Receptacle for valuables

Claim 1

A RECEPTACLE FOR HOLDING VALUABLES COMPRISING A SEALED COMPARTMENT HAVING WALLS AND HAVING AN OPENABLE DOOR WITH A FREE, LATERAL END, A TIMING DEVICE CARRYING A RESILIENT LEVER ARM AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE PRESET TO A SPECIFIC TIME TO CAUSE THE LEVER ARM TO OSCILLATE AT THE PRESET TIME, A LOCK MECHANISM CAPABLE OF BEING SET IN A CONDITION WHEREBY THE DOOR IS LOCKED AND COMPRISING A SLIDABLE BOLT THE FORWARD END OF WHICH IS PROJECTABLE INTO AN ASSOCIATED GROOVE IN THE COMPARTMENT WALL ADJACENT TO THE FREE, LATERAL END OF THE DOOR IN WHICH PROJECTED POSITION OF THE BOLT THE DOOR IS LOCKED, MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE DOOR IN SUCH LOCKED POSITION COMPRISING A PIVOT PIN, A PIVOT BAR LOOSELY PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID PIVOT PIN TO PERMIT MOVEMENT IN ALL DIRECTIONS, AND A RESTRAINING PIN, ONE END OF SAID PIVOT BAR BEING BOTTOM-HEAVY AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID LEVER ARM BY RESTING THEREON IN WHICH POSITION THE OTHER END OF SAID PIVOT BAR IS RESTRAINED FROM DOWNWARD MOVEMENT BY SAID RESTRAINING PIN AND RESTS AGAINST THE REAR END OF SAID BOLT WHEN PROJECTED THUS PRECLUDING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE BOLT AND THEREBY MAINTAINING THE DOOR IN LOCKED POSITION BY HOLDING THE FORWARD END OF THE BOLT IN SAID ASSOCIATED GROOVE, SAID BOTTOM-HEAVY END BEING ADAPTED TO MOVE DOWNWARDLY WHEN SAID LEVER ARM IS OSCILLATED OUT OF ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, AND MEANS FOR ARRESTING THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID BOTTOM-HEAVY END OF THE PIVOT BAR, SAID DOOR BEING RENDERED OPENABLE WHEN THE TIMING DEVICE OSCILLATES THE LEVER ARM AT THE PRESET TIME TO DISENGAGE IT FROM SAID BOTTOM-HEAVY END OF THE PIVOT BAR CAUSING SAID BOTTOMHEAVY END TO DROP DOWNWARDLY UNTIL IT IS HALTED BY SAID ARRESTING MEANS, THE OTHER END OF THE PIVOT BAR SIMULTANEOUSLY PIVOTING UPWARDLY AND OUT OF CONTACT WITH THE RESTRAINING PIN AND THE REAR END OF THE PROJECTED BOLT WHEREUPON THE BOLT CAN BE ACTIVATED TO SLIDE REARWARDLY AND WITHDRAWN FROM SAID ASSOCIATED GROOVE THEREBY RENDERING THE DOOR OPENABLE, SAID TIMING DEVICE, BOLT, AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE DOOR IN LOCKED POSITION BEING POSITIONED WITHIN THE COMPARTMENT, AND A SECONDARY RELEASE MECHANISM FOR EXTERNALLY RENDERING THE DOOR OPENABLE IN THE EVENT OF MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE TIMING DEVICE TO OSCILLATE THE LEVER ARM AT THE PRESET TIME TO DISENGAGE SAID LEVER ARM FROM SAID BOTTOM-HEAVY END OF THE PIVOT BAR, COMPRISING AN OPENING IN THE WALL OF THE COMPARTMENT THROUGH WHICH COMMUNICATION MAY BE EFFECTED WITH SAID LEVER ARM AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OPENING ADAPTED TO DISENGAGE SAID LEVER ARM FROM SAID BOTTOMHEAVY END OF THE PIVOT BAR, RESTING THEREON, WHEN ACTIVATED FROM OUTSIDE THE COMPARTMENT TO CAUSE SAID BOTTOMHEAVY END TO DROP DOWNWARDLY UNTIL HALTED BY SAID ARRESTING MEANS, THE OTHER END OF THE PIVOT BAR SIMULTANEOUSLY PIVOTING UPWARDLY AND OUT OF CONTACT WITH THE RESTRAINING PIN AND THE REAR END OF THE PROJECTED BOLT WHEREUPON THE BOLT CAN BE ACTIVATED TO SLIDE REARWARDLY AND WITHDRAWN FROM SAID ASSOCIATED GROOVE THEREBY RENDERING THE DOOR OPENABLE.