Patent ID: 7336150
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: E05B,G07C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In combination with a locker for temporary storage of a user's articles, the locker having a door and a movable bolt or latch positioned to secure the door when in extended position and to unlock the door when moved to a retracted position, an electronic lock for controlling the bolt or latch, comprising: an inner housing and an outer housing, the inner housing being secured at the inside of the door and the outer housing being secured at a directly opposed position on the outside of the door such that the door is sandwiched between the two housings, with an electrical connection connecting the inner housing to the outer housing, through an opening in the door, electronic access means in the outer housing, for receiving a user's access code input by a user, an electrically operated drive mechanism connected to the bolt or latch so as to control the position of the bolt or latch, microcontroller means connected between the electronic access means and the electrically operated drive mechanism, for changing the position of the bolt or latch when a preselected access code is received by the electronic access means, a battery in one of the housings, connected to supply power to the electronic lock, and the outer housing further including a terminal with electrical contacts for the combined functions of receiving jump power for a low battery condition and receiving an override access code which will access the lock without the user's access code, whereby a special access device can be engaged with the terminal to provide power and an override access code simultaneously, to open the lock when the lock's battery is low or when the user's access code is lost or forgotten, or both.