Patent ID: 6497186
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: B65H,E05G,G07D

Abstract:
A safe (1) for the safekeeping of valuable documents such as banknotes and cheques, etc., and including one or more units (11-17) each intended to accommodate a plurality of valuable documents and each being equipped with destructive devices (112-172) for local destruction of valuable documents in respective units when an attempt is made to break into the safe (1), characterised in that each (e.g. 112) of the destruction devices (112-172) includes at least one container (31), which is disposed adjacent to a drum (30) for winding-up of valuable documents, said container being provided with a peripheral, continuous and generally circular recess or channel (311) intended for destructive material (33) and facing towards the exposed edges of valuable documents.