Deposit retrieval and transport security apparatus

In an automatic teller machine having depository apparatus securely attached to the machine and including a fixed receptacle support for removably supporting a receptacle for collecting deposits from the depository apparatus, a deposit containment and transporting apparatus for replacing the removable receptacle of the machine for securing deposits against access during their retrieval and transport to an authorized deposit-receiving and processing center, the deposit containment and transporting apparatus comprising:

• a) a chassis member having front and rear ends and configured for mounting on and secure, locked attachment to the receptacle support of the depository apparatus of an automatic teller machine in replacement of the removable receptacle of the machine, the chassis member having an opening therethrough for the free passage of deposits from the depository apparatus,
• b) a deposit collecting and transporting container member having an open upper end through which to receive deposits from the depository apparatus, the open upper end defining front and rear ends of the container member,
• c) interengaging slide components on the chassis member and container member configured to support the container member on the chassis member for movement between a rearward position at the rearward end of the chassis member and a forward position detached from the forward end of the chassis member,
• d) container locking means releasably interengaging the chassis member and the container member for releasably locking the container member in operative position on the chassis member for receiving and collecting deposits from the depository apparatus,
• e) a container lid member for removably closing the open end of the container member,
• f) interengaging slide components on the container lid member and container member for supporting the lid member for movement from the front end of the container member to the rear end thereof for closing the open top of the container member and for movement from the rear end of the container member to the front end thereof for opening the open top of the container member for receiving deposits from the depository apparatus,
• g) interengaging lid locking means on the lid member and container member for automatically locking the lid member in said container closing position for securing the contents of the container member against removal,
• h) container lock release means on the container lid member operable by movement of the lid member further rearward from said automatic lid-locking position to engage and release said container locking means to allow removal of the container member from the chassis member with the lid member securely locked in closed position,
• i) lid unlocking means operable at the authorized deposit-receiving and processing center for unlocking the lid member from said container member to allow opening of the container member and retrieval of the deposits contained therein.