Patent ID: 9107499
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A47B,B25H,E05B

Abstract:
1. A secure storage unit comprising: a plurality of movable trays within a housing; a tray selector system for selectively accessing a tray on demand; wherein the tray selector system is configured to release a selected movable tray for access by limiting an allowable extent of movement of the selected movable tray from a stowed to an accessible position with respect to the storage unit by a pre-determined amount whereby access to selected zones of selected trays is controlled; wherein the storage unit is equipped with a tray actuator for selectively moving a tray on demand; wherein the tray actuator is operably linked to the selected movable tray to move the selected movable tray from a stowed to a predefined accessible position with respect to the storage unit, and controlled in a predetermined way by a processor unit, wherein the predefined accessible position is provided via an interface of said processor unit; and wherein access to the storage unit is enabled by an actuator system, whereby the selected movable tray is advanced by a controlled amount by the tray actuator operably linked to that tray in cooperation with an electromechanical locking device and electromechanical locking devices mounted on the trays are controlled such that certain ones are non-energised to maintain a locked status, and a selected electromechanical locking device is energised to unlock a selected translatable cover section and passive retaining means are juxtaposed with respective translatable cover sections of a lid to enable selective retention of an unlocked translatable cover section within the storage unit when the selected tray is released from a stowed to an accessible position.