US 10,540,859 B2Granted

ATM/vending machine armor

OwnerFarrish B. Sullivaninventor

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Abstract

Armoring for a light weight sheet metal enclosure of a vending machine is provided utilizing base plates on mounting bolts passing through the floor in combination, optionally, with L shaped internal wall and floor reinforcements which can mate with external reinforcing plates, sub-flooring reinforcements and vending tray armor, all of which can be combined in different manners to meet the needs of a specific machine.

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An improvement for a vending machine, wherein the vending machine comprises a sheet metal floor, sheet metal intersecting walls, and a sheet metal top, the vending machine secured to an underlying surface by a plurality of bolts passing through said sheet metal floor proximal each intersection of said floor with said walls, the improvement comprising:

(i) a plurality of reinforcing members at least equal in number to said plurality of bolts, each of said plurality of reinforcing members having an aperture there through for receiving one of said plurality of bolts such that one or more of said plurality of reinforcing members is secured between said sheet metal floor and a respective one of said plurality of bolts, each of said plurality of reinforcing members extending outwardly from said respective one of said plurality of bolts in abutting relationship with said sheet metal floor proximal each intersection of said floor with the sheet metal intersecting walls, wherein at least one of said plurality of reinforcing members is L shaped having a bottom leg that receives the one of said plurality of bolts through said aperture formed therein and an upright leg that abuts an inside surface of one of said walls proximal one intersection of said floor with said walls, (ii) at least one secondary reinforcing member, positioned against an outside surface of the one of said walls, in cooperative relationship with said L shaped member and secured thereto by a connector passing through said one of said walls, wherein the at least one secondary reinforcing member is proximal the one intersection of said floor with said walls;
and (iii) at least one tertiary reinforcing member that also is one of said plurality of reinforcing members, the at least one tertiary reinforcing member having said aperture there through for receiving the one of said plurality of bolts, and positioned in between the bottom leg of said L shaped member and said floor in abutting relationship with, and overlapping a portion of, said sheet metal floor, wherein said apertures in each of said plurality of reinforcing members are off center in one dimension to allow said L shaped member to be placed proximate the one of said walls, and to allow said L shaped member to extend over a portion of the at least one tertiary reinforcing member.

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(i) a plurality of reinforcing members at least equal in number to said plurality of bolts, each of said plurality of reinforcing members having an aperture there through for receiving one of said plurality of bolts such that one or more of said plurality of reinforcing members is secured between said sheet metal floor and a respective one of said plurality of bolts, each of said plurality of reinforcing members extending outwardly from said respective one of said plurality of bolts in abutting relationship with said sheet metal floor proximal each intersection of said floor with the sheet metal intersecting walls, wherein at least one of said plurality of reinforcing members is L shaped having a bottom leg that receives the one of said plurality of bolts through said aperture formed therein and an upright leg that abuts an inside surface of one of said walls proximal one intersection of said floor with said walls, (ii) at least one secondary reinforcing member, positioned against an outside surface of the one of said walls, in cooperative relationship with said L shaped member and secured thereto by a connector passing through said one of said walls, wherein the at least one secondary reinforcing member is proximal the one intersection of said floor with said walls;
and (iii) at least one tertiary reinforcing member that also is one of said plurality of reinforcing members, the at least one tertiary reinforcing member having said aperture there through for receiving the one of said plurality of bolts, and positioned in between the bottom leg of said L shaped member and said floor in abutting relationship with, and overlapping a portion of, said sheet metal floor, wherein said apertures in each of said plurality of reinforcing members are off center in one dimension to allow said L shaped member to be placed proximate the one of said walls, and to allow said L shaped member to extend over a portion of the at least one tertiary reinforcing member.