Safe door apparatus and system
View Patent ↗In an embodiment, a safe door apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a locking apparatus affixed to an inside portion of a safe door for a safe and at least one vertically oriented bolt fastened to the inside portion of the safe door with the locking apparatus. The bolt is adapted to move with the locking apparatus during locking and unlocking of the safe door from a safe body of the safe. The bolt is further adapted to fasten and unfasten to a horizontal plate, which is affixed to an inside of the safe body during locking and unlocking of the safe door by the locking apparatus.
1. A safe, comprising:
a safe body comprises a steel plate fastened on an inside of the safe body:
a safe door comprises an inside surface;
a locking and unlocking mechanism fastened to the inside surface of the safe door and adapted to lock and to unlock the safe door to and from the safe body; and
two steel bolts fastened to the inside surface of the safe door and adapted to move with the locking and unlocking mechanism during locking and unlocking of the safe door by fastening and unfastening the inside surface of the safe door to the steel plate;
wherein the steel plate comprises two apertures adapted to allow portions of the two bolts to pass through when the locking and unlocking mechanism locks the safe door to the safe body;
wherein the steel plate is horizontally fastened within the inside of the safe body with the two apertures aligned with and adjacent to the two bolts when the safe door is closed;
wherein the two bolts are adapted to move vertically during locking of the safe door to the safe body with a first portion of a first bolt extending through a first aperture of the steel plate and above a top surface of the steel plate and with a second portion of a second bolt extending through a second aperture of the steel plate and below a bottom surface of the steel plate.
2. The safe of claim 1 further comprising, the safe body further comprises a second steel plate fastened to the inside of the safe body, wherein the steel plate is horizontally situated within the inside of the safe body and the second steel plate is vertically situated within the inside of the safe body.
3. The safe of claim 2 , wherein an arrangement of the steel plate and the second steel plate defines within the inside of the safe body a media infeed compartment, a media cassette compartment, and a check compartment.
4. The safe of claim 3 , wherein the safe further comprises a second safe door, wherein the second safe door provides access to the check compartment when opened and the safe door provides access to media infeed compartment and the media cassette compartment when opened.
5. A safe, comprising:
a safe body comprises a steel plate fastened on an inside of the safe body:
a safe door comprises an inside surface;
a locking and unlocking mechanism fastened to the inside surface of the safe door and adapted to lock and to unlock the safe door to and from the safe body; and
two steel bolts fastened to the inside surface of the safe door and adapted to move with the locking and unlocking mechanism during locking and unlocking of the safe door by fastening and unfastening the inside surface of the safe door to the steel plate;
wherein a first bolt of the two bolts is adapted to vertically move in a first direction to pass through a first aperture of the steel plate during locking of the safe door to the safe body, and wherein a second bolt of the two bolts is adapted to vertically move in an opposite direction to the first direction and pass through a second aperture of the steel plate during locking of the safe door to the safe body.
6. The safe of claim 1 , wherein the steel plate comprises two extended members, each extended member comprising an aperture, each aperture aligned with and adjacent to one of the two bolts when the safe door is closed against the safe body.