Safes – bank protection – or a related device – Wall and panel structures – closures and closure adjuncts – Closures
Patent
1995-08-17
1998-06-23
Boucher, Darnell M.
Safes, bank protection, or a related device
Wall and panel structures, closures and closure adjuncts
Closures
220 402, 220 33, 220476, 70159, 70 63, 109 51, E06B 334
Patent
active
057690065
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a safety box.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to provide a safety box being structured in such a way that each form of burglary is made impossible. The invention, in particular, makes the area of the box inaccessible where jimmies or the like could in normal conditions be introduced to break open the box.
To allow this, according to the invention, the safety box according to the invention consists of a bottom plate provided with means for attaching to a wall or partition and with a box shaped cover hingedly connected to this bottom plate.
The invention is characterised in that the dimensions of said bottom plate are chosen with respect to those of said box shaped cover in such a way that the bottom plate fits entirely within the box shaped cover in the closed position of the safety box.
In a preferably applied embodiment the edges of said box shaped cover project beyond the edges of said bottom plate in the closed position of the box.
Other details and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a safety box according to the invention. This description is only given by way of example and does not limit the invention. The reference numerals relate to the figures annexed hereto.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the safety box according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a view of the rear side of the bottom plate of the safety box according to the invention.
FIG. 3 is a cross-section according to the line III--III from FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 shows, in cross-section, the relation to a wall or partition of the box shaped cover and of the bottom plate.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The safety box shown by these figures can be used for a number of well determined purposes. One thereof for which the box is particularly suited is the protection of electrical infrastructure belonging to communication apparatuses, incoming distribution cables, connection cables, distribution points and connection points. In certain specific situations, the safety box according to the invention provides efficient protection of incoming telephone lines.
The safety box includes a bottom plate 1 arranged to be attached to a wall or partition, and which can be provided with the necessary means for receiving the electrical structures. These means and said structures have not been shown in the figures. It will also be clear that, whilst the case of a safety box for incoming cables is described here casually, the box according to the invention can have many other applications. The essence of the invention is in the means for making each form of burglary or fraudulent access impossible.
These means are formed by the combination of a bottom plate 1, which is to be attached to a wall or a partition, and a box shaped cover 2, hingedly connected to the bottom plate.
A remarkable characteristic of this original combination has to be seen in the fact that the edges 3' of the four walls 3 of the box shaped cover 2 always project beyond the bottom plate 1, in the closed position.
Thanks to this provision (represented by FIG. 4) it is in no way possible to introduce any pointed or sharp object, screwdriver or jimmy between the free edge of the bottom plate 1 and the edges 3' of the walls 3. Because the bottom plate 1 is provided for attachment to a wall or partition (represented by reference 4) with four bulges 5, through openings 6 of which screws or similar attaching means can be introduced, the bottom plate 1 of the safety box according to the invention is situated always at a larger distance from the wall or partition 4 than the free edge 3' of the walls 3 of the box shaped cover. This situation, which is a very characterising feature of the invention, is clearly represented by FIG. 4.
In the mounted position, the edges 3' of the walls 3 of the box shaped cover 2 always fit closely to a wall or partition, whereas the bottom plate 1 of the box is always situated on a certain distance therefrom. The gap between the
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Boucher Darnell M.
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