Ammunition and explosives – Miscellaneous
Patent
1988-11-21
1989-12-05
Jordan, Charles T.
Ammunition and explosives
Miscellaneous
190101, F42C 1900, A45C 1318
Patent
active
048845078
ABSTRACT:
A security container, or case for the storage of valuable materials such as documents, credit cards, etc. which are to be destroyed if the case is stolen and including a hingedly interconnected lid and base defining an interior together with a lock which may be key operated or of the combination type, the walls of the lid and base having a continuous conductor thereon which is connected in a circuit to a source of electric power such as a battery and to an explosive, an incendiary device or a dye within the case interior by means of which the stored material may be ruined, the continuous conductor forming part of the circuit for actuating the explosive, the incendiary device or the dye to ruin the stored material when broken such as by cutting the case walls, the conductor also including a normally open switch which is closed when the lock is engaged so that opening the lock by breaking, use of the wrong key, picking, by attempting to set the combination by trial and error or the like similarly moves the switch to the open position, breaking the conductor circuit to actuate the explosive, incendiary or dye device.
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Jordan Charles T.
Litman Richard C.
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