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Patent US4897868 - Public terminal receptacle - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA public terminal receptacle for containing, protecting, and allowing a user access to a computer terminal, telecommunications device for the deaf, or another type of terminal which is telephonically linked and physically adjacent to a public telephone through which the terminal may telecommunicate with...http://www.google.com/patents/US4897868?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4897868 - Public terminal receptacleAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS4897868 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 07/224,118Publication dateJan 30, 1990Filing dateJul 25, 1988Priority dateJul 17, 1987Fee statusLapsedPublication number07224118, 224118, US 4897868 A, US 4897868A, US-A-4897868, US4897868 A, US4897868AInventorsRobert M. Engelke, Rodney D. Borst, Kevin ColwellOriginal AssigneeUltratec, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (20), Referenced by (47), Classifications (10), Legal Events (7) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPublic terminal receptacle
US 4897868 AAbstract
A public terminal receptacle for containing, protecting, and allowing a user access to a computer terminal, telecommunications device for the deaf, or another type of terminal which is telephonically linked and physically adjacent to a public telephone through which the terminal may telecommunicate with other electronic devices. The public terminal receptacle includes a housing having an opening and which is adapted to be attached to a public telephone booth, a drawer which is slidably mounted within the housing to move between a closed position where the drawer is within the housing and an open position where at least a forward portion of the drawer extends out through the opening, the terminal, and a motor drive system mounted within the housing and which is drivingly connected to the drawer for opening and closing the drawer in response to specific electrical signals. The drawer is adapted to contain a terminal and has a keyboard opening through which a user can have physical access to the keyboard on the terminal. The public terminal receptacle is armored to protect the terminal from vandalism and from the elements. Specific electronic signals can be sent from the public telephone to the motor to open the drawer in a variety of ways.
1. A public terminal receptacle comprising:(a) a tamper-resistant housing which is adapted to be physically adjacent to a public telephone booth; (b) a terminal which is telephonically linked and physically adjacent to the public telephone through which the terminal may telecommunicate with other electronic devices, said terminal normally being covered and protected by said housing; and (c) a motor drive system which is mounted within the housing and which is connected to the receptacle for moving a portion of the receptacle for opening and closing the receptacle in response to specific electronic signals, such that when the receptacle is open, the terminal is accessible to an user. 2. A public terminal receptacle comprising:(a) a terminal which is telephonically linked and physically adjacent to a public telephone through which the terminal may telecommunicate with other electronic devices; (b) a housing which is adapted to be attached to a public telephone booth and which normally covers and protects the terminal; and (c) means for allowing an user access to said terminal in response to specific electronic signals. 3. A public terminal receptacle for containing, protecting and allowing an user access to a terminal which is telephonically linked and physically adjacent to a public telephone through which the terminal may telecommunicate with other electronic devices, the public terminal comprising:(a) a terminal; (b) a housing which is adapted to be attached to a public telephone booth and which covers and protects the terminal when the receptacle is closed; and (c) a motor drive system which is mounted within the housing and which is connected to the terminal and housing for moving one of the housing and terminal in relation to the other for opening and closing the receptacle in response to specific electronic signals, the motor drive system including a motor and a force transmission system which is utilized by the motor to apply force to one of the housing and terminal to move it between open and closed positioned. Description
The two side panels 32 of the drawer 13 each have an outwardly opening preferably V-shaped channel 51 which extends between drawer front 31 and the back 33 of the drawer 13 as shown in FIGS. 2-5. The drawer side panels 32 further include a drawer bearing stop 52 which extends vertically in the channel 51 to divide that channel 51 into a large front part 54 and a small back part 55 as shown in cut-away section view in FIG. 3. The housing 14 includes two members 57 and 58 which each form a preferably V-shaped channel 59 that extends between the housing front 52 and the rear 24 of the housing 14 and opens adjacent to and toward the corresponding drawer channel 51 as shown in FIGS. 3-4 and 6. Each drawer channel 51 and its corresponding housing channel 59 are a pair of opposed channels which together form a narrow space 61 therebetween. The housing members 57 and 58 each further include a housing bearing stop 62 which each extends vertically in one channel 59 to divide that channel 59 into a small front part 64 and a large rear part 65 as shown in cut-away section view in FIG. 3. The public terminal receptacle 10 furthermore includes two front bearings 67 and two rear bearings 68 which are located in the two narrow spaces 61 formed by the opposed drawer channels 51 and housing channels 59. A front bearing 68 is maintained in the small front part 64 of each of the two housing channels 59. Each front bearing 67 extends into the large front part 54 of the adjacent drawer channel 51. As the drawer 13 opens and closes, these two front bearings 68 are maintained by the housing bearing stops 62 near the housing front 22 to support the drawer 13 as the drawer channels 51 move over the front bearings 67. Each drawer bearing stop 52 maintains a back bearing 68 within the small back part 55 of each housing channel 59. Each of the two back bearings 68 extend from a drawer channel small back part 55 into the adjacent housing channel large rear part 65. The two drawer bearing stops 52 maintain the two back bearings 68 near the back 33 of the drawer 13 to support the back portion 70 of the drawer 13. As the drawer 13 opens and closes, the two back bearings 68 move forwardly and rearwardly within the housing channel large rear part 65. By using a front bearing 67 and a back bearing 68 to support each side panel 32 of the drawer 13, the four bearings 67 and 68 give the drawer 13 stable support. Preferably the bearings 67 and 68 are made with high density polyethylene which has high lubricity.
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