Safes – bank protection – or a related device – Wall and panel structures – closures and closure adjuncts – Closures
Patent
1998-12-01
1999-10-26
Barrett, Suzanne Dino
Safes, bank protection, or a related device
Wall and panel structures, closures and closure adjuncts
Closures
109 59R, E06B 334
Patent
active
059708905
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to automated banking machines. Specifically this invention relates to a method of making a secure enclosure for an automated banking machine, which enclosure includes a secure door more readily manufactured and assembled, and which provides enhanced security.
BACKGROUND ART
Automated banking machines are known in the prior art. Popular automated banking machines often used by consumers are automated teller machines (ATMs). ATMs are increasingly used by consumers to conduct banking transactions. Common banking transactions conducted by consumers at ATMs include deposits, withdrawals, account transfers and balance inquiries.
Most ATMs include a secure enclosure. The secure enclosure is used to hold currency and other valuable items inside the machine. Deposits made by customers into an ATM are also preferably held within a secure enclosure until they can be removed by authorized personnel. The secure enclosure also preferably houses portions of the mechanisms used for receiving deposits and dispensing currency. The secure enclosure also preferably houses electronic components of the ATM which may be subject to attack by someone attempting to compromise the security of the ATM or the electronic communications network in which it is operated.
Secure enclosures used in automated banking machines are specifically made for the type of machine in which they are used. Such enclosures, unlike most common types of safes or vaults, include multiple openings through the walls of the enclosure. These openings are precisely positioned. Such precise positioning is necessary to cooperate with the components of the ATM outside the enclosure. For example, an opening through the secure enclosure is required to enable a currency dispenser mechanism within the secure enclosure to pass currency notes to the mechanism outside the enclosure that delivers the notes to the customer. Likewise a precise opening is required to pass deposit envelopes and other valuables from the deposit accepting opening and mechanism outside of the secure enclosure to the depository mechanism inside the secure enclosure. Similarly, wiring harnesses and other connectors for the electronic and alarm components within the enclosure extend through openings which must be accurately positioned to enable connection to other wiring or devices in the ATM that are outside the enclosure.
There are many types of ATMs. ATMs can be configured as lobby units, which are made to be used within the confines of a building. Other ATMs are made for "through the wall" installation which enables a user outside of a building to use the machine. ATMs vary in physical size due to a number of factors. ATMs that provide a wide variety of functions, such as passbook printing, ticket or stamp dispensing, check cashing and other functions must necessarily be physically larger than machines that do not provide such functions. Such multi-function machines generally have secure enclosures that are much larger than machines that have less capabilities. ATMs that provide a single function, such as dispensing cash, often require a much smaller secure enclosure.
The manufacture of various types of ATMs often necessitates that manufacturers of ATMs produce a number of types of secure enclosures. These enclosures may vary not only in physical size and configuration, but also in terms of position and variety of openings that are provided through the walls of the secure enclosure. Problems in production processes may arise when enclosures are assembled from panels of similar size. If care is not exercised, an incorrect panel may be assembled into the enclosure. Likewise an enclosure may inadvertently be made with two panels of the same type, such as two tops or two bottoms. Panels may also be reversed from the proper position. The potential for confusion increases when several enclosures of similar size are being manufactured from similar panels, which enclosures have different openings to accommodate the positions of devices in the ATM in which the e
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Harry Donald W.
Kalinowski Joseph M.
Sedlock Gerald T.
Vankirk Thomas A.
Barrett Suzanne Dino
InterBold
Jocke Ralph E.
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