Patent ID: 6942141

Claim:
Security apparatus ( 10 ) for the secure receipt and retention of articles ( 30 ) delivered thereto, said security apparatus ( 10 ) comprising a housing ( 12 ) having a plurality of upstanding sides at angles to one another, the housing being separated into an upper chamber ( 14 ) and a lower chamber ( 16 ) by a movable partition ( 15 ), characterised in that an entrance opening ( 18 ) is provided in one of said upstanding sides to the upper chamber ( 14 ) for permitting the horizontal passage therethrough of a product ( 30 ) to be delivered to the apparatus ( 10 ), a pivoted closure member ( 20 ) is provided for said entrance opening ( 18 ), said movable partition ( 15 ) is slidable inwardly and outwardly of the apparatus ( 10 ) between respectively a closing position in which it separates the upper and lower chambers ( 14 , 16 ) from one another and an open position in which it permits intercommunication between the upper and lower chambers ( 14 , 16 ), and in that interaction means ( 25 ) are provided between the partition ( 15 ) and said closure member ( 20 ) whereby the closure member ( 20 ) can only be moved to open said entrance opening ( 18 ) when the partition ( 15 ) is in said closing position.