Patent ID: 6047998
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: E05B,G07D,G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
A security device for securing negotiable instrument cassettes within a dispensing machine which dispenses negotiable instruments, said device comprising:a mounting bracket, said bracket mountable on a surface within a vault of said dispensing machine, said mounting bracket comprising at least one mating member;a blocking member for removable disposition on said at least one mating member;at least one pivot block rigidly attached to said blocking member and engageable with said surface to prevent pivoting of said blocking member relative to said mounting bracket while said blocking member is disposed on said at least one mating member;said mounting bracket further defining a hole therein of a size, shape and orientation to accept a bolt of a lock; andsaid blocking member supporting thereon said lock having said bolt, said lock disposed on said blocking member to mate said bolt with said hole in said mounting bracket when extended,thereby preventing the removal of said blocking member from said mounting bracket and preventing removal of cassettes from said dispensing machine by displacing said cassettes through a plane of and within boundaries of said blocking member when said blocking member is disposed on said at least one mating member.