Abstract An apparatus for confirming a bank deposit having been actually done at a bank night depository chute, thus eliminating subsequent contradiction of the unwitnessed deposit between the bank and the depositor, the apparatus including a dual camera that is activated to operate when the chute door is unlocked, so a forward extending lens photographs the face of the depositor, and another lens, pointing into the chute, photographs the package deposited into the chute, the invention also including another design in which the dual camera is of movie camera type that records the entire operation inside the chute from the amount of the chute door opening to the closing thereof so to indicate if the package is removed again before door closing, and the apparatus including auxillary, spaced apart still camera all pointed at the depositor so to prevent easy covering of the lens.
An apparatus incorporated with a bank night depository comprising in combination, an inclined chute through a bank wall, a door on an outer end of said chute, an inner end of said chute leading to a vault, a hopper mounted on an inner side of said door for receiving and retaining a deposit when said door is open said hopper permitting said deposit to slide down the chute after said door is closed in combination with means for photographing the depositor and deposit simultaneously as soon as the door is closed in further combination with second means responsive to closing of said door for actuating the first said means.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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An apparatus incorporated with a bank night depository comprising in combination, an inclined chute through a bank wall, a door on an outer end of said chute, an inner end of said chute leading to a vault, a hopper mounted on an inner side of said door for receiving and retaining a deposit when said door is open said hopper permitting said deposit to slide down the chute after said door is closed in combination with means for photographing the depositor and deposit simultaneously as soon as the door is closed in further combination with second means responsive to closing of said door for actuating the first said means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the second said means comprises a switch which completes an electric circuit responsive to door closure.