Kumahira Safe Co., Inc.

Kumihara Safe Co., Inc.

Hiroshi Masachika

Eiro Naruto

An improved after hour depository of the type including a throw-in door turnably housed in the frame is disclosed. A control panel is disposed on the frame at the position located adjacent to the throw-in door to control turning movement of the throw-in door. A magnetic card is previously allocated to a client by the bank and when he visits there, he inserts his magnetic card into a card insert slit on the control panel. A control circuit having a number of informations concerning all clients stored therein is electrically connected to the control panel. A locking and unlocking apparatus is provided between the frame and the throw-in door to lock or unlock the throw-in door in accordance with command issued from the control circuit. The locking and unlocking apparatus comprises an electromagnetic solenoid, a locking hole formed on the one side plate of the throw-in door and an actuating mechanism adapted to allow a locking bar to come in or out of the locking hole in response to signal transmitted from the control circuit. The actuating mechanism is operatively connected to the electromagnetic solenoid by way of a linkage system. A spring means adapted to allow the locking bar to normally come out of the locking hole is included in the actuating mechanism. When electric power supply is interrupted, the depository is handled by actuating his key in the conventional manner.

After hour depository

An improved after hour depository is disclosed which essentially comprises a door casing turnable about a shaft extending across both the side walls of a framework on a bank building, a movable wall in operative association with the door casing so as to a develop a pocket, a rotary stopper fixedly secured to the door casing at its lower end part, a sleeve roller adapted to be displaced together with the movable wall, a ratch mechanism for defining the movement of the sleeve roller, a sliding member for turning the movable wall and a steal activity protection means. The improvement consists in that the stealing activity protection means comprises a stealing activity protection plate fixedly secured to the movable wall at its lower end part and an arm ratch so that any close clearance between the corrugated surfaces of both the door casing and the guide member is completely filled. Further, the stealing activity protection means includes arcuate grooves formed on the inside walls of the door casing and pins projected from the side faces of the movable wall so as to be fitted into the arcuate grooves. Protection from any stealing activity is principally ensured in such a manner that a shaft extending across the side walls of the framework is depressed against the upper face of the ratch mechanism.

A depository includes a frame, a door casing pivotally mounted to the frame for movement between closed and open positions, a movable wall member pivotally mounted to the door casing to permit pivotal movement thereof in response to the door casing being moved between the closed and open positions. A security mechanism is provided so that direction reversal of the pivotal movement of the door casing is prevented by virtue of a pair of ratch members which define a space therebetween and in which a roller moves during pivotal movement of the door casing towards the closed position. A cam surface is defined on one of the ratch members which also has a linkage member pivotally attached thereto so as to be movable between an engaged and disengaged position with respect to the other ratch member. The other ratch member defines a latch surface so that when the roller moves in the space defined between the pair of ratch members, the linkage member is responsively moved to the disengaged position and thereafter, the roller comes into contact with the latch surface so as to prevent direction reversal of the door casing for security reasons.

An apparatus for depositing money in a receiving safe of a bank in which a door having a concave rear wall is rotatable between open and closed positions. A movable wall is mounted rotatably with the door to form a pocket with the concave wall when the door is open for receiving a money bag or envelope, the movable wall scraping the concave rear wall as the door rotates to its open position. A pawl is likewise mounted for rotation with the door to engage a ratchet and prevent reopening the door after it begins to close and has rotated to a position where the pocket is inaccessible.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshi Masachika