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US 8,542,090 B2Granted
Anti-theft safety system for a portable, manually operated tool, and the adapted tool of the system
AssigneeSociete de Prospection et
InventorsPierrick Calvet, Nicolas Guihard, Florent La Bella, Pascale Grandjean
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Abstract
The system includes, inside the tool, an electronic module for locking/unlocking the tool, in order to block or authorize its use and, inside a control station, a control module for the tool's locking/unlocking module designed to switch it from the locked state (i1) to the unlocked state (I0). The system applies well to tools for sealing, nailing and other similar applications.
Claims8
An anti-theft system for a portable tool, comprising:
- a tool module disposed inside said portable tool for electronically locking the portable tool in a locked inoperable state and unlocking the portable tool from the locked inoperable state to an unlocked operable state, said tool module comprising a microcontroller for receiving an electronic unlocking key readable by said microcontroller,
- a manual controller, wherein said manual controller is directly connected to a microprocessor;
- a control station at a point-of-sale for said portable tool, said control station comprising a control module operably communicating with said tool module, wherein said control module automatically transmits said electronic unlocking key to said microcontroller when the sale of the portable tool is valid,
- wherein said microcontroller changes the locked inoperable state of a memory to the unlocked operable state,
- wherein said microcontroller reads said electronic unlocking key, and wherein said microcontroller sends a state signal to the microprocessor to switch a functional unit from the locked inoperable state to the unlocked operable state, thereby rendering said portable tool operable.
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