Vault door

A vault door system for use in a vault, the vault door system comprising:

• a door having opposite inward and exterior sides, the inward side arranged to face an interior of the vault;
• a plurality of locking bolts supported by the door, the locking bolts being movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position the locking bolts protrude from the door so that the locking bolts are positioned to engage a frame of the vault to lock the door in a closed position and wherein in the unlocked position the locking bolts are retracted relative to the locked position so that the locking bolts are positioned to disengage the frame to permit the door to be moved to an open position;
• a drive system including a prime mover and a drive train, the prime mover configured to actuate the drive train to move the locking bolts from the locked position toward the unlocked position and from the unlocked position toward the locked position;
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• an inner handle at the inward side of the door and arranged to be accessible from the interior of the vault, the inner handle being operatively coupled to the drive train and being pivotable with respect to the door between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the drive train operatively couples the prime mover to the plurality of locking bolts so that the prime mover can move the locking bolts between the locked and unlocked positions and wherein in the second position the drive train does not operatively couple the prime mover to the plurality of locking bolts, the inner handle being movable in a linear direction.

A vault door system for use in a vault, the vault door system comprising:

• a door having opposite inward and exterior sides, the inward side arranged to face an interior of the vault;
• a plurality of locking bolts supported by the door, the locking bolts being movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position the locking bolts protrude from the door so that the locking bolts are positioned to engage a frame of the vault to lock the door in a closed position and wherein in the unlocked position the locking bolts are retracted relative to the locked position so that the locking bolts are positioned to disengage the frame to permit the door to be moved to an open position;
• a drive system including a prime mover and a drive train, the prime mover configured to actuate the drive train to move the locking bolts from the locked position toward the unlocked position and from the unlocked position toward the locked position, the drive train including gear teeth being pivotable between an engaged position and a disengaged position;
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• an inner handle at the inward side of the door and arranged to be accessible from the interior of the vault, the inner handle being operatively coupled to the gear teeth and being movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the gear teeth are in the engaged position such that the drive train operatively couples the prime mover to the plurality of locking bolts so that the prime mover can move the locking bolts between the locked and unlocked positions and wherein in the second position the gear teeth are in the disengaged position such that the drive train does not operatively couple the prime mover to the plurality of locking bolts.

A vault door system for use in a vault, the vault door system comprising:

• a door having opposite inward and exterior sides, the inward side arranged to face an interior of the vault when the door is closed;
• a plurality of locking bolts supported by the door, the locking bolts being movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position the locking bolts protrude from the door so that the locking bolts are positioned to engage a frame of the vault to lock the door in a closed position and wherein in the unlocked position the locking bolts are retracted relative to the locked position so that the locking bolts are positioned to disengage the frame to permit the door to be moved to an open position;
• a drive system including a prime mover and a drive train, the prime mover configured to actuate the drive train to move the locking bolts from the locked position toward the unlocked position and from the unlocked position toward the locked position;
• an inner handle at the inward side of the door and arranged to be accessible from the interior of the vault, the inner handle being operatively coupled to the drive train such that the drive train drives movement of the inner handle, the inner handle being movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the drive train operatively couples the prime mover to the plurality of locking bolts so that the prime mover can move the locking bolts between the locked and unlocked positions and wherein in the second position the drive train does not operatively couple the prime mover to the plurality of locking bolts, the inner handle being pivotable with respect to the door between the first and second positions;
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• a spring biasing the inner handle toward the first position, wherein the inner handle extends inward away from the exterior side of the door to a handle portion of the inner handle, the handle portion located inward with respect to the spring, the handle portion defining an inward end of a space sized to accommodate the hand of the user when the hand grasps the handle portion.