Security assembly and method of controlling a security assembly
View Patent ↗A security assembly comprising a frame member 12 and a plurality of doors 14 is mountable inside the housing 4 of an ATM or safe etc. Each door 14 can be opened and closed independently of the other doors. Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5 , each door 14 is attached to the frame member 12 by a hinge 16 . A barrier member 18 , which acts to lock the door 14 , is mounted to the door 14 by two pivoting brackets 20 . When in the locked condition, the barrier members 18 extend substantially along the whole length of the edge of the door to prevent access through the boundaries between the doors and the frame. A barrier member actuator in the form of a plurality of independently moveable locking blades 22 is slidably mounted to the frame 12.
1. A security assembly comprising:
a frame member;
at least one door mounted to the frame member and moveable between an open condition permitting access through said at least one door and a closed condition preventing access through said at least one door; and
at least one barrier member arranged to extend across substantially the whole of a gap between one side of the periphery of said at least one door and said frame member or further door facing said side of the periphery of said at least one door to prevent access through said gap;
wherein the or each said barrier member is supported by said at least one door and has a locked condition in which the or each said barrier member is received in at least one engaging member disposed on a further door or said frame member in order to lock said at least one door in said closed condition; and
further comprising at least one barrier member actuator moveably mounted to the frame member, the or each said barrier member actuator having a locking condition in which said barrier member actuator engages at least one said barrier member to move the or each said barrier member into the locked condition.
2. An assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of barrier members arranged to extend around substantially the whole length of the periphery of the or each said door to prevent access through the gap defined by the periphery of the or each said door.
3. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one engaging member comprises a recess formed in at least one said door or frame member.
4. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one barrier member actuator extends across a gap defined by one side of the periphery of said at least one door to prevent access through said gap when in the locking condition.
5. An assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one biasing device adapted to return said at least one barrier member into an unlocked condition when said barrier member actuator is retracted from the locking condition.
6. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one door is formed from a plurality of sheets of material in a laminated structure.
7. An assembly according to claim 6 , wherein a first sheet of material is formed from a different material than a second sheet of material.
8. An assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the or each said barrier member is formed from a third sheet of material.