Patent ID: 8794511
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A drop safe comprising: a vault; a computing means located inside said vault, said computing means being operatively connected to at least one bill validator for reading paper currency, and a code reader for reading codes; a currency compartment located inside said vault for storing paper currency, said currency compartment being in communication with said bill validator; said bill validator having a means for validating, and determining a denomination of, paper currency; and said computing means initially being in an idle mode and configured to switch between said idle mode and a deposit taking mode; wherein, upon said code reader detecting a deposit initiation code identifying a user, the computing means switches from said idle mode to said deposit taking mode to enable the bill validator to accept the paper currency without requiring additional control input from the user, and upon said code reader detecting a deposit termination code, the computing means switches from said deposit taking mode back to said idle mode.