Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246562 | Structure of delivery door having anti-theft security means The present invention relates to a delivery door having anti-theft security means, more particularly to a door structure consists of a pair of casings, area adjustable mounting plate, hinge means and actuation means, which are installed on an entrance door or a wind... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236085 | Lock with remotely activated lockout feature A method for controlling access to a storage unit owned by an owner, wherein a renter has access to the storage unit unless the owner receives the legal right to deny the renter access to the storage unit and decides to do so. In this method, the storage unit is sec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7096801 | Safe A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6938556 | Christmas light storage table A storage table is disclosed for storing items such as strings of Christmas lights or other cords. The table acts as both a standard end table and a storage unit that stores items inside a base portion of the table. The table includes a top, at least one side adjace... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6865993 | Safe A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6748879 | Goods transfer station and process for operating such a goods transfer station The invention relates to a goods transfer station (1) for discharging articles (4, 5), having at least one delivery window (12), at least one conveying space (19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31) and at least one closing element (23, 24, 25, 26, 32... | 06/15/2004 |
| 5722332 | Apparatus and process for conducting deposit and drawing operations of banknotes and valuables An apparatus comprising a protective envelope (2) having one aperture (3), casings (4) for banknotes and valuables (5), support and movement members (6) engaging the casings (4) and adapted to impose a first movement along a selection path to said casings... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5711231 | Service access system for automatic teller kiosk A secure servicing system for an automatic teller machine (ATM) or similar machine. An ATM is mounted on a rotatable/translatable baseplate in a kiosk with the operating side flush with an opening in the kiosk. By rotating and translating the baseplate, t... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5526615 | Automatic transaction machine storing apparatus An automatic transaction machine storing apparatus for storing a plurality of automatic transaction machines. The apparatus includes a plurality of entrances for respectively carrying the automatic transaction machines therethrough into a customer room. T... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5375737 | Vend door assembly A vend door assembly for a vending machine from which articles are selected from a supply area and then deposited into a common vending area of the vending machine and which provides a customer access opening through which articles can be removed. It incl... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5031548 | Safe assembly This invention relates to a safe assembly whose outer shape is generally parallelepipedic defined by a width, a height and a depth, one of the dimensions--height and width--being smaller than the depth, this assembly being mounted on a fastening structure... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4911087 | Self banking kiosk An access door system for a narrow profile enclosure for housing an automatic teller machine (ATM) which allows servicing of the teller machine from within the enclosure for enhanced security for the contents of the ATM and service technician safety. The ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4724774 | Safe-deposit installation Within a vault (11) having an access aperture (12), a number of rectangular racks (1, 2) are individually and detachably mounted on an annular turntable (14) rotating in a horizontal plane. Each rack accommodates in compartments (6) of variable sizes a si... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4681044 | Access door system An access door system for a building housing an automatic teller machine is disclosed. The system includes an outer door in the front wall of the building that opens to allow the door of the safe portion of the teller machine to open 180°. An arcuate sha... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4669393 | Cashier's safe A cashier's safe for banks is disclosed in which money cassettes in vertical columns are held in storage spaces on rotatable racks disposed on opposite sides of the vertical traveling path of a cassette carrier. Each cassette selectively can be brought up... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4651544 | Exterior entry door tethered key safe A tamperproof key safe for guest rooms of motels comprises a mounting bracket surrounded by a containment box having a hinged compartment rotatable to an open position for providing access to a tethered room key. An electronic press key calculator actuate... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4643107 | Security vault A security vault for receiving and permitting seriatim access to a number of receptacles, which may receive coin boxes used in pay telephones or the like. The receptacles are on multiple tiers of a carousel assembly rotatably mounted within a security bar... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4637325 | Security case used on counter A security case adapted to be disposed on a counter of a bank, which comprises a housing having at least one security closet at its upper portion and aligned front and rear openings at the front side and at the rear side of the lower portion of the housin... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4548353 | Cash drop box having a plurality of compartments A drum-shaped cash drop box rotatable about a pin coincident with its central axis includes a substantially U-shaped rotatable handle. The drum has a plurality of compartments. Insertion slots arranged at spaced intervals about the drum cylindrical periph... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4523528 | Insulating apparatus and composite laminates employed therein Transaction processing enclosure for containment of electronic data processing equipment, banking apparatus, documentation, and the like including a housing that incorporates electrically conductive, structural, radiant heat reflective, fibrous, refractor... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523527 | Security apparatus for the passage of objects This apparatus is of the kind comprising a fixed frame 1 and a drum 5 having a vertical axis for rotation relative to and within the frame about a vertical axis, this drum comprising an internal cavity intended to receive the objects to be passed and acce... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4509676 | Rotary post office box and equipment enclosure The present invention relates to an equipment (12) enclosure which is particularly adapted for post office use is described. In particular the present invention relates to a post office box or related equipment (12) enclosure which has an inner unit (11) ... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4381716 | Insulating apparatus and composite laminates employed therein Transaction processing enclosures for containment of electronic data processing equipment, banking apparatus and the like incorporating a housing comprising a composite laminate composed of reflective, refractory and structural elements to provide an encl... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4299175 | Lock chamber for the passage of packets or objects between a room reserved for the public and a premises which is isolated and protected from the public The lock chamber is employed for the passage of packets or large-sized objects between a room reserved for the public and a premises which is isolated and protected from the public by a safety partition wall. It may be for example employed in administrati... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4244302 | Door mounting and operating apparatus for security transaction enclosures and the like A mounting and operating assembly for a movable closure or door of a transaction security booth or enclosure or the like having an upright cylindrical configuration, including an angle-iron shaped cross-section mounting ring having an inwardly projecting ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4121523 | Transaction security system and modular transaction processing center A transaction security device comprising a booth of a material and construction capable of selective voluntary entry and involuntary personnel retention and incorporating a transaction interface; entrance means for said booth; a closure for said entrance ... | 10/24/1978 |
