Secure container particularly for housing coin freed mechanism
OwnerJacob R. Wiebeinventor
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Abstract
A security container comprises two halves which can be slid together longitudinally to close the container and locked in the longitudinally closed position. Each half comprises a channel member and an associated end cap which is of a size to cover the whole of the end of the container. Edges of the side panels of each channel member include u-shape formations so that the two halves interlock for a longitudinal movement. A money compartment is defined in the bottom of the rear half by a transverse plate parallel to the lower end cap. A drawer is mounted in the compartment and can be locked by rotating a threaded rod into engagement with a nut welded on the rear face of the rear channel member.
Claims22
A secure container comprising a first channel member and a second channel member each being shaped to define a base panel and side panels extending outwardly from the base panel generally at right angles thereto, said channel members being dimensioned so that they are substantially of the same length and such that they can be arranged in face to face relationship with longitudinal edges remote from the respective base panel of the side panels of the first channel member substantially abutting longitudinal edges remote from the base panel of the side panels of the second channel member with the base panels spaced so as to define an enclosure within the channel members, means provided on said longitudinal edges for interlocking the edges in such a manner that the channel members can be engaged to form said enclosure only by movement of one channel member relative to the other in a longitudinal direction, actuable locking means for locking said channel members against said longitudinal movement, and two end cap plate members each arranged to close a respective end of the enclosure, one of said end cap members being secured solely to said first channel member and the other of said end cap members being secured solely to said second channel member.
A secure container comprising a first channel member and a second channel member each being shaped to define a base panel and side panels extending outwardly from the base panel generally at right angles thereto, said channel members being dimensioned so that they are substantially of the same length and such that they can be arranged in face to face relationship with longitudinal edges remote from the respective base panel of the side panels of the first channel member substantially abutting longitudinal edges remote from the base panel of the side panels of the second channel member with the base panels spaced so as to define an enclosure within the channel members, means provided on said longitudinal edges for interlocking the edges in such a manner that the channel members can be engaged to form said enclosure only by movement of one channel member relative to the other in a longitudinal direction, actuable locking means for locking said channel members against said longitudinal movement, and two end cap plate members each arranged to close a respective end of the enclosure, said interlocking means being arranged to face inwardly of said side panels and comprising on one of said side panels an edge thereof turned back to define a u-shape and on the other of said side panels an edge thereof firstly bent to one side to form an offset and then turned back to define a u-shape so that the u-shape on said one edge can interlock with the u-shape on the other edge with said side panels coplanar to prevent movement of the channel members to increase the spacing between said base panels and wherein said offset engages the u-shape on said one edge to prevent movement of said channel members in a direction to decrease the spacing between said base panels, a first offset being provided on one edge of one side panel of said first channel member and a second offset being provided on a side panel of the second channel member which interlocks with the other side panel of the first channel member such that the second channel member has the same cross-section as the first and is an inversion thereof.
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