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US 12,553,275 B2Granted
Recyclable safe
AssigneeNCR Atleos Corporation
InventorBruce Dunn
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Abstract
One embodiment is a safe including an outer wall formed of a metal, an inner wall formed of the metal, and a coarse aggregate and fill material filling a gap between the outer and inner walls. The fill material, such as a metal or thermoplastic with a melting point lower than the metal of the inner and outer walls.
Claims18
A safe comprising:
- an inner cuboid nested within an outer cuboid;
- the inner cuboid having at least one face parallel to a face of the outer cuboid;
- the inner cuboid and outer cuboid formed of a metal;
- an intermediate space between an inner surface of the outer cuboid and an outer surface of the inner cuboid, the intermediate space filled with a coarse aggregate and a fill material filling a remainder of the intermediate space including gaps between the coarse aggregate, the fill material with a solid phase at ambient indoor and outdoor temperatures and having a melting point lower than the metal forming the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid;
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- a door on parallel faces of the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid providing access to an inner cavity of the inner cuboid through the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid and a filled intermediate space;
- wherein the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid, with the filled intermediate space filled with the coarse aggregate and the fill material are formed as two or more distinct sides of the safe and are assembled to complete a cuboid structure of the safe including the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid;
- the safe further comprising one or more openings through which currency or other documents may pass to and from the inner cavity, wherein the inner cavity is sized to hold one or more currency cartridges and other currency and document handling devices;
- wherein the metal is mild steel or chromoly or tungsten steel alloy;
- wherein the fill material and coarse aggregate are removable from the intermediate space by heating the fill material to at least the melting point but lower than a melting point of the metal, providing environmentally conscious safes with materials that are recyclable.
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A safe comprising:
- an outer wall formed of a metal;
- an inner wall formed of the metal;
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- a coarse aggregate and fill material filling a gap between the outer wall and the inner wall, the coarse aggregate and fill material with a solid phase at ambient indoor and outdoor temperatures and a liquid phase at a temperature lower than a melting temperature of the metal forming the inner wall and the outer wall;
- wherein sides of the safe include at least two elements that are couplable to form the safe;
- wherein the safe includes one or more openings through which currency or other documents may pass to and from an internal cavity, wherein the internal cavity is sized to hold one or more currency cartridges and other currency and document handling devices;
- wherein the metal is mild steel or chromoly or tungsten steel alloy;
- wherein the coarse aggregate and fill material are removable from the gap between the outer wall and the inner wall by heating the coarse aggregate and fill material to a melting temperature of the coarse aggregate and fill material but lower than a melting point of the metal forming the outer wall and the inner wall, providing environmentally conscious safes with materials that are recyclable.
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A method comprising:
- forming an inner cuboid of a safe from sheet steel having a thickness of at least 2 mm;
- forming an outer cuboid of a safe from sheet steel having a thickness of at least 2 mm;
- nesting the inner cuboid within the outer cuboid oriented with the inner cuboid having at least one face parallel to a face of the outer cuboid and leaving an intermediate space between an inner surface of the outer cuboid and an outer surface of the inner cuboid;
- filling the intermediate space with a coarse aggregate and a fill material filling a remainder of the intermediate space including gaps between the coarse aggregate, the coarse aggregate and the fill material with a solid phase at ambient indoor and outdoor temperatures and having a melting point lower than the sheet steel forming the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid;
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- providing a door on parallel faces of the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid providing access an inner cavity of the inner cuboid through the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid and a filled intermediate space;
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- wherein the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid, with the filled intermediate space filled with the coarse aggregate and the fill material are formed as two or more distinct sides of the safe and are assembled to complete a cuboid structure of the safe including the inner cuboid and the outer cuboid;
- wherein the inner cavity is sized to hold one or more currency cartridges and other currency and document handling devices and includes one or more openings through which currency or other documents may pass to and from the inner cavity;
- wherein a metal of the sheet steel is mild steel or chromoly or tungsten steel alloy;
- wherein the fill material and coarse aggregate are removable from the intermediate space by heating the fill material to at least the melting point but lower than a melting point of the metal, providing environmentally conscious safes that are constructed to maintain security standards while also being capable of disassembly for recycling of materials.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.