Device and process for protecting and handling bank notes and valuables
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1. A device for protecting and handling bank notes and valuables comprisinga housing;
- a protection housing forming external walls of said housing;
at least one mobile element supported for movement in said housing including a drawer movable in a direction for extraction of said drawer out of said protection housing;
safety compartments within said drawer having safety bulkheads forming walls of said safety compartments, said safety compartments being of a size substantially dimensioned for holding a measured quantity of the bank notes;
at least two of said safety compartments being consecutive with each other in said drawer in said extraction direction of said drawer;
said extraction direction of said drawer allowing access to said safety compartments from outside of said protection housing;
mobile element locking means attachable to said mobile element at a plurality of stop positions in movement of said mobile element along said extraction direction;
a control device connected to drive said locking means at said plurality of stop positions for access to said safety compartments;
said control device includingquantity sensors connected to operate said mobile element locking means and having means to detect the presence of the bank notes and valuables in said safety compartments.
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A device used for protecting and handling bank notes and valuables including, within a housing, a protection housing, mobile elements having a sliding direction and a plurality of safety compartments consecutive with one another along the sliding direction, locking elements defining as many stop positions of the mobile elements as there are safety compartments along the sliding direction, and a control device driving the locking elements. A process includes the insertion of bank notes and valuables in various safety compartments and making gradually accessible the content of compartments according to prefixed time sequences.
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1. A device for protecting and handling bank notes and valuables comprising
a housing; -
a protection housing forming external walls of said housing; at least one mobile element supported for movement in said housing including a drawer movable in a direction for extraction of said drawer out of said protection housing; safety compartments within said drawer having safety bulkheads forming walls of said safety compartments, said safety compartments being of a size substantially dimensioned for holding a measured quantity of the bank notes; at least two of said safety compartments being consecutive with each other in said drawer in said extraction direction of said drawer; said extraction direction of said drawer allowing access to said safety compartments from outside of said protection housing; mobile element locking means attachable to said mobile element at a plurality of stop positions in movement of said mobile element along said extraction direction; a control device connected to drive said locking means at said plurality of stop positions for access to said safety compartments; said control device including quantity sensors connected to operate said mobile element locking means and having means to detect the presence of the bank notes and valuables in said safety compartments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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