Manual override for use with an electric safe
AssigneeFireking International, Inc.
InventorMike Smith
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Abstract
A manual override system for use with an electric safe. The manual override system permitting the safe to be opened in the event that an electrical system failure or other fault prevents controlling an electric lock. The manual override includes a slide plate and a mechanical lock connected to the slide plate. The electric lock is mounted to the slide plate such that it is moveable with movement of the slide plate. The manual lock is configured to move the slide plate, and thereby the electric lock, so as to permit the safe to be opened in the event of the electrical system failure or other fault prevents controlling the electric lock.
Claims24
A safe, the safe comprising:
- a slide plate;
- an electric lock mounted on the slide plate such that the electric lock moves with movement of the slide plate, the electric lock configured to lock a door of the safe if the slide plate is in a locked position;
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- a mechanical lock in communication with the slide plate and configured to move the slide plate to a released position in which the electric lock is unable to lock the safe door if the mechanical lock is unlocked.
A manual override system for a safe having an electric lock that permits the safe to be repeatedly unlocked and locked if an electrical failure prohibits unlocking the electric lock, the system comprising:
- a slide plate on which the electric lock is mounted such that the electric lock moves with movement of the slide plate;
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- a mechanical lock in communication with the slide plate to move the slide plate between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locked position positioning the electric lock to obstruct a locking mechanism used to lock the safe so as to prevent unlocking of the safe if the mechanical lock is locked, the unlocked position positioning the electric lock to not obstruct the locking mechanism so as to permit unlocking of the safe if the mechanical lock is unlocked, wherein the mechanical lock can be repeatedly unlocked and locked to permit locking and unlocking of the safe even if the electrical failure prohibits unlocking the electric lock.
A safe, the safe comprising:
- an electric lock having an electronic actuator for electronically actuating a locking feature used to lock a door of the safe;
- a slide plate configured to secure the electric lock;
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- a mechanical lock in communication with the slide plate and configured to move the slide plate to a released position in which the electric lock is unable to lock the safe door, the slide plate causing both of the electronic actuator and locking feature to move.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.