Safes – bank protection – or a related device – Combined – With marking devices
Patent
1981-06-26
1984-01-17
Mancene, Gene
Safes, bank protection, or a related device
Combined
With marking devices
109 43, 109 59R, 70267, 70273, E05G 112, E05B 4300
Patent
active
044258534
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a cash safe comprising a receptacle to retain articles and having an opening for at least removal of said cash from the receptacle, a closure positionable on said receptacle to close said opening, locking means actuatable to effect locking of said closure over said opening and deactuable to release said locking: characterised in that said locking means is provided with timing means operating, on effecting said actuation of said lock means, to preclude said deactuation for a time period after said actuation.
Preferably, said timing means operates to deactuate said locking means automatically after said time period, said time period may be pre-selectable. Preferably too, means may be provided selectively operable to inhibit operation of said timing means and being further operable to release said inhibition and restore the timing means to operation.
The locking means may comprise a locking member rotatable at a pre-determined rate under influence of said timing means to move the locking member from an actuated rotational position assumed pursuant to said actuation, to a deactuated rotational position, said locking member co-operating with an abutment on the receptacle, when at a rotational position other than said deactuated position, to effect said locking, and, when at said deactuated position, effecting said release of said locking.
The timing means preferably comprises a timer actuated by rotation of an actuating member in a pre-determined direction to a pre-determined extent, and subsequently operating to rotate said actuating member in the direction against said pre-determined direction at said pre-determined rate whereby the said time period is dependant upon the said pre-determined extent to which the said actuating member was rotated.
Preferably, the closure includes a setting member projecting from that side of said closure which is external to the cash safe when the closure is in position over said opening and which is operable to effect said movement of said actuating member to said pre-determined extent.
Preferably, the setting member is interconnected with said locking member by a lost motion linkage whereby movement of said setting member in a first rotational direction from a rest position causes said locking member to be moved from said deactuated position to a said actuated position, but such that the setting member cannot by subsequent movement thereof be caused to move the locking member in the direction towards said deactuated position. Preferably, said lost motion linkage comprises a rotatable member mounted for rotation together with said setting member and having a first abutment positioned to engage a second abutment on said locking member for imparting movement of the locking member from the setting member in a direction for moving the locking member away from said deactuated position, but which first abutment is cleared from engagement with the second abutment under reverse rotational movement of the setting member.
Preferably, the cash safe is arranged to permit latching of the locking member, once positioned at an actuated position, to inhibit operation of said timing means, and rotation of the locking member back to said deactuated position. Thus, a latch member may be provided operable to engage said rotatable member to effect latching thereof against rotation whereby to preclude rotation of the locking member back towards said deactuated position by engagement between said first and second abutments. Said latch member may be operable by a key actuatable device on said closure and accessible to actuation when the closure member is positioned on said opening. More particularly, the rotatable member may be in the form of a disc with a toothed peripheral portion disposed such that the latching member can be moved, by operating the said key actuatable device, to engage teeth on said toothed peripheral portion to effect said latching.
The said locking member may have one or more outwardly ex
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McGregor Jon D. C.
Richards Deanna E.
Mancene Gene
Tarnoff David I.
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