ATM Enclosure

• US 4,561,704 A
• Filed: 03/01/1984
• Issued: 12/31/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: JBA Company
• Original Assignee: JBA Company
• Inventors: Smith, Charles L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lyddane, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Falk, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US06/584,989
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 211/81, 211/168, 403/165, 248/552, 248/553, 248/186, 248/349, 248/425, 109/45, 109/48, 109/50, 312/222, 312/204, 312/216, 312/251, 312/286, 312/209, 312/252, 312/211, 312/212
• US Class Current: 312/223.3
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/201 Accessories of ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/205 Housing aspects of ATMs

Abstract

An ATM enclosure comprising a hollow cabinet having front, back and first and second side walls. The back wall of the cabinet has an access door provided therein to enable the servicing the electronic components therein. The cabinet is supported on a supporting surface such as a floor and is adapted to be pivoted about one of its front corners so that the enclosure may be pivoted whereby the back wall and the access door therein is positioned in a convenient manner for servicing.

Claims

1. An ATM enclosure adapted to be positioned on a floor surface comprising,

a hollow cabinet means having a front wall, back wall, first and second side walls, a top and a bottom,

said back wall having an access opening that is closed by a door,

a first supporting wheel secured to said cabinet means at the juncture of said back wall and said first side wall,

a second supporting wheel secured to said cabinet means at the juncture of said back wall and said second side wall,

a third supporting wheel secured to said cabinet means at the juncture of said first side wall and said front wall,

a pivot means secured to the floor surface and to said cabinet means at the juncture of said front wall and second side wall whereby said cabinet means may be pivotally moved about said pivot means, between operative and servicing positions, so that said access opening in said back wall will be more conveniently positioned to permit access to the interior of said cabinet means,

said pivot means including a base, means for securing said base to said floor surface, and coacting fastener means on said base and cabinet means such that said cabinet means is pivotally movable about said base upon securement of said base to a floor surface,

and means for locking said cabinet means in its operative position.

2. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein said locking means comprises a selectively vertically movable elongated bar means, movable between an upper unlocked position and a lower locked position, secured to said cabinet means in the interior thereof, the lower end of said bar means being lowered below said supporting wheels for receipt within an opening in said floor surface when in its lower locked position.

3. The enclosure of claim 2 wherein a lock means is removably secured to said bar means for locking said bar means in its lower locking position.

4. The enclosure of claim 3 wherein a removable access panel is provided on said front wall which may be selectively removed to provide access to said lock means.

5. The enclosure of claim 4 wherein said access panel comprises an envelope storage means.

6. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the top of said cabinet means is adapted to receive a CRT and money dispenser.

7. The enclosure of claim 6 wherein said cabinet means is provided with a support frame therein for supporting a currency depository means therein and wherein said front wall has an opening formed therein which communicates with said depository means.

8. The enclosure of claim 2 wherein the coacting fastener means on said cabinet means is situated within said cabinet means such that access to the interior of said cabinet means is required for access to said coacting fastener means.