Anti-theft system
OwnerJames Slyterinventor
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Abstract
An anti-theft system for deterring and preventing theft from automated teller machines includes an automated teller assembly that stores monetary bills, a tampering detection unit, and a dye delivery system. The automated teller assembly includes a computer. The tampering detection unit is mounted on the automated teller assembly and electrically coupled to the computer. The tampering detection unit can detect unauthorized access to the automated teller assembly, including seismic vibrations or tilting of the machine, temperature changes associated with torches or drills used to breach the machine, and flammable gasses. The dye delivery system is electrically coupled to the computer and can dispense dye on the monetary bills within seconds after tampering is detected.
Claims10
An anti-theft system configured for preventing theft of monetary bills, the system comprising:
- an automated teller assembly for dispensing monetary bills, the automated teller assembly including:
- an automated teller housing;
- a plurality of bill cartridges being mounted in the automated teller housing, each of the bill cartridges having a plurality of monetary bills therein;
- a bill retrieving apparatus being configured to selectively remove the monetary bills from the bill cartridges and dispense the monetary bills outwardly from the automated teller housing;
- a computer being electrically coupled to the bill retrieving apparatus;
- a tampering detection unit being mounted on the automated teller assembly and being electrically coupled to the computer, the tampering detection unit being configured to detect unauthorized access to the automated teller housing;
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- a dye delivery system being electrically coupled to the computer, the dye delivery system being in communication with the plurality of bill cartridges and being configured to dispense dye on the monetary bills when the tampering detection unit detects the unauthorized access to the automated teller housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.