Patent · US Expired

Safe deposit apparatus, with selective plate and shield for dual function depository

US4004252A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 14, 1975
Grant dateJan 18, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 14, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07D11/0096
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides a dual function safe deposit apparatus which may be operated either without a key to receive envelopes and deposit them in one compartment, or with a key to receive wallets and deposit them in another compartment. The apparatus has an opening to receive deposits, the opening being equipped with a withdrawable shield having a slot for the receipt of envelopes, withdrawal of the shield to provide a larger opening for wallets being key controlled and linked with movement of a diverter member which diverts wallets, deposited while the shield is withdrawn, into a separate compartment from that into which envelopes, inserted through the slot in the shield, are delivered.

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