Abstract: The invention relates to a carrying case with a theft prevention clamp. It is especially designed for laptop computers left in public places, but may also be used to prevent other items from being stolen. The clamp is designed to removably fasten the carrying case to a table, but may also be used on shelves or other objects with similarly shaped surfaces. The clamp has a flexible portion and a rigid portion. The carrying case has an upper portion and a lower portion, which are pivotally connected. There is a lock for securing the upper portion to the lower portion when they are in a closed position. A keyhole switch activates a battery-powered electric motor to extend the clamp when a key is inserted, if the key is turned clockwise, or to retract the clamp, if the key is turned counterclockwise. Once the clamp is extended, it and the lower portion of the carrying case can be inserted around a table or other object with similar surfaces.

Abstract: A wall safe assembly that is designed to be secured to a vertically oriented stud such as that positioned behind a sheet of drywall or paneling in the structure of a building. Generally the wall safe assembly would be mounted in a closet in one of its corners. The major components of the wall safe assembly are the wall safe housing and the mounting block. The circular top and bottom walls of the wall safe have a T-shaped tongue member extending laterally from their periphery. The front wall of the mounting block has vertically spaced T-shaped apertures with cavities therebehind for removably receiving the T-shaped tongue members. A lock assembly is removably received in the cavity behind the upper T-shaped aperture for preventing removal of the wall safe housing.

Abstract: A tamper-resistant cash box combination including a cash box support structure defining a storage cavity accessible through a front opening, a closed cash box sized to fit snugly into the structure containing a front panel for fitting flush with the structure front opening, the front panel forming a first slot therethrough for passing currency and the like into the box, a bolt inside the cash box in slidable engagement with the front panel, the bolt defined by a top end and a bottom end, and a lock on the cash box front panel for moving the bolt upward to cover the first slot and downward through a second slot formed in the bottom of the cash box into a third slot formed in the bottom of the structure to lock the cash box in the structure where actuation of the lock in one direction locks the cash box in the structure and simultaneously opens the currency-passing first slot for access to the interior of the cash box and actuation of the lock in the other direction unlocks the cash box from the structure for r

Abstract: A seismic restraint system for vault located bank safety deposit box modules and the like. This system includes a beam or strongback which extends along the top of a row of safe deposit box modules. A series of adjustable columns bear against the beam and the ceiling of the safe deposit vault. Horizontal bars extend laterally from the beam for securement to an adjacent wall or other vertical support. In one embodiment, a rectangular beam assembly with a plurality of adjustable columns is used to secure a freestanding stack of modules. Resilient pads and stepped beams accommodate differences in heights of modules.

Abstract: A lock box mounting assembly (10, 101) for removably mounting a lock box (12, 116) to the hinge-edge (104) of a door (26, 106) includes a U-shaped bracket (30, 102, 103) formed for placement between the door (26, 106) and the door jamb (28, 107). The U-shaped bracket (30,102, 103) has an outer leg portion (32, 109), an inner leg portion (34, 108), and a central portion (36, 111) formed to extend through a reveal space between the hinge-edge of the door (26, 106) and the door jamb (28, 107) when the door is in a closed position. The inner leg portion (34) preferably includes at least one hinge-receiving slot (52a, 52b, 118) dimensioned to receive a door hinge (58,117) for vertically supporting the U-shaped bracket (30, 102, 103) on a door hinge (58, 117). In one form of the mounting assembly (101) the brackets (102, 103) substantially encircle and are locked to the door hinge (117) for increased security.

Abstract: An electronic storage cabinet and lighted sign assembly for an ATM comprising a hollow cabinet having a box-like frame with a front surface is attached to the ATM with the frame front abutted against the back portion of the ATM. Special equipment support means are provided within the cabinet for supporting, if desired, a modem and/or alarm means. The modem and alarm means may be easily installed and serviced through side openings which are selectively closed off by side doors. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a pair of posts are provided as vertical extensions to the cabinet for supporting a lighted sign assembly. Special means are provided for securing the cabinet to the backside of the ATM.

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a coin drop mechanism and a coin box from burglary includes a metal hollow casing, a metal mounting plate, and a plurality of carriage bolts and nuts. The coin drop mechanism has a plate member which is mounted to a front panel of a vending machine, slot machine and the like. The coin box has a front wall mounted to the front panel. The hollow casing has a planar wall, and an opening formed in the planar wall of the hollow casing. The mounting plate has a first hole and a second hole. The plate member of the coin drop mechanism and the front wall of the coin box are lockably installed to the first and second holes of the mounting plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal security case which includes a holder attached to a wall or the like, and a security case removably held by the holder. The security case has a case body and a lid which is attached to the case body in such a manner as to be opened and closed as desired. The personal security case also includes a lock mechanism provided thereon to enable the case body and the lid to be locked respectively to the holder and to the case body in a closed state either simultaneously or independently and to further permit unlocking of the case body and the lid either simultaneously or independently.

Abstract: A car wash system includes a pair of car washing areas to either side of an upstanding wall, a pair of coin/token boxes within the upstanding wall with each having a front face opening toward an associated car was area, a coin/taken vault within the upstanding wall below the pair of coin/token boxes, and a pair of tubes leading from the coin/token box to the coin/token vault whereby coins/tokens deposited in the coin/token boxes are guided into the coin/token vault.

Abstract: A readily portable safe is bracketed to a bracket plate adapted to be secured to a solid surface by relative sliding motion. The safe is in two parts hinged together. A cylinder lock has a bolt which engages in registering holes in lugs on the plate and the two parts of the safe.

Abstract: A security container comprises two halves which can be slid together longitudinally to close the container and locked in the longitudinally closed position. Each half comprises a channel member and an associated end cap which is of a size to cover the whole of the end of the container. Edges of the side panels of each channel member include u-shape formations to that the two halves interlock for a longitudinal movement. A money compartment is defined in the bottom of the rear half by a transverse plate parallel to the lower end cap. A drawer is mounted in the compartment and can be locked by rotating a threaded rod into engagement with a nut welded on the rear face of the rear channel member. A locking mechanism for the above container includes a protective cover including two plates covering the front face of the lock barrel with four balls between the plates allowing a key to pan between the balls into the lock but resisting a punch force to the front of the lock.

Abstract: A wall safe assembly that is designed to be secured to a vertically oriented stud such as that positioned behind a sheet of drywall or paneling in the structure of a building. Generally the wall safe assembly would be mounted in a closet in one of its corners. The major components of the wall safe are the safe housing and the mounting block. The safe housing has a cylindrical configuration and it has a top wall or cover that is threadably received in the top end of the cylindrically shaped safe housing. An integrally formed ear extends horizontally from the bottom wall of the safe housing and also from the top wall. These ears are removably received in horizontal slots formed in the front wall of the mounting block. A pair of vertically spaced eye lag slots are also formed in the rear wall of the mounting block for receiving the ring portion of the heads of eye lags that have been screwed into the wall studs.

Abstract: A lock type sealed security device or unit for clamping bills accumulated in vending machine validating or other paper currency accumulating devices. The device is locked onto the accumulating device in a position which allows the currency to be accumulated therein. When the currency is desired to be removed, the device is moved into a clamping position and operated to securely clamp the sheaf of paper currency therein. The security device can be unlocked from the validating device only when the currency is clamped and an unclamped sealed security device can be mounted in its place on the validating device. The security device with the currency clamped therein then is removed to a collection area, where the device is unsealed and the currency is unclamped and removed.

Abstract: A sheet feeding system comprises an interlock assembly for use with a sheet store which includes, a carriage slidably mounted in a housing. A disc shaped locking member locks the carriage in a first position relatively to the housing. A probe can be inserted into the carriage to move a spring biassed plunger out of engagement with the disc to allow the disc to move into an aperture in the probe in order to lock the probe with the carriage for movement relative to the housing.

Abstract: An electromechanical key safe includes a housing with a region defined therein. The region can be closed by means of a pivoted door attached to the housing. The door carries an electronic control system as well as a manually operable keypad. In response to entry of a sequence of characters through the keypad, the control system compares the entered sequence to a predetermined sequence of valid combinations. If a match is detected, the matched combination is checked to determine whether or not it is enabled. In the event that a matched combination is enabled, the lock system can be unlocked or actuated. In the event that a predetermined and matched combination is not enabled, the lock system cannot be unlocked.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a post anchored to the ground including a closable compartment containing a removable coin box, and a container attachable to the post. The post comprises means for concomitantly opening the compartment, extracting the coin box from the compartment and releasing the container from the post for access to internal means included in the post and the container. The apparatus has only a single entrance for access to the coin box compartment and internal means, thus providing effective protection to the interior of the apparatus at low cost.

Abstract: Keysafe having a main storage case of spaced apart opposing walls in which is affixed a padlock with its shackle extending through the top wall of the case and with the padlock opening for receiving the free end of the shackle oriented towards the front of the case, and a lid for covering the front part of the case that is locked closed when the free end of the padlock shackle is locked in place.

Abstract: Dead-bolt locking apparatus includes a door-carried dead-bolt mechanism having oppositely projecting dead-bolts on dual aligned slides, and a key-controlled cam-lock unit receivable in a cavity in the dead-bolt mechanism. The cam-lock unit is inserted into the cavity with the lock of the cam-lock unit "unlocked", developing balanced outward thrust on the door-securing dead-bolt slides. Locking the cylinder lock then secures the cam-lock unit against removal and thereby locks the dead-bolt apparatus.

Abstract: A locked cover for surrounding an air condition responsive controller such as a thermostat to prevent the setting from being altered by people unauthorized to do so. This is accomplished by baffles which are opposite the openings in the cover to prevent tools from being inserted through these openings to adjust the control. The baffles have openings through them to permit air to flow to the controller. In one form, the baffles are rigidly secured in position in an otherwise existing type of guard cover. In another form of the invention, there are a plurality of interlocking pieces which can be fitted together and placed within an existing cover to prevent access to the adjustment for the controller. In still another version, the guard cover is modified so that the openings for admission of air are not adjacent the controller, but are spaced outwardly therefrom with the openings through the baffles adjacent the controller.

Abstract: A tamper-proof coin safe including a cylindrical housing having an open end and a closed end together with a drawer insertable within the open end in recessed relation to the interior of the housing. The drawer includes a closure door which snugly fits the interior of the housing and bears against stops to maintain the drawer in the recessed position. A rotatable locking mechanism mounted in the drawer and operable by a key detachably secures the drawer within the housing.

Abstract: An autoteller accepts on a ramp exchangeable banknote cassettes which can only be opened at the predetermined angle of the ramp when a key assembly on the ramp is presented to a lock. The cassettes may only have the key assembly presented to the lock when not on the ramp at an angle to the horizontal, whereat opening of the doors on the cassette is prevented by a blocking bar swinging to engage a notch in the opening mechanism to prevent operation of the opening mechanism. A processor in the autoteller accepts a password from an internal keypad, enters a wide access bank service routine if a first password is provided and a restrictive access third party service routine if a second password is provided, shutting down the autoteller if no correct password is provided within a predetermined number of tries in a predetermined time.

Abstract: A pay telephone having a housing is removably mounted on a mount. The mount and housing have cooperating pins and inclined slots arranged to retain the housing on the mount and permit the housing to be lifted from the mount. Locks mounted on the housing have movable members that engage a lip secured to the mount prevent the housing from being lifted from the mount. The movable members are turned with keys to positions which permit the housing to be lifted from the mount.

Abstract: A device for automatically opening and closing the cash inlet-outlet opening of a cash container which is detachably installable into a rack in a cash handling apparatus. The device comprises a shutter provided inside the container and slidable along a wall thereof for opening or closing the opening; opening-closing drive means including opening and closing stoppers mounted on the rack and a knob attached to the shutter and cooperative with the stoppers, the drive means being adapted to drive the shutter with the movement of the container when the container is installed into or removed from the rack; lock means for holding the opening closed with the shutter; and release means for undoing the lock means with the movement of the container when the container is installed into the rack.

Abstract: A money box arrangement particularly for use in the cashier's stations of department stores, on bank counters or the like is proposed. This money box arrangement in particular will make possible a simple and secure carrying of the money between the cashier's station and a central cash office. It comprises a cash insert (10) which can be taken out of the cashbox (4) of a cash register (2), a portable strongbox (12) for receiving the cash insert (10) as well as other reserve money not located in this place, and moreover comprises a cover (14) which can serve for closing off the cash insert (10) and for closing off the portable strongbox (12). This arrangement makes it possible for the change in the cash insert (10) and the reserve money to be carried securely between the cashier's station and the central cash office.

Abstract: Unauthorized tapping onto ground level cable TV junction connector boxes or the like is prevented by an anti-tapping device which is removably anchored into the ground so that it resists tilting; has a housing enclosing the junction box, and the removal and anti-tilt means; and has a locking means which rotatably mounts the housing so that it readily rotates, thus frustrating attempts to gain access to the junction connectors.

Abstract: A safe or safety storage apparatus is mounted for vertical up and down movement above and below a concrete slab. An actuator is provided to effect the movement and a lock is provided to hold the apparatus in the down position. A closure is provided that moves with and covers the apparatus when it is in the down position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a receptacle for collection of monies on a mass location basis. Though use of the present invention, money can be safely collected on a mass location basis without the necessity of an individual attendant at each collection site.

Abstract: A secure container, for example a portable cassette for banknotes, has a shutter at one end movable by a sliding shutter bar (2). The shutter is lockable by the action of a shutter locking bar (8) pivoted at its center between a locking position (as shown in FIG. 1) and a primed position at which the shutter locking bar is parallel to the container walls and its end is aligned with an aperture 2a in the shutter bar (2) allowing the shutter bar to slide within the container and open the shutter.The shutter locking bar (8) is moved to its primed position by a lock (5) with a rotatable lock pin (6) engaging an operating arm (7) coupled to the shutter locking bar (8). An interlock pawl (11) pivotally mounted on a flange of the arm (7) has a catch engaging the lock pin (6), so as to prevent improper priming of the shutter locking bar (8) until the operation of the lock (5).

Abstract: A safety box assembly comprising a safety container of the portable and carrying type, and a mounting base intended to be fastened on a supporting surface such as the floor or the wall of a room. The assembly further comprises a locking arrangement whereby the container may be released from its mounting base to be carried about, the base remaining on the supporting wall. This assembly is conceived so that only by unlocking the locking arrangement can the safety container be opened and removed from its mounting base. The assembly is also conceived so that unless the safety container is unlocked and removed from the mounting base, it is not possible to unfasten the mounting base from its supporting surface and therefore to carry the whole assembly from its selected location.

Abstract: A portable security box is provided comprising a container formed from a pair of mating sections and a lock carried by one of the sections and having a flexible cable extending therefrom. The other section defines an opening for accessing the lock when both sections are in a closed position. The other section also defines a pair of openings which align with openings in the first section when the sections are in the closed position. In this manner, the cable can extend from the lock carried by the one section, through the aligned openings, and back to the lock, to secure the sections in the closed position. The container is formed from a pair of plastic sections which are hinged together at an end opposite the end at which the lock is located.

Abstract: A secure container formed with an aperture and having a closure member movable to cover or uncover the aperture, and comprising actuating means for engagement by a releasing member in a dispensing, loading or unloading apparatus as the container is inserted into such apparatus, incorporates a lost-motion connection between the actuating means (10) and release mechanism (12, 21, 22, 23) for the closure member (24) and a direct connection between the actuating means and an internally pivoted lever (11), as a consequence of which when the container is inserted in the apparatus the lever (11) is moved to project through the side wall of the container before the closure member starts to open and similarly on withdrawal of the container the closure member is completely closed before the lever returns to its first position inside the container to allow withdrawal of the container form the apparatus to be completed.

Abstract: A cash collection receptacle for receiving coins and paper currency from a farebox is disclosed. The receptacle is comprised of a five-sided steel cashbox with two inner chambers which receive coins and currency separately from the farebox. The cashbox has disposed therein a lock assembly into which a slidable steel cover is engaged by means of a rotatable control handle to lock the cashbox.

Abstract: A safety box assembly made up of a container having an access opening, a door hinged to the container for closing the access opening and a mounting base having a bottom wall secured to a supporting surface by means of screws or the like. The container is removably secured over the mounting base in such a manner that the fastening screws are covered by the container so as to become inaccessable. To secure the container on the base, there is provided a first bracket at the lower end of the door, this bracket having a locking wall extending toward the base inside the enclosure when the door is closed. A second bracket is provided on the mounting base and projects upwardly from the base bottom wall, further including a front wall that closes off a lower part of the opening and is disposed in space relationship with the door locking wall.

Abstract: The invention is a device used by beach goers which by means of an auger at the end of a relatively long shaft the beach goer is able to engage the auger deep into the sand to firmly anchor a locker container in the sand. The auger drive mechanism is such that when a drive member is pulled up through the container top and engaged with a padlock to secure the container shut, the drive member disengages from the main shaft so that it is impossible to rotate the shaft by rotating the container because it free-wheels. Thus only by unlocking the padlock and releasing the drive member/lid retainer can the shaft be rotated to disengage it from the sand.

Abstract: A wall safe 10 uses an open front steel cabinet 20 mounted flush within a wall with a lock assembly 30 secured in one region and a portable deposit box 50 removably locked in place within another region. Lock assembly 30 includes a combination lock 24, an operating arm 35 enabled to turn when combination lock 24 is open, and a pair of live bolts 25 linked together for movement by arm 35 between locked and unlocked positions. A pair of dead bolts 19 arranged on an inner wall of cabinet 20 opposite live bolts 25 cooperate with lock assembly 30 in holding deposit box 50 securely in place. Opposite ends of the deposit box have internal steel channels 54 and 55 enclosing recesses into which the live and dead bolts enter through apertures 60 in the side walls of box 50. When locked, live bolts 25 pin together lock assembly 30, a crossbar 16 at the back of cabinet 20, and deposit box 50, making the system highly resistant to attack.

Abstract: An individual safekeeping box comprising a protective enclosure with an access opening, a protective door with a lock therein, and cooperating mounting means of the door and the enclosure to removably mount the door on the enclosure to close the opening. The enclosure is preferably made in two parts, a top cover and a bottom plate. Means are provided for detachably connecting the top cover and bottom plate together and for locking the connected parts together.

Abstract: A box and mounting plate in which the same lock is used to lock the box and secure it to the mounting plate by holding a lip of one section of the mounting plate beneath the box cover. The box can be released from the mounting plate by unlocking it and removing the mounting plate lip. Once the box is released from the mounting plate, it may be converted to a portable security box. Fabrication is simplified by requiring most sheet metal components to have only one simple bend.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable safe which when locked wedges itself in a drawer to resist being either opened or removed from the drawer without first being unlocked.

Abstract: Means and method for securing, in a predetermined location within a housing of a substantially stationary safe or the like and controlling access to the interior of, a portable currency or document depository having a slidable door that is normally locked closed. After insertion of the depository at said location, a barrier arm is rotated down to block removal of the depository and rotate a member into operative engagement with the door. A key irremovably carried by said arm is then insertable to unlock the door. The door is now opened by moving the member translationally one way, allowing access to the interior of the depository. The member must be moved the opposite way to close the door, and the door must be relocked by the key before the key can be withdrawn and the barrier arm rotated up to permit removal of the now relocked depository.

Abstract: A portable safe suitable for use by a traveler to secure valuables in a hotel or motel room. The safe includes top, bottom, side and end members hinged together to allow the safe to be opened to a substantially flat configuration for easy placement within luggage. When the traveler reaches his hotel or motel room, he raises the side and end members and fastens them in position with pins. The top member includes a lock for securing the top member in a closed position. Vacuum devices attached to the bottom member are actuable to secure the safe to any smooth flat surface such as a piece of furniture, a wall, a floor, a mirror, or a window.

Abstract: A safe box for deposit of money or other valuables to prevent theft of same includes separable parts releasably locked together by first and second locking means respectively having key operated first and second release means. The first release means is positioned between the parts and is accessible through a limited access opening in one of the parts. The second locking means has a blocking member which blocks access to the first release means through the limited access opening and also holds the first locking means in a locked position until the second release means is operated to unlock the second locking means.