Safe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10260271-B2
Application number	US-201514862922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2015
Priority date	Sep 23, 2015
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

A safe may include a body. The body may include a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a top, a bottom, a rear sidewall and a door that may define an interior volume. The door may be hingably connected to the second sidewall. The safe may also include a first side channel and a second side channel. The first side channel may be attached to the first sidewall and the second side channel may be attached to the second sidewall. The safe may also include a segmentation plate that may include a first vertical side rail and a second vertical side rail. The first vertical side rail may be slideably located in the first side channel and the second vertical side rail may be slideably located in the second side channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A safe comprising:
a body defining an interior volume;
a segmentation plate movably mounted within the interior volume and dividing the interior volume into a first compartment and a second compartment, the segmentation plate being configured to deflect in response to increased pressure in either the first or second compartment,
wherein the segmentation plate includes projections extending therefrom and located opposite complementary formations in the body so that when the segmentation plate deflects in response to increased pressure the projections engage with the complementary formations and thereby increase the structural rigidity of the body,
wherein the body defines a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a door hingably coupled to the first or second sidewall and closing an aperture defined by the first and second sidewall when the door is in a closed position, and wherein the first sidewall or the second sidewall includes a side relief portion located on an exterior surface of the first compartment, the side relief portion configured to cause the first compartment to expand upon a pressure increase within the first compartment,
wherein the segmentation plate further comprises:
a first edge located proximate the door; and
a door pin located proximate the first edge,

wherein when the segmentation plate is in a first state the door pin is proximate a door pin hole defined by a portion of the door,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in a second state the door pin engages the door pin hole and hinders movement of the door.

2. The safe of claim 1 , wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall each include a side relief portion located on an exterior surface of the first compartment, the side relief portions configured to cause the first compartment to expand upon a pressure increase within the first compartment.

3. The safe of claim 1 , wherein the door includes a relief portion located on an exterior surface of the first compartment, the relief portion configured to cause the first compartment to expand upon a pressure increase within the first compartment.

4. The safe of claim 1 , wherein the segmentation plate defines an opening large enough to allow for pressure equalization upon a pressure increase within the second compartment and small enough to prevent a human hand from passing though the opening.

5. The safe of claim 1 , wherein the segmentation plate further comprises:
a second edge proximate a rear sidewall; and
a rear pin located proximate the second edge,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in the first state the rear pin is proximate a rear pin hole defined by a portion of the rear sidewall,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in the second state the rear pin engages the rear pin hole and hinders movement of the door and the segmentation plate.

6. The safe of claim 1 , wherein the safe further comprises:
a first side channel attached to the first sidewall;
a second side channel attached to the second sidewall; and
the segmentation plate further comprises:
a first vertical side rail slideably located in the first side channel and a second vertical side rail slideably located in the second side channel;
a second edge proximate the first side rail or the second side rail; and
a sidewall pin located proximate the second edge,

wherein when the segmentation plate is in the first state the sidewall pin is proximate a sidewall pin hole defined by a portion of the first side rail or the second side rail,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in the second state the sidewall pin engages the sidewall pin hole and hinders movement of the door and the segmentation plate.

7. A safe comprising:
a body including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a top, a bottom, a rear sidewall and a door defining an interior volume, the door hingably connected to the second sidewall; and
a segmentation plate located within the interior volume and dividing the interior volume into a first compartment and a second compartment, the segmentation plate including a door pin located proximate a first edge of the segmentation plate, the first edge proximate the door,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in a first state, the door pin is proximate a door pin hole defined by a portion of the door,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in the second state, the door pin engages the door pin hole and hinders movement of the door.

8. The safe of claim 7 , wherein the segmentation plate is vertically slideable from a first position when in the first state to a second position when in the second state.

9. The safe of claim 7 , wherein the first state is an undeformed state and wherein the second state is a deformed state caused by a pressure increase within the first compartment.

10. The safe of claim 7 wherein the segmentation plate further includes a first side rail located in a first side channel attached to the first sidewall and a second side rail located in a second side channel attached to the second sidewall, the segmentation plate slideable within the first side channel and the second side channel from the first state to the second state.

11. The safe of claim 7 , wherein the first sidewall or the second sidewall includes a side relief portion located on an exterior surface of the first compartment, the side relief portion configured to cause the first compartment to expand upon a pressure increase within the first compartment.

12. The safe of claim 7 , wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall each include a side relief portion located on an exterior surface of the first compartment, the side relief portions configured to cause the first compartment to expand upon a pressure increase within the first compartment.

13. The safe of claim 7 , wherein the door includes a relief portion located on an exterior surface of the first compartment, the relief portion configured to cause the first compartment to expand upon a pressure increase within the first compartment.

14. The safe of claim 7 , wherein the segmentation plate defining an opening large enough to allow for pressure equalization upon a pressure increase within the second compartment and small enough to prevent a human hand from passing though the opening.

15. The safe of claim 7 , wherein the segmentation plate further comprises:
a second edge proximate the rear sidewall; and
a rear pin located proximate the second edge,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in the first state the rear pin is proximate a rear pin hole defined by a portion of the rear sidewall,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in the second state the rear pin engages the rear pin hole and hinders movement of the door and the segmentation plate.

16. The safe of claim 7 , wherein the segmentation plate further comprises:
a second edge proximate a first side rail or a second side rail; and
a sidewall pin located proximate the second edge,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in the first state the sidewall pin is proximate a sidewall pin hole defined by a portion of the first sidewall or the second sidewall,
wherein when the segmentation plate is in the second state the sidewall pin engages the sidewall pin hole and hinders movement of the door and the segmentation plate.

17. A self-service terminal comprising:
a safe including:
a body defining an interior volume; and
a segmentation plate located within the interior volume and dividing the interior volume into a first compartment and a second compartment, the segmentation plate being movably mounted within the interior vo

Assignees

• Ncr Corp

Inventors

• Possato Laerte Gualdia
• Kume Wilson
• De Oliveira Joao Paulo
• Polo Marcel Canavesi

Classifications

• E05G1/026

  Closures (protective doors, windows, or like closures against air raid or other war-like action E06B5/10; shutters, movable grilles, other safety closures E06B9/02) · CPC title

• E05G1/06

  having provision for multiple compartments · CPC title

• E05G1/024 Primary

  Wall or panel structure · CPC title