Two door electronic safe

• US 7,779,983 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2009
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ellenby Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ellenby Technologies Inc.
• Inventors: Dobbins, Bob M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; John Q.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BEAUCHAINE, MARK J
• Application Number:
  US12/403,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20090166152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 530 Days
• Field of Search: 194/206, 194/350, 49/33, 49 37- 39, 49/54, 491/42, 493/06, 493/07, 494/72, 495/01, 109/2, 109/24.1, 109/53, 109/67
• US Class Current: 194/206
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/12 Containers for valuable papers
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/04 by paper currency

Abstract

A two door electronic safe is described wherein a bill acceptor, as well as other electronic control circuitry, and a banknote canister are partitioned in first and second compartments with access by first and second access doors, respectively, so that a service call can be made to service the bill acceptor or other electronics without having to allow access to the banknote canister thereby facilitating service calls and allowing the separation of the service call function from the cash collection function.

Claims

1. An electronic drop safe comprising:

a bill acceptor for accepting bills mounted in a first compartment within a housing;

a bill canister for storing bills mounted in a second compartment within the housing, wherein said bill canister is located behind an access door, said access door having a lock which must be opened to access the bill canister and isolating the bill acceptor from the bill canister when the access door is closed; and

a reinforcement shelf positioned between said first compartment and said second compartment limiting the access to the canister when the door is closed.

2. The electronic drop safe of claim 1 where said lock can be mechanical or electronic.

3. The electronic drop safe of claim 1 where said reinforcement shelf is incorporated on said access door.

4. An electronic drop safe comprising:

a bill acceptor mounted in a first compartment within a housing; and

a bill canister for storing bills mounted in a second compartment within the housing, wherein said second compartment has a lockable door, where said second compartment lockable door is provided with a shelf to limit access to the second compartment from the first compartment when the lockable door is closed and locked.

5. An electronic drop safe comprising:

a bill acceptor for accepting bills mounted in a first compartment within a housing;

a bill canister for storing bills mounted in a second compartment within the housing, wherein said bill canister is located behind an access door, said access door having a lock which must be opened to access the bill canister and isolating the bill acceptor from the bill canister when the access door is closed, where said access door is provided with a reinforcement shelf to limit the access to the bill canister when the bill acceptor is removed from the housing.