Safes – bank protection – or a related device – Wall and panel structures – closures and closure adjuncts – With closure fastening means
Patent
1986-06-23
1988-07-05
Wilson, Neill
Safes, bank protection, or a related device
Wall and panel structures, closures and closure adjuncts
With closure fastening means
109 74, 109 79, 70155, 292 41, 292DIG49, E05G 104, E05B 6302
Patent
active
047547154
ABSTRACT:
An improved safe is provided which offers the security of currently known more complex safes at substantially less cost. The safe preferably includes a cabinet having apertured door frame structure, with a door having inner, outer and sidewalls. Locking apparatus located within the door includes a series of selectively operable toggle mechanisms, each having a pair of pivotal links coupled to a locking bolt. The locking bolts are designed to extend through the aligned frame and door apertures to lock the door. The frame structure is formed of interconnected, seamless webs integral with the cabinet walls and presenting a recess to receive the door lip. Additional security is achieved by reinforcing the door lip with flange structure forming a part of the marginal door frame and by attaching the handle to the actuator for the toggle mechanisms so that excess force renders the handle inoperative. Further, forced entry is inhibited by constructing the toggles so that in the locking position, the toggles are over center in a downward direction which causes any force exerted against the bolts to be directed downward against the bottom wall of the door.
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