Secure enclosure
View Patent ↗A secure enclosure comprises: a body defining an access opening closed by a door, and a body media slot. A secure chamber is mounted outside the body and surrounds the body media slot, the secure chamber defining a chamber media slot. The secure enclosure may further comprise a media transport operable to convey media between the body media slot and the chamber media slot. The secure chamber body may also define a purge slot located on an underside of the chamber body so that media items that are not removed by a customer may be dropped through the purge slot.
1. A secure enclosure comprising:
a body defining (i) an access opening and (ii) a body media slot; and
a secure chamber mounted outside the body and surrounding the body media slot, the secure chamber defining a chamber media slot, and multiple chamber handles mounted on sides of the secure chamber adapted to enable the secure chamber to be lifted away from the body upon release, and a safe door having six chamber engagement slots, each chamber engagement slot adapted to receive mounting lugs on an inner side of the safe door to affix the safe door to the secure chamber, wherein the secure chamber is adapted to be removed from the body when the safe door is opened and the mounting lugs are removed from the six chamber engagement slots.
2. A secure enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the secure enclosure comprises a media transport operable to convey media between the body media slot and the chamber media slot.
3. A secure enclosure according to claim 2 , wherein the media transport comprises a rotatable cylindrical transport.
4. A secure enclosure according to claim 3 , wherein the rotatable cylindrical transport comprises a secure drum defining a slot for receiving media items.
5. A secure enclosure according to claim 4 , wherein when the secure drum is rotated to a first position, the slot in the secure drum aligns with the body media slot to allow media to enter the secure drum.
6. A secure enclosure according to claim 5 , wherein when the secure drum is rotated to a second position, the secure drum slot aligns with the chamber media slot to allow media to be removed from the secure chamber by a customer.
7. A secure enclosure according to claim 6 , wherein when the secure drum is rotated to a third position, the secure drum slot aligns with a purge slot defined by a lower surface of the secure chamber, so that media items may exit the secure drum and pass through the purge slot into a purge compartment.
8. A secure enclosure according to claim 4 , wherein the secure drum is mounted on a drum coupling, wherein the drum coupling comprises brackets mounted to the secure enclosure, a shaft on which a secure drum is mounted, and bearing mounts that couple the shaft to the brackets; and wherein the drum coupling is designed to break in response to external force being applied to the secure drum prior to the secure drum breaking.
9. A secure enclosure according to claim 4 , wherein the secure chamber is vertically dimensioned such that when the secure drum falls, the secure drum blocks the chamber media slot, thereby preventing unauthorized access to the secure chamber via the chamber media slot.
10. A secure enclosure according to claim 4 , wherein the secure chamber defines upstanding purge media guides on an inner, lower surface thereof, the upstanding purge media guides being dimensioned to support the secure drum if the drum coupling breaks.
11. A secure enclosure according to claim 4 , wherein the secure chamber is horizontally dimensioned such that the secure drum occupies most of the horizontal space within the secure chamber, thereby preventing an attacker from pushing the secure drum away from the chamber media slot.
12. A secure chamber for removably coupling to a secure enclosure, the secure chamber comprising: a body defining (i) an opening for surrounding a media slot in the secure enclosure, (ii) a chamber media slot through which media may be conveyed between the secure chamber and a customer, and a chamber handle mounted on each of the sides of the secure chamber adapted to enable the secure chamber to be lifted away from the body upon release (iii) a transport operable to transfer media between the media slot in the secure enclosure and the chamber media slot, (iv) and a safe door affixed to the secure chamber through one or more chamber engagement slots situated on an inside of each side of the safe door, each slot adapted to receive a mounting lug to affix the safe door to the secure chamber, and wherein secure chamber is adapted to be removed from the body when the safe door is opened and the mounting lugs are removed from six chamber engagement slots.
13. A secure chamber according to claim 12 , wherein the secure chamber body defines a purge slot located on an underside of the chamber body so that media items that are not removed by a customer may be dropped through the purge slot.