grooves 19.

[0055] FIGS. 4A to 4C show three different control cabinets 10 as functional module for attaching to the module rail 6. Said control cabinets 10 differ in terms of the presence and the orientation of a signal cable duct 20 which the actual control cabinet 10 to the sensor strip 8, the latter being interrupted by the signal cable duct 20, is provided.

[0056] Mounting feet 21 can be seen on the lower side of the control cabinet 10, said mounting feet 21 conjointly with holding elements 18 being able to be fastened to the non-specific receptacles 16 which are attached to the module rail 6 at the pitch x. The control cabinet 10 here stands on the module rail 6, this being obvious in particular in FIG. 1, such that said control cabinet 10 does not impede the light barriers 17.

[0057] The reference signs b1, b2, b3 in FIGS. 4A to 4C indicate that the control cabinet 10 in this exemplary embodiment is available in three different sizes.

[0058] FIGS. 5A and 5B show the sensor strip 8 which is disposed on the upper periphery of the lateral boundaries 2 and optionally interrupted by the signal cable duct 20 of a control cabinet 10. The sensor strip 8 consists of two first extruded profiles 14 which on the lower side configure a receiving groove 19 for the lateral boundary elements 7 (cf. FIG. 5B), and also a cover that is placed on this extruded profile 14 and for its part is configured as a profile and can also serve as handrail 9.

[0059] The sensor strip 8 is also, at a predefined pitch having the pitch dimension x, provided with receptacles in which light barriers are inserted equidistantly over the entire length of the sensor strip 8.

[0060] FIGS. 6A to 6C show four different variants of scanning apparatuses 12, 13 that can be attached, with or without a console 11, to the front end of the lateral boundaries 2. The variant illustrated in FIG. 6A is particularly suitable for integration in a lateral boundary 2, for example in order to request biometric data inside the lock that is formed by two pedestrian barriers 3 at the beginning and the end of the corridor 1.

[0061] FIG. 7 in an exemplary manner shows the lateral boundary elements 7 having a height h and a length 1, wherein said lateral boundary elements 7 are provided for the left-hand lateral boundary 2 and the right-hand lateral boundary 2 of the first passage control device, which is illustrated on the right in FIG. 1. Corresponding receptacles for control cabinets 10 and activating elements 4 of the pedestrian barriers 3 can be seen. The lateral boundary elements 7 are transparent or translucent panes.

[0062] FIG. 8 shows part of a pedestrian barrier 3, specifically the activating element 4 to which the blocking element 5 (not illustrated here) is fastened. The blocking element 5 configured as a transparent or translucent pane can be seen in FIG. 9.

[0063] As is highlighted in FIG. 8, the activating element 4 also consists of a plurality of parts: a base part 22 and a holding part 23. The base part 22 is fixed to a lateral boundary 2 while the holding part 23 can rotate on the base part 22 about a vertical axis of rotation 24. A drive device for rotating the holding part 23 is disposed in the interior of the base part 22 (not visible here).

[0064] The holding part 23, in an eccentric manner or so as to be spaced apart from the axis of rotation 24, has a mounting face 25 on which the blocking element 5 can be placed and to which the blocking element 5 can be fastened by means of a mounting cover 26.

[0065] A blocking plane 27 which is defined by the mounting face 25 or by the rectilinear profile of the pane-shaped blocking element 5 is indicated by dashed arrows. The blocking plane 27 as well as the axis of rotation 24 are vertically aligned, thus being approximately mutually parallel, and are mutually spaced apart by a distance S.

[0066] On account of the construction of the illustrated activating element 4 and the shape of the blocking element 5, the activating element 4 can largely (height h) be rigidly configured, while the rotatable holding part 23 in comparison extends only over a very minor height h2, and thus the extent of the moving parts is minimized. As a result, not only can the risk of an accident be minimized, but the adjustment and also the mounting or dismounting of the blocking element 5 can also be kept simple.

[0067] The module rail 6 is illustrated in cross section in FIG. 10A. The same illustration can be found in FIG. 10B, but different attachment parts can be seen in the latter.

[0068] The mutual latching of the second extruded profiles 15 and the first extruded profile 14 can be particularly readily seen in FIG. 10A. As is obvious in particular in FIG. 10B, the extruded profiles 14, 15 are profiled in such a manner that functional elements can be easily installed. For example, the light barriers 17 or other sensors are thus snap-fitted (by means of a spring element 28) into one of the second extruded profiles 15, and a translucent strip 29 for protecting the light barriers 17 is inserted longitudinally.

[0069] A light strip 30 having LEDs 31 is likewise inserted longitudinally, wherein the receptacle therefor is provided in the first extruded profile 14. Electrical contacting elements 32 or connecting elements and also signal cable ducts and the like are likewise contained in the first extruded profile 14. Sufficient free space which serves as a cable duct, in particular for one or a plurality of mains cables, remains within the profile of the module rail 6.

[0070] The two second extruded profiles 15, centrally and conjointly with the first extruded profile, form a receiving groove 19 for the lateral boundary elements 7 which to this extent only have to be plugged in here. Two seals 33 which are placed in corresponding receptacles of the second extruded profiles 15 support the lateral boundary elements 7 (not illustrated here) when the latter are inserted into the receiving groove 19.

[0071] In a corresponding cross-sectional illustration, FIG. 11 shows the sensor strip 8 which consists of two (first) extruded profiles 14 and a cover (handrail 9) placed thereon. Here too, due to the shape of the cross section, there are receptacles and brackets as well as cable ducts 35 and screw ducts 36.