Safety box for safeguarding documents and the like

• US 4,852,502 A
• Filed: 05/13/1988
• Issued: 08/01/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sixten Persson, Sven Klingberg
• Original Assignee: Sixten Persson, Sven Klingberg
• Inventors: Klingberg, Sven, Persson, Sixten
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Neill R.
• Application Number:
  US07/196,630
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• Field of Search: 109/20, 109/25, 109/29, 109/31, 109/41, 109/42, 109/35, 109/24, 109/49.5
• US Class Current: 109/25
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/14 with means for masking or destroying the valuables, e.g. in case of theft
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1445 with detection of interference with a cable tethering an article, e.g. alarm activated by detecting detachment of article, breaking or stretching of cable furniture, e.g. shelves for displaying merchandise, incorporating tethers to prevent theft A47F7/024, A47F5/0861

Abstract

A safety box comprises a multi-layered wall having provided therein at least one conductor, which responds by interruption or short-circuiting to damage caused to the wall, and which, if the wall is damaged, activates a circuit connected to said conductor. In response to activation of said circuit, documents contained in said safety box are marked or destroyed via an ignition means. The wall of the safety box is provided with electric shield means. In order to increase the response reliability of the circuit, the invention provides the feature that the shield means is galvanically separate from the circuit.

Claims

1. A safety box comprising a wall having provided therein at least one conductor, which is either interrupted or short-circuited with an additional conductor if damage is caused to said wall, and further comprising a shield means, which is located within said wall and which surrounds the wall portion through which said conductor extends, and still further comprising a circuit responding to the interruption or the short-circuiting of said conductor and used for producing an actuation signal for actuating a means for effecting changes in documents contained in the safety box, characterized in that the shield means is galvanically separate from the circuit.

2. A safety box according to claim 1, characterized in that the shield means is a metal foil embedded in said wall.

3. A safety box according to claim 1, characterized in that the shield means is a metal lattice embedded in said wall.

4. A safety box according to any one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the shield means is connected to electrically conductive parts, which are each arranged on an exterior surface of the safety box.