Remotely programmable, vandal-resistant voice communications unit

• US 5,465,296 A
• Filed: 04/06/1994
• Issued: 11/07/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John J. Mcmonagle Jr, Kevin T. Vesely
• Original Assignee: John J. Mcmonagle Jr, Kevin T. Vesely
• Inventors: McMonagle, John J. Jr., Vesely, Kevin T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SAINT SURIN, JACQUES M
• Application Number:
  US08/224,003
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• Field of Search: 379/355, 379/354, 379/356, 379/357, 379/440, 379/437
• US Class Current: 379/355.01
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2239/038 Anti-vandalism
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 3/12 Push-buttons
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 3/62 Lubricating means structurally associated with the switch for lubricating contact-making surfaces H01H1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/18 Telephone sets specially adapted for use in ships, mines, or other places exposed to adverse environment H04M1/19 takes precedence

Abstract

A vandal resistant, remotely programmable voice communications unit is capable of being programmed for automatically calling predetermined telephone numbers. The unit is programmed remotely from any touch-tone telephone. A vandal-resistant push-button actuator employs first and second axially spaced apart, slidable seals on a push-button mounted within a housing. The seals absorb transverse blows to a raised portion of the push-button and a lubricant is disposed between the seals to prevent an adhesive inserted by a vandal from disabling the actuator. A speaker and microphone baffle utilizes offset passageways to inhibit the introduction of a pointed object therethrough to prevent damage to the speaker or microphone. A raised push-button actuator is disposed inwardly of an escutcheon and shaped to form a concave, ring-shaped surface therewith, thus to inhibit damage to the inner surface of the escutcheon from a hammer blow. A vandal-resistant pole mounting device clamps about the pole and is fastened by means of a fastener enclosed within a vandal-resistant housing, thus to prevent tampering with the fastener by a vandal in order to prevent removal of the housing and the mounting device from the pole.

Claims

1. A vandal-resistant enclosure for a sound transducer, comprising:

an outer housing having a transducer mounting wall;

a transducer mounting member having first and second walls which oppose each other, the transducer mounting member being affixed to the transducer mounting wall such that the first wall thereof abuts the transducer mounting wall; and

a sound transducer mounted on the second wall of the transducer mounting member such that the sound transducer faces the transducer mounting wall to receive sounds passing therethrough;

the transducer mounting member being formed with a first plurality of apertures extending from the first wall thereof adjacent the transducer mounting wall toward the transducer and terminating within the transducer mounting member, and a second plurality of apertures extending from the second wall thereof adjacent the transducer and terminating within the transducer mounting member;

each of the second plurality of apertures extends substantially parallel to a respective one of the first plurality of apertures and is offset therefrom;

each of the second plurality of apertures is connected to the respective one of the first plurality of apertures to provide a plurality of deviated passageways through the transducer mounting member from the transducer to the transducer mounting wall.

2. The vandal-resistant enclosure of claim 1, wherein each of the first plurality of apertures formed in the transducer mounting member has a longitudinal axis associated therewith and wherein the first plurality of apertures extend from the first wall such that the longitudinal axes are not perpendicular to the transducer mounting wall .

3. A vandal-resistant enclosure for mounting to an elongated object, comprising:

a first clamping means for clamping to the elongated object, the first clamping means having first and second opposable clamp ends;

first fastener means for fastening the opposable clamp ends to affix the first clamping means to the elongated object;

a first enclosure member having a first aperture for receiving the opposable clamp ends to dispose the first enclosure member between the elongated object and the first fastener means; and

a second enclosure member affixed to the first enclosure member to dispose the first fastener means therebetween, the first and second enclosure members forming an enclosure therebetween for shielding the first fastener means from vandals.

4. The vandal-resistant enclosure of claim 3, further comprising anchoring means extending from the first clamping means into the elongated object for inhibiting relative movement between the vandal-resistant enclosure and the elongated object.

5. The vandal-resistant enclosure of claim 4, wherein the anchoring means is a hollow conduit extending from within the enclosure to the interior of the elongated object whereby an enclosed passageway is provided therebetween.

6. The vandal-resistant enclosure of claim 3, further comprising second clamping means for clamping to a portion of the elongated object spaced apart from the first clamping means and having third and fourth opposable clamp ends;

and second fastener means for fastening the third and fourth opposable clamp ends together to affix the second clamping means to the elongated object;

the first enclosure member having a second aperture spaced apart from the first aperture for receiving the third and fourth clamp ends to position the second fastener means within the enclosure.