US 10,119,322 B2 · Electronic safes and hinge mechanisms for electronic safe

Abstract

An electronic safe and hinge combination is addressed in which hinges are integrally formed from a door plate and safe wall plate, such as a safe side wall. No exterior welds are employed so that a strong and aesthetically pleasing fascia results. Additionally, a hinge and removable hinge pin arrangement is provided which allows the safe body to be constructed separately from the doors and mated together during final assembly, as well as, facilitating repair of a damaged door and retrofitting one door for another for an in the field upgrade. An electronic drop safe is described employing two or more doors and mounted to a safe having a sidewall with an integrally formed hinge.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A safe comprising:

at least one door having an integrally formed first set of knuckles;
and
a side wall having an integrally formed second set of knuckles mating with said integrally formed first set of knuckles of the at least one door;
a hinge pin;
a hole in a base of the safe aligned with the hinge pin;
and
a mechanism blocking access to a bottom end of the hinge pin when secured in a first position and providing access to the bottom end of the hinge pin when released and moved to a second position, wherein no exterior welds are made to reinforce either the first set of knuckles or the second set of knuckles and the hinge pin is removable through the hole when the blocking mechanism is released and moved to a second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/142,548Filed 29 Apr 2016 · us provisional application

Priority

27 Aug 2015

Published

US 2017/0058590 A12 Mar 2017

Granted

6 Nov 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

E05G 1/026
Details: closures
E05D 3/04
With one pin: engaging three or more parts, e.g. sleeves, movable relatively to one another for connecting two or more wings to another member
E05D 7/14
Hinges or pivots of special construction: hinges for safes
G07D 11/10
Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers: mechanical details

Electronic safes and hinge mechanisms for electronic safe

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Electronic safes and hinge mechanisms for electronic safe

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Abstract

Claims10