Coded security vault

Abstract

Abstract A vault into which cash, such as coins and tokens are deposited, is provided with a self-locking enclosure to be opened only by authorized personnel in preferably supervised facilities at which the contents are counted and accounted for. The vault is generally of a parallelapiped form adapted for slidable insertion in a drawer provided with an access port for conveying the cash therein. Mechanical, magnetic, optical or electronic means are provided as an adjustable code for identification of the vault. Means to sense the identification code on the vault are provided in the drawer housing and are so arranged as to prevent access by unauthorized personnel. A control circuit responsive to signals representative of the coded vault are processed by appropriate scanning and comparator circuits and, depending upon the code used, conversion matrices to develop a print-out of the identified vault at a remote location upon the occurrence of certain actions such as the insertion, removal of the vault from the drawer or at some programmed interval on the hour or the like. In a preferred application the coded self-locking vault is included in a toll collection system for toll roads and toll bridges wherein the output is punched into a tape for translation at accounting centers in any desired printed form.

Inventors

• 👤 Herman Lopata

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