Telephone housing with large capacity vault
AssigneeQuadrum Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorGerald B. McGough
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Abstract
A pay telephone housing comprises a large capacity vault having a floor, first and second side walls, and a back wall. The vault includes a front opening and a peripheral rim extending at least partly around the front opening and having a rear edge. A removable vault door is provided for covering and uncovering the front opening and includes first and second locking plates which are operable to be extended to a locking position at least partly behind the rear edge of the peripheral rim to prevent the removable vault door from being removed from the vault. A key operated lock assembly is operable for selectively locking the first and second locking plates in the locking position.
Claims12
A telephone housing comprising:
- a. a vault having a floor, back wall, first and second sidewalls, and defining a front opening, said vault further including a rim adjacent said opening, said rim having a plurality of openings formed therein and having a rear edge;
- b. a removable door for covering and uncovering said opening, said removable door including a primary lock having a plurality of locking bars which are movable between a retracted, unlocked position and an extended, locked position in which said locking bars extend into said plurality of openings, said primary lock further having first and second opposed locking members which are movable between a retracted, unlocked position and an extended, locked position in which portions of soid locking members extend behind said rear edge of said rim on opposite sides of said opening Lo prevent said removable door from being removed from said opening;
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- c. a secondary lock assembly mounted to one of said sidewalls for locking said first and second locking members of said door in said extended, locked position.
A pay telephone housing comprising:
- a. a vault having a floor, first and second sidewalls, and a back wall, said vault defining a front opening, said vault further including a rim extending at least party around said front opening, said rim having a rear edge, wherein said rim has plurality of openings formed therein;
- b. a removable vault door for covering and uncovering said front opening and including a primary lock having firs and second reciprocating locking plates which are operable to be extended to a locking position at least partly behind said rear edge of said rim, wherein said removable door includes a plurality of locking bars which are movable between a retracted, unlocked position and an extended, locked position in which said locking bars extend into said plurality of openings, to prevent said removable vault door from being removed from said vault;
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- c. a secondary lock assembly operable for selectively locking said first and second reciprocating locking plates in said locking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.