Security safe interior lighting system
View Patent ↗An interior lighting system for a security safe is taught which incorporates a power supply that is located within the safe and converts alternating current power to low voltage direct current. An electrical switch is in communication with the power supply and mechanically interfaces with the safe door boltworks which energize the lighting system when the safe door is unlocked and opened. A number of LED lights are disposed within the door edge and connected to the switch. When the door is hinged open the LED lights are energized through the switch and illuminate the interior of the safe until the door is closed and bolted.
1. An interior lighting system for a security safe which comprises:
said security safe having an enclosure, the enclosure having a door opening and a hinged door within the opening, with the door having boltworks, defined as locking bolts, for door locking and a sliding plate, with the door having a number of mounting holes in the door edge adjacent to the door opening,
a power supply located, within the safe enclosure, for converting alternating current mains power to a low voltage direct current,
a snap action lever switch in electrical communication with said power supply and mechanically interfacing with the door boltworks, a switch bracket configured to interface with the switch on one offset leg and on an inside surface of the door on a second leg permitting the lever of the switch to engage the sliding plate of the boltworks for energizing the lighting system when the safe door is unlocked and opened,
a plurality of LED puck lights, in electrical communication with the switch, disposed within a door edge adjacent to the door opening, such that when the door is hinged open the LED lights are energized through the switch and illuminate the interior of the safe until the door is closed and bolted, and
wherein said LED puck lights having a rear mounted channel shaped bracket and a flanged bezel permitting the lights to be mounted through said mounting holes in said door edge adjacent to the door opening and secured with the bracket from inside the door.
2. The interior lighting system as recited in claim 1 wherein said power supply further comprises an LED driver having an input power cord with a plug on a distal end and an output power cord with a output connector on a distal end.
3. The interior lighting system as recited in claim 1 wherein said plurality of lights further comprise three LED puck lights.
4. The interior lighting system as recited in claim 1 wherein said plurality of lights further comprise four LED puck lights.
5. An interior lighting system for a security safe which comprises:
Said security safe having an enclosure, the enclosure having a door opening and a hinged door within the opening, with the door including boltworks, defined as locking bolts, for door locking,
a power supply located, within the safe enclosure, for converting alternating current mains power to a low voltage direct current,
a switch in electrical communication with said power supply and mechanically interfacing with the door boltworks, for energizing the lighting system when the safe door is unlocked and opened,
a switch bracket configured to interface with the switch on an inside surface of the door permitting a lever of the switch the switch to contact the boltworks and energize the switch to activate the plurality of lights, and
a plurality of LED puck lights, in electrical communication with the switch, the LED puck lights having a rear mounted channel shaped bracket and a flanged bezel permitting the lights to be mounted through a hole in an edge of the door adjacent to the door opening and secured with the bracket from inside the door, such that when the door is hinged open the LED lights are energized through the switch and illuminate the interior of the safe until the door is closed and bolted.