Patent ID: 7850076

Claim:
An apparatus for managing cash comprising: (a) a high security safe having a door, said high security safe having an aperture through a safe wall; (b) an inner safe with a first internal compartment, a second internal compartment, and a third internal compartment, said inner safe configured to fit within said high security safe; (c) a first door preventing access to said first compartment when closed and providing access to said first compartment when open; (d) a second door preventing access to said second compartment when closed and providing access to said second compartment when open, said second door having an aperture that allows communication between said second compartment and the outside of said inner safe when said second door is closed; (e) a third door preventing access to said third compartment when closed and providing access to said third compartment when open, said third door having an aperture that allows communication between said third compartment and the outside of said inner safe when said third door is closed; (f) a first lock for locking said first door; (g) a second lock for locking said second door; (h) a third lock for locking said third door; (i) a processor contained within said first compartment having a data connection for communicating with a computer external to said high security safe, said data connection passing through said aperture in said safe wall of said high security safe; (j) a power supply contained within said first compartment having a power connection that passes through said aperture in said safe (k) a cash handling device mounted in said second compartment, said cash handling device connected to said power supply and to said processor and mounted to have a portion protrude through said aperture in said second door when said second door is closed; (l) a cash dispensing device contained in said third compartment, said cash dispensing device comprising a dispensing head connected to said power supply and to said processor and configured to have said dispensing head protrude through said aperture in said third door when said third door is closed, said dispensing head being removable through said aperture in said third door without opening said third door; and (m) a moveable shelf in said third compartment configured to move to a position that permits said dispensing head of said cash dispensing device to protrude through said aperture in said third door when said third door is closed.