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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171864 | Security, monitoring and control system for preventing unauthorized entry into a bank or other building A series of doors, locks, walls and signage present a vestibule room or safety enclosure for use in controlling access into a secured space. Exterior signage regarding weapon detection equipment and the appearance of a mantrap enclosure is used to dissuade visitors ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7319391 | Centralised security closure A device of automated closure, and of locking, comprising a mobile closure or locking element (2), an actuator (3) electrically controllable for the motion of the element, a sensor (4), a programming and control device, the program of which comp... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7119682 | Facility and method for crowd screening and protection A method and a facility for the protection of a crowd from terrorists by screening each individual in search of concealed prohibited articles possibly carried by one of the individuals in the crowd. Each individual is monitored by sensors controlled by a monitoring ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113092 | Ferromagnetic object detector An apparatus for detecting ferromagnetic objects in the vicinity of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner. The apparatus comprises primary sensor means adapted to measure a magnetic field, arranged in communication with signal processing means configured to identify ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106192 | Security checkpoint An improved security checkpoint separates certain individuals into a secure, enclosed wanding station for additional security screening. The wanding station may be constructed using glass (or other strong, visually transparent substance) and metallic (such as alumin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102512 | Mobile security unit A Mobile Security Unit (MSU) has a security checkpoint and a transport. The security checkpoint has an item screening area and a personal screening area. The checkpoint is configured as needed to fit within the transport. The MSU may further separate certain individ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7071822 | Monitoring method, monitoring system, monitoring program, and record medium recording the monitoring program When an anomaly occurs in a monitor area, careless entry of the user into the monitor area is blocked reliably and simply. In a monitoring system for monitoring a house as a monitor area, sensors are placed at appropriate points in the house, and a door open hindran... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6992589 | System and method for employee notification and evidence gathering during a robbery A security monitor receives an indication of a robbery from a security system. In response, an alert generator sends an alert to a plurality of employee terminals, where the alert causes each of the employee terminals to preemptively display a notification of the ro... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6959949 | Device for securing a door leaf against unintentional deflection A driven part can be pivotably mounted to the door frame so that, in a starting position, it engages a driving part fixed to the leaf frame in order to fix the position of the door leaf with respect to the door frame. An electromagnetic brake generates a moment to r... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6915986 | Cockpit access protection system The cockpit access protection system relies on a method whereby the locked cockpit doors of a plurality of aircraft may be unlocked only by authorized personnel within the cockpit (e.g., the pilot and copilot). In the event of a security breach in any one aircraft, ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6484650 | Automated security chambers for queues A security system having a series of adjacent bullet-proof transparent chambers for successive passage of persons in a queue. A door interlock system controls passage of individuals along with intermittent movement of a conveyor for inspecting hand-carrie... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6308644 | Fail-safe access control chamber security system An access control vestibule having first and second locking single doors, an access control chamber formed between the two doors, magnetic locks for each of the doors, a metal detector located between the doors to detect for a weapon, the doors are manual... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6298603 | Access control vestibule An access control chamber security system with a security chamber having an aluminum frame and an entrance door and an exit door, a metal detector located within the access control chamber to detect a weapon being carried within the chamber, locks on the ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6076303 | Filtering gate for the protection of a site, with linear parallel motion of the leaves of the doors A filtering gate for the protection of a site includes two boxes arranged side by side and forming two corridors allowing communication between an inside of the site and an exterior of the site. A first and a second pair of leaves are located at an inside... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5992094 | Access control vestibule An access control chamber security system with a security chamber having an aluminum frame and an entrance door and an exit door, a metal detector located within the access control chamber to detect a weapon being carried within the chamber, locks on the ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5936544 | Wireless access system A modular door access control system incorporates a plurality of wireless door modules. Access request signals are transmitted to a remote access control unit. The control unit transmits access authorizing control signals to a respective one of the module... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5709159 | Delivery access device A delivery access device attachable to a currency dispenser comprising: a mounting plate attachable to the currency dispenser, the plate having a money dispensing slot; two separate and independent barrier members mounted within the money dispensing slot,... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5694867 | Fail-safe access control chamber security system A fail-safe access control chamber security system (ACCSS) including a bullet-proof access control unit (ACU) having an entrance chamber and an exit chamber. The entrance chamber includes a first interlocking door providing passage from a non-secure area ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5311166 | Security vestibule A security system for a vestibule and, more specifically, a security vestibule is equipped with monitoring devices to monitor the presence of an intruder. The monitoring devices transmit signals to warning devices, such as a speaker which broadcasts an au... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5195448 | Security system An anti-armed robbery system is provided wherein persons enter and exit an establishment through a plurality of floor to ceiling extending walls and lockable doors made of bullet resistant materials forming a completely enclosed bullet resistant vestibule... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4947765 | Security apparatus and method of using same The security method and apparatus relates to an electronically controlled latching mechanism which is adapted for use with a closure disposed on a vestibule. The closure is used to seal or close off a passageway or entrance between the vestibule and a pro... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4656954 | Autodirecting security entrance for banks and the like This security entrance is of the box-type with interlocked doors, and comprises an armoured vestibule having one door communicating with the bank and one door communicating with the exterior; a third door can be opened into a discharge space separate from... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4643106 | Safety lock device A manually actuable lock is disposed on the inside of an outside door leading to a vestibule. The lock, when manually actuated from inside the vestibule only, throws a dead bolt for a pre-determined period of time so as to secure the user in the vestibule... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4586441 | Security system for selectively allowing passage from a non-secure region to a secure region A security system for allowing selective access to a secured area generally comprises first and second three wing center shaft ganged revolving door structures, each partially surrounded by upright facing curved side walls disposed in spaced apart relatio... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4481887 | Security doors A security door and system for installation as the entrance and exit to a building or office to automatically control the passage of persons therethrough and to trap certain persons therein comprising a vestibule having side walls and oppositely disposed ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4475465 | Transaction security system and modular transaction processing center A transaction security device comprising a booth of a material and construction capable of selective voluntary entry and involuntary personnel retention and incorporating a transaction interface; entrance means for said booth; a closure for said entrance ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4461221 | System for detaining robbers on premises A system of detaining a robber on the premises robbed after the robbery has taken place. The premises is provided with lobby entrances having inner and outer doors through which persons entering and leaving the premises must pass. Once a robbery commences... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4348966 | Transaction security system and modular transaction processing center A transaction security device comprising a booth of a material and construction capable of selective voluntary entry and involuntary personnel retention and incorporating a transaction interface; entrance means for said booth; a closure for said entrance ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4237799 | Banking protection system for 24 hour banking Credit card operated, automated teller machines are located in the vestibule of a bank where they may be accessed during normal banking hours. During off hours, a partition system segregates the vestibule from the remainder of the bank. Off-hour access to... | 12/09/1980 |
