Secure enclosure for automated banking machine

An apparatus for securing a door in a closed position closing an opening to an interior area of an enclosure, wherein said enclosure includes a wall bounding said interior area, and wherein said door is movable in an outward direction to open said opening, and wherein said door is in connected relation with a lock, wherein said lock is changeable between locked and unlocked conditions, said apparatus comprising:

• a bolt, wherein said bolt is movably mounted in supported relation with said door, wherein said bolt is movable from an extended position to a retracted position responsive to the unlocked condition of said lock, and wherein in cross section said bolt comprises a front portion and a back portion;
• a latch in said interior area, wherein said latch is in operatively secured relation with said wall, and wherein said latch includes in cross section a first bolt engaging portion, wherein said first bolt engaging portion is disposed from said wall and adjacent said opening, and wherein in the closed position of said door and in the extended position of said bolt said front portion is in engagement with said first bolt engaging portion, whereby said engagement of said front portion prevents movement of said door in said outward direction;
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• wherein said latch further comprises in cross section a second bolt engaging portion, wherein said second bolt engaging portion is disposed from said wall and is disposed inward in said enclosure from said first bolt engaging portion, and wherein in the closed position of said door and in the extended position of said bolt said back portion is in engagement with said second bolt engaging portion, whereby said engagement of said back portion prevents movement of said door in said outward direction.

Apparatus for securing a door in an opening of an enclosure, said opening bounded by a wall, said door including a lock changeable between secured and unsecured conditions, comprising:

• a bolt movable responsive to the condition of the lock, the bolt being supported on said door and having a plurality of discrete, noncontiguous front portions;
• a latch in supported connection with said wall, said latch including a plurality of first bolt engaging portions disposed both inwardly from said opening and away from said wall in the interior area;
• a projecting member in supported connection with said door, said projecting member including a plurality of second engaging portions, said second engaging portions disposed between said first bolt engaging portions of said latch and said wall in a closed position wherein said door closes said opening, and wherein in the unsecured condition of said lock said door is movable in an outward direction from said opening, said outward direction being generally away from said interior area;
• wherein said door is secured in said opening by a process comprising the steps of:
• moving said door toward the interior area to the closed position;
• engaging each of said front portions of said bolt with one of said plurality of first bolt engaging portions of said latch, and further engaging each of said front portions of said bolt with one of said plurality of second bolt engaging portions of said projecting member, whereby said door is held in the closed position.

Apparatus for securing a door in a closed position in an opening of an enclosure, said opening bounded by a wall, and wherein said door is in operatively connected relation with a lock changeable between secured and unsecured conditions, said apparatus comprising:

• a projecting member, said projecting member in supported relation with said door, wherein in cross section and in the closed position of said door said projecting member extends inwardly in said enclosure and is adjacent said wall;
• a latch, said latch in supported connection with said wall, wherein said connection of said latch and said wall is limited to an area disposed inwardly and away from said opening, and wherein in cross section said latch comprises a first bolt engaging portion, wherein said first bolt engaging portion extends away from said area and towards said opening, and wherein in the closed position of said door said projecting member extends between said first engaging portion and said wall;
• a bolt, said bolt in movably supported connection on one of said door or said wall, wherein said bolt is movable when said lock is in the unsecured condition from an extended to a retracted position, and wherein when said bolt is in the extended position said bolt is in operative engagement with both said first bolt engaging portion of said latch and with said projecting member, and wherein in said extended position of said bolt said latch and said projecting member are held generally immovable relative to one another by the operative engagement of each with the bolt, whereby said door is held in the closed position.

An apparatus for securing a door in a closed position closing an opening to an interior area of an enclosure, wherein said enclosure includes a wall bounding said interior area, and wherein said door is movable in an outward direction to open said opening, and wherein said door is in connected relation with a lock, wherein said lock is changeable between locked and unlocked conditions, said apparatus comprising:

• a bolt, wherein said bolt is movably mounted in supported relation with said door, wherein said bolt is movable from an extended position to a retracted position responsive to the unlocked condition of said lock, and wherein in cross section said bolt comprises a front member and a back member, and wherein in the closed position of the door the back member is disposed in an inward direction from both said opening and said front member;
• a latch in said interior area, wherein said latch is in operatively secured relation with said wall, and wherein said latch includes in cross section a first bolt engaging member, wherein said first bolt engaging member is disposed away from said wall and adjacent said opening, and wherein in the closed position of said door and in the extended position of said bolt said front member is in engagement with said first bolt engaging portion, wherein said engagement of said front member prevents movement of said door in said outward direction;
• wherein said latch further comprises in cross section a second bolt engaging member, wherein said second bolt engaging member is disposed from said wall and is disposed in the inward direction from said first bolt engaging member, and wherein in the closed position of said door and in the extended position of said bolt said back member is in engagement with said second bolt engaging member, wherein said engagement of said back member prevents movement of said door in said outward direction;
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• wherein in the retracted position of said bolt, said bolt is disengaged from said latch and said door is enabled to be moved in the outward direction from said opening.