AU684094B2 - Cash vault for tellers active on both sides - Google Patents

Abstract

A cash safe (1) has a banknote input/output unit (10) for cashiers operating on both sides. A banknote storage unit (35) is arranged in the armoured safe base unit (15). The banknotes to be dispensed from the safe base unit (15) are supplied in a dispensing unit (11) of the banknote input/output unit (10) in such a way that they can only ever be extracted by one of the two cashiers. The banknote input/output unit (10) can be removed as a whole, undismantled, from the safe base unit (15), even then unauthorised access to the banknotes deposited in the banknote storage unit (15) being impossible. The cash safe (1), on account of its modularity, has high serviceability which is increased, in particular, by simple releasable connections for covering or partitioning panels (83a, 83b) standing vertically one on the other, by the banknote storage unit (35) extendable out of the safe base unit (15) and by a fastening means (9) for relieving tension on cable bundles (115). <IMAGE>

Description

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AUSTRALIA

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Invention Title: CASH VAULT FOR TELLERS ACTIVE ON BOTH

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a OaO* *0 a a 0 The following statement is a full description of -this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us: GH&CO REF: P23422-A:CAS:RK

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The invention relates to cash vaults with a banknote input/disbursement unit for tellers active on both sides and a banknote repository unit located in an armored vault base unit.

Further the invention also provides a connection for detachable joining of a first cover or partition plate perpendicular to a second one in such cash vaults.

The invention also relates to fasteners for tension relief especially of shielded conductors of a cable bundle of such cash vaults.

Cash vaults are set up in the counter halls of banking institutions. They are devices in which money can be stored with major security precautions and from which bank employees or even bank customers can retrieve an amount of money after preliminary identification and often with input of a security code. Cash vaults -tre designed such that in a bank robbery only an extremely small amount can be taken. A bank robber cannot get at the S amount of money kept in the money repository within a "useful" period of time. The cash vault described hereinafter is designed such that it can serve two tellers (bank employees).

Based on required safety precautions, known cash vaults are oeoe designed such that manipulations, even to correct a small mechanical defect cannot be performed on them in public traffic, since during servicing the required security requirements could not be observed with regard to the stored amount of money.

The invention solves the problem of devising a cash vault of the type mentioned above which is characterized by ease of servicing and in which the already infrequent service interventions in the banknote input/disbursement unit can be undertaken in the counter hall 2 while protecting against unauthorized access to the amount of mr.ney stored in the money repository.

In a first aspect of the invention there is provided a cash vault, comprising: a vault base unit; a banknote repository unit received by the vault base unit; a banknote input/disbursement unit for transporting banknotes between the banknote repository unit and a user; and locking means for releasably locking the banknote repository unit to the input/disbursement unit; wherein the banknote input/disbursement unit is detachable and removable from the cash vault without the need for the banknote input/disburser.:ent unit to be dismantled, the cash vault being adapted to inhibit unauthorised access to any said banknotes present within the banknote repository unit when the banknote input/disbursement unit has been removed.

By means of a clear structural separation of the banknote input/disbursement unit from the vault base unit it is possible to perform the isolation and bundling of the banknotes which are not subject to safety precautions. In an embodiment, banknotes are transported

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only individually from or into the banknote repository through an opening in the wall of the vault base unit.

E By means of adjustment elements the banknote input/disbursement unit can be arranged wit" relative accuracy to the opening, ensuring unencumbered transfer 30 of banknotes. By means of the selected construction, the e banknote input/disbursement unit can be removed from the vault base unit. If at this point, for" example, a possible banknote jam or other defect should arise, C 1.7.97 2Aservice interventions can be undertaken at any time without security risk, even with public traffic in the counter hall.

The cash vault, based on its armor, the space for the banknotes to be stored and the assemblies necessary for operation, has a stipulated minimum volume. In order to accommodate this cash vault in a space-saving manner in the counter room of banking institutions, the banknote input/disbursement unit was built such that all assemblies necessary for banknote input/disbursement were housed concentrated in a single component area. A stylishly designed cover of the banknote input/disbursement unit is formed in two parts, one part covering the upper assemblies and the other part o C o 0 C .o o V* *O~fIA *42A3..9 continuing only the cover shape of the first cover. The cash vault can be set up standing alone, or can be used pushed partially under the bank counters, then here the second cover part (casing part) having been removed.

Preferably, the banknote repository unit is arranged in the vault base unit such that it can be removed. To do this the banknote repository unit in the vault base unit is moved on guide elements, especially on rails. Locking in the vault base unit is executed such that when unlocking the banknote repository unit circuit is automatically de-energized and the electrical contacts are automatically decoupled upon removal. The plug connections :f thus need not be detached or closed separately by hand any longer by coupling and uncoupling the plug connections. Tearing out of the cable connections is thus precluded when the repository unit is removed from the vault base unit.

Special attention was devoted to easy accessibility to the individual parts of the cash vault, in which however during S servicing of the vault base unit which contains the banknote repository security precautions against unauthorized access must be undertaken. Easy accessibility is attained especially by a S connection which is easy to establish and which can be used in all plates to be attached perpendicularly to one another.

Due to the special configuration of a tension relief, especially for the power supply and signal cables to the input terminal, central computer, etc., which leave the cash vault it was possible to increase the ease of servicing and operating 4 security as the result of unencumbered tension relief of the cable jacket plus shielding.

In a related embodiment, there is provided a fastener for tension relief, especially of shielded conductors of a cable bundle of a cash vault, characterized by a gutterlike retaining bar bent in a U-shape cross section, and a pressure plate which covers the bar, and with which the shielded conductors can be pressed into recesses disposed opposite one another in two U-arms of the retaining bar, such that in one recess of one arm the tension of a cable jacket enclosing the cable bundle is relieved while in the recess of the other arm the tension of the shielding is being relieved.

The fastener may have an elastic contact plate located on the pressure plate for pressing against the cables.

In another related embodiment there is provided a connection for detachable joining of a first cover or partition plate perpendicular to a secoi:: one, especially of a cash vault, wherein the front side of the first plate is perpendicular to one of the plate surfaces of other plate and both plates at the connection site have punchouts.

Ii the following, embodiments of the cash vault according to the invention, and the connection and fastener for tension relief for a cable bundle are detailed using drawings.

o Figure 1 shows a cash vault in a counter room with two data input devices for one bank employee each, Figure 2 shows a longitudinal section through a banknote disbursement unit of the cash vault .'.Figure 3 shows a schematic longitudinal section through the cash vault, o Figure 4 shows a cross section through a path selection element of the cash vault in order to route the banknotes from the vault base unit of the cash vault into the banknote disbursement unit or from an input unit directly to the banknote disbursement unit in the case of 4A defective banknotes, Figure 5 shows a schematic side view of a banknote repository removed from the vault base unit as the money repository unit, Figure 6 shows a schematic front view of the banknote repository shown in Figure 3, here the banknote input/disbursement unit having been removed, Figure 7 shows a longitudinal section through a detachable connection of cover and partition plates perpendicular to one another, especially of the cash vault, Figure 8 shows a perspective exploded drawing of elements of the connection shown in Figure 7, *2 0 oV.

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T* 0 S:23422A/3.7.97 Z* V Figure 9 shows a perspective view of a fastener for tension relief of cash vault cable bundle which establishes an electrical connection with the periphery, Figure 10 shows a cross section through the fastener built into the vault wall of the vault base unit, and Figure 11 shows a front view of the fastener from the inside of the vault based unit.

Figure 1 shows cash vault 1 to be operated by two bank employees 4a and 4b as tellers. Cash vault I is separated from the bank customers by counter 3. Two bank employees 4a and 4b stand to the right and to the left next to cash vault 1. Each of two bank employees 4a and 4b has terminal 5a and 5b respectively for electronic data control of bank vault 1, for debiting, S banknote disbursement and input, etc.

At the top, cash vault 1 has banknote input/disbursement unit 10 which can be removed for servicing purposes and which together with a casing part 9 forms the upper part of cash vault 1: Cash vault 1 can be partially pushed under counter 3 in order to save space, then casing part 9 which contains no functional elements having been removed.

On the upper side of banknote input/disbursement unit 10 are disbursement unit 11 and input unit 39 for banknotes 12.

Disbursement unit 11 can be completely closed with two-part cover 13a and 13b. Right component cover 13a can be opened and closed independently of left one 13b. In Figure 1, ri,,ht cover 13a is shown closed and left component cover 13b open. Bank employee 4b standing on the left side of cash vault 1 has free access from top left to banknote bundle 12 made available in disbursement unit 11 for disbursement. Since right component cover 13a of disbursement unit 11 is closed, bank employee 4a standing on the right side of cash vault 1 has no access into disbursement unit 11.

For ergonomic reasons disbursement unit 11 is formed as a trapezoidal longitudinal opening which runs transversely horizontal with open front sides at the top on banknote input/disbursement unit 10. The cover of banknote input/disbursement unit 10 and of casing part 9 extends barely over the upper edge of vault base unit 15 for stylistic reasons.

In vault base unit 15 is money repository unit shown in Figure 3 as banknote repository Banknote input/disbursement unit 10 is held on vault base unit 15 with the possibility of removal by means of retaining unit 1 shown in Figure 2. The clear distance of retaining unit 17 from one upper wall 23 of the vault base unit 15 depends on the thickness of this wall 23. Depending on the required security conditions of the banking institution, this thickness :210. can be varied. Based on these different thicknesses the distance of retaining unit 17 from inside of wall 23 or from reference plate 24 located at a defined distance to the inside must be set exactly when cash vault 1 is being installed, in order that the banknotes can be transferred from banknote repository 35 to banknote input/disbursement unit 10 without problems. To adjust the height of retaining unit 17 four cylinder-shaped mounting pins 19 (only two are visible in Fig. 2) are used in banknote repository 35 removed from vault base unit 15. Mounting pins 19 have enlarged upper part. 20. They are first ins( ted with their thin cross-section through continuous hole 18a in wall 23 and continuous hole 18b in reference plate 24. Mounting pins 19 at this point on their transition from the thin cross-section to thicker upper part 20 rest on the edge of the drilled hole of reference plate 24. At this point spacer sleeve 26 is placed over each upper part 20. The height of spacer sleeve 26 is a measure of the distance of retaining unit 17 from vault wall 23, from reference plate 24. At the locations labelled with reference number 25 there are threaded bolts not shown on wall 23. A total of four threaded bolts are used. At this point a first nut which is likewise not shown is screwed onto these threaded bolts. Now retaining unit 17 is seated on mounting pins 19. It now rests on the upper front side of spacer sleeves 26.

The first nuts on the threaded bolts at the location with reference number 25 are screwed upwards from the side of cash S vault 1 outward with a wrench until the bottom of retaining unit 17 sits on them, without being lifted off of the upper front side :.2u of spacer sleeves 26. Then retaining unit 17 is again remo% d, mounting pins 19 with spacer sleeve 26 in place is removed and retainincj unit 17 is again seated on the first nuts on the threaded bolts at locations 25. A second nut shown at location in Fig. 2 is screwed onto the threaded bolts and braced against the first one. Retaining unit 17 is now mounted in the correct horizontal and vertical position to vault base unit The correct horizontal position is dictated by the position of continuous holes (not shown) intended for the threaded bolts in the bottom of retaining unit 17. The position of slip-on banknote input/disbursement unit 10 to retainer unit 17 is fixed via three alignment pins 21, of which only two are shown in Fig.

2. After removing mounting pins 19, banknote repository 35 can again be inserted, since they are no longer present in its free space.

Casing part is squeezed against the cover plates of the banknote input/disbursement unit 10 in a manner not shown and can be withdrawn upwards. The cover plates of casing part 9 and banknote input/disbursement unit 10 are next to one another in S gap 27 shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a schematic cross-section through entire cash vault 1. From banknote repository 35 located in vault base unit 15 the banknotes are transported upward with conveying means 36 to banknote input/disbursement unit 10 and are deposited there by deposition wheel 37 in disbursement unit 11 with formation of bundle 12. Banknotes which are input into input unit 39 in banknote input/disbursenent unit 10 are transported, if they are Q defective, after checking by a test unit (not shown) to disbursement unit 11 and if they are not defective, they are deposited in banknote repository 35 with conveying means 36. A banknote repository of this type with the pertinent conveying means is described for example in EP-A 0 290 731.

Banknote paths are selected with path selection element 41 shown in Figure 4. Path selection element 41 is a circular cylinder which can be turned around its longitudinal axis 43 with a drive (not shown). The circular cylinder is traversed by two longitudinal slots 45a and 45b which run axially. Longitudinal slots 45a and 45b cut the circular cylinder with formation of three longitudinal cylindrical segments 47a, 47b and 47c which are each mechanically held together on the cylinder bottom and/or head in a manner not shown.

Two longitudinal slots 45a and 45b are brought together at one point of the cylinder jacket with formation of a curved V.

The ends of the V arms of longitudinal slots 45a and 45b are fla ad in the shape of a funnel in cross-section in order to guarantee good entry of banknotes.

Figure 4 shows path selection element 41 in a position in which banknotes originating from input unit 39, marked by an arrow with reference number 39, guided by guide rollers 49a and 49b and also routed through inlet auxiliary elements 51a and 51b are fed into longitudinal slot 45a and then leave the latter in the direction of disbursement unit 11. Guidance to disbursement unit 11 takes place via guide plates 53a and 53b arranged in a funnel configuration, and a belt conveyor, in which only its 0. rollers 55a and 55b are shown. Banknotes are transported again from input unit 39 to disbursement unit 11 if the banknotes are assessed as not satisfying the standard by a test unit which is not shown. Linear conveyance of the banknotes is not further detailed here since linear banknote conveyors are known.

From banknote repository 35 the banknotes are transported with belt conveyor means 36 which is not detailed through slot 22 in the upper vault wall of vault base unit 15 and through longitudinal slot 45b in path selection unit 4 ikewise to disbursement unit 11.

If the banknotes are to be transported from input unit 39 to banknote repository 35, path selection element 41 is swivelled such that the funnel-shaped opening of longitudinal slot 45b can accommodate the banknotes originating from input unit 39.

The advantage of path selection element 41 formed compactly as a circular cylinder lies in its simple configuration and thus fault immunity relative to path selection elements which are composed of a number of deflection plates formed as shunts. Path selection element 41 can be called a "three-way valve" for leafshaped material. This path selection unit 41 can be used not only in selection of delivery paths for banknotes, but can also be used in other leaf-shaped material for selection of different transport paths. It can be used wherever fast sorting instructions must be followed. The speed of switching depends only on the moment of inertia of the path selection element which can be influenced among others by the choice of weight (especially by the choice of the material used) and the cylinder diameter. The diameter used depends on the one hand on the stiffness of the material stiff sheet materials require a greater diameter and on the other by the number of branch points. Instead of two longitudinal slots, only one individual one or even several can be used. The longitudinal cylinder segments also be hollow. In addition, only one "frame" of guides and 45b can be used.

l1 Banknote repository 35 is shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 6 inside cash vault 1 and in Fig. 5 in a scher \tic side view outside of cash vault I. Banknote repository 35 has three running wheels 59 with which it can be pushed outside cash vault 1 on floor 60. Of three running wheels 59, one can swivel around a horizontal axis, as illustrated in Fig. 5. On the left side of banknote repository 35 in Fig. 5 the swivelling running wheel is shown once in the extended and once in the retracted position. Thus here it is not two, but only single front running wheel 59.

Banknote repository 35 moreover has two guide wheels 62b provided with one guide groove 61 and two flat rollers 62a. Rollers 62a and guide wheels 62b run on guide rails 63 in order to be able to push cash vault 1 precisely onto a "floating" electrical contact coupling 65. Positioning of banknote repository 35 within cash vault 1 takes place with locking catch 67 which fits into ~corresponding counterpart 69 located inside vault base unit One end of sheathed cable 73 tensioned via tension roller 71 is S" attached on the catch arm of locking catch 67. The other end of sheathed cable 73 engages switching unit 75 pretensioned by spring 74 for turning on and turning off the power supply voltage which can be supplied to banknote repository 35 via contact coupling 65. If catch handle 76 of locking catch 67 with doors 77 of vault base unit 15 opened is drawn upward, the circuit is de-energized and the signal lines are interrupted. Banknote repository 35 can now be moved out-without danger of a short circuit when the contact coupling element of contact coupling is decoupled. Interference pulses on the signal lines to be decoupled are likewise prevented.

Banknote repository unit 35 must be driven into electrical contact coupling 55 in a positionally accurate manner. To do this, guide bars 63 on which rollers 62a and guide wheels 62b roll, as well as inlet pin 79 which is tapered on its free end are used. Since running wheels and guide wheels 59, 62a and 62b of different diameters are used, dirt adhering to running wheels 63, for example chewing gum picked up from floor 60, cannot cause any guidance inaccuracies.

Cash vault 1 has several cover or partition plates 83a and 83b which are perpendicular to one another and which are not explicitly shown. Cover plates 83a and 83b must be detachably S connected to one another. To enable ease of servicing by prompt detachability and refixing, the connection described in Figures 7 and 8 and described below was developed.

Two plates 83a and 83b, in contrast to the plates otherwise ordinarily used for this connection, have no bends as connecting flanges. Two plates 83a and 83b require simply punchouts 85a and 85b, in which punchout 85b can also be executed as a drill hole.

Punchout 85a is composed of two slot-shaped punchouts 87a and 87b which are perpendicular to one another. Punchout 87a runs roughly parallel to support edge 86-of plate 83a on which plate lies. Retaining plate 89 as a retaining element can be partially pushed into this punchout 87a. Punchout 87b leads perpendicularly into 87a and is open towards supporting edge 86 in order that screw 91 which can be inserted through punchout can engage, through this punchout 87b, threaded hole 93 which matches the screw thread as a force application element in retaining plate 89. In order that the screw lengths and plate thicknesses need not be especially matched to one another, punchout 87b has been continued above punchout 87a. The screw end can then run into the continuation.

In order that retaining plate 89 need not be held during mounting and dismounting of two plates 83a and 83b, clip 94 is used which holds retaining plate 89 detachably in punchout 87a.

Clip 94 has two U-shaped arms 96a through 96d of elastic material, especially plastic, which lie parallel to one another and which are arranged, two at a time, a distance from one another. The distance between two arms 96a and 96b as well as 96c and 96d is greater by a clearance tolerance than the thickness of retaining plate 89. On the outside, clip 94 on the bottom of the U has one extraction bracket 97 each on the right and left. The ends of U arms 96a through 96d bear catch elements 99. If retaining plate 89 is inserted into recess 85a, it lies in punchout 87a and arms 96a through 96d of clip 94 reach through 2. punchout 87b and its extension. Catch elements 99a through 99d catch on the upper side of plate 83a. To dismount retaining plate 89 placed in punchout 87a only catch elements 99a through 99d are pressed inward using flat-nose pliers and clip 94 is removed on its extraction bracket 97.

As illustrated in Fig. 8, the 'ends of extraction brackets 97 are bent against catch elements 99. For retaining plate 89 secured with clip 94 and pushed in, the ends of extraction brackets 97 are pressed against the surface of plate 83a. As a result of the elastic tensioning force of extraction brackets 97, catch elements 99 are drawn against the other surface of plate 83a, by which clip 94 and retaining plate 89 are held without play in their position.

Retaining plate 89 is structured mirror-symmetrically to its longitudinal axis 101 and is tapered by two steps at a time 103 and 105 in the insertion direction 106. Two steps 103 are used as stops on the surface of plate 83a in order that retaining plate 89 cannot be pushed through punchout 87a. Steps 105 enable the four U-arm ends to be bent against one another using flatnosed pliers in dismounting retaining plate 89 secured with clip 94. If two steps 105 which cause a reduction in width were not S".i present, the inside surfaces of the jaws would push on retaining plate 89 and it would not be possible to bend arms 96a through 96d against one another.

Punchout 87b can be abandoned if the attainable joining forces must be small. In this case then a L-shaped tension element is used instead of screw 91. The vertical arm of this tension element is then placed through a punchout analogous to punchout 85b, the former however must be offset by at least half the plate thickness. The L-shaped tension element then has a thread on its vertical arm onto which a nut for establishing the connection is screwed.

Instead of threaded hole 93, a continuous hole can also be provided with a slot in which instead of screw 91 a spring loaded quarter-turn fastener is inserted.

Cash vault 1 is connected via the cables shown in Fig. 3 to two terminals 5a and 5b, to a central computer which is not shown, alarm means, the power supply, etc. Cables 115 emerging from cash vault 1 are attached on the inside wall of vault base unit 15 with fastener 109 to relieve their tension.

Fastener 109 shown in Figures 9 through 11 has a gutter-like retaining bar 111 bent in a U-shape in cross-section. The U-shape gutter of retaining bar 111 is covered by pressure plate 113.

This pressure plate 113 presses cables 115 to be held into recesses 117a and 117b in arms 119a and 119b. Shields 125 are held by arm 119a and insulating cable jackets 131 above shielding 125 are held by arm 119b. Slipping of cable jacket 131 relative "to the stripped jacket site is precluded by tension from the outside on the cables. Grounding of shielding 125 can take place via arm 119a.

Arm 119b is elongated both laterally and in height relative to arm 119a. In these elongated areas it bears continuous holes 121a through 121d which, as shown in Figure 10, are provided for attachment to vault wall 123. Under pressure plate 113 is a rubber elastic contact plate 125 which presses on the cable jackets in the installed state. Two arms 119a and 119b are, as shown in Fig. 11, slotted in the manner of a comb. Cables 115 lie in intermediate spaces 117a and 117b.

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1. 2. A cash vault according to claim 1 wherein at least one slot is defined in the vault base unit for passage of the banknotes between the banknote repository unit and the banknote input/disbursement unit, the slot being dimensioned to only allow passage of individual banknotes and thereby inhibit unauthorised access to any said banknotes within the banknote repository when the banknote 25 input/disbursement unit has been removed.
2. 3. A cash vault according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said vault base unit further includes an electrical switching unit which interacts with said locking means to energize said banknote repository unit in a locked state 30 and to de-energize said banknote repository unit in an unlocked state.
3. 4. A cash vault according to claim 3, wherein the locking means includes a moveable locking catch and the switching unit is connected to the locking catch via a force transfer element which transfer movement of the locking catch to the switching unit for turing a power supply on and off. A cash vault according to claim 3, wherein the vault base unit further includes: guide elements for guiding said banknote Srepository unit during insertion and extraction thereof 4 se 4 a ov 4. 4** *4D 4 ~;7Rd, ~422A/3.7.97 I 17 with respect to said vault base unit; and the banknote repository unit has a first electrical contact coupling element able to couple with a second electrical contact coupling element located in the vault base unit as the banknote repository unit is inserted into the vault base unit.
4. 6. A cash vault according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a first partition plate having a front side and a support edge; a second partition plate having a plate surface, said first plate and said second plate being engageable such that the front side of said first plate is substantially perpendicular to the plate surface of said second plate; and connecting means for detachably joining said first plate to said second plate; and wherein said first and second plates at the connection site have punchouts.
5. 7. A cash vault according to claim 6, wherein a first said punchout includes a first slot-shaped punchout which extends substantially parallel in said first plate to the support edge for supporting said second plate, and wherein 0the connecting means comprises a connecting element with a 25 retaining element insertable into said first slot-shaped punchout, and said second punchout is adapted to receive o said connecting element therein.
6. 8. A cash vault according to claim 7, wherein said too retaining element has at least one step which is wider than said first slot-shaped punchout such that said retaining element is prevented from being pushed completely through said first slot-shaped punchout.
7. 9. A cash vault according to claim 7, wherein said first plate further includes as recess extending from the 35 support edge of said first plate into said first slot- shaped punchout, and said retaining element has a force application element thereon for engagement with said connecting element extending through said recess when said retaining element is disposed within said first slot-shaped punchout. A cash vault according to claim 9, including a 18 clip engageable over at least one side of said retaining element in order to prevent slippage thereof out of said first slot-shaped punchout.
8. 11. A cash vault according to claim 10, wherein said connecting element is a screw, the recess being wider by a clearance fit than the outside distance of an arm of the clip and is disposei substantially perpendicularly to the supporting edge, said retaining element is plate-shaped and said force application element is as threaded hole for the screw, and wherein the head of the screw exerts a force against the second plate to thereby tension the screw and so hold the first and second plates together, when the screw is inserted in the recess and is screwed into the threaded hole and when the retaining element is disposed within the first slot-shaped punchout.
9. 12. A cash vault according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: shielded conductors of a cable bundle; a fastener for relieving tension in said shielded conductors including a gutter-like retaining bar bent in a U-shape in cross section; a pressure plate which covers said bar, and with which said shielded conductors can be pressed into recesses disposed opposite one another in two U-arms of said 25 retaining bar, such that in one said recess of one said arm :the tension of a cable jacket enclosing the cable bundle is relieved while in the recess of che other said arm the tension of shielding is being relieved.
10. 13. A cash vault according to claim 12, including a rubber elastic contact plate located on the pressure plate for pressing directly against said shielded conductors.
11. 14. A cash vault substantially as hereindescribed with reference to one or more of the accompanying drawings. Dated this 28th day of August 1997 ASCOM AUTELCA AG By their Patent Attorneys GRIFFITH HACK S:23422A/37.97 Summary Cash vault has banknote input/disbursement unit (10) for tellers active on both sides. There is banknote repository unit in armored vault base unit Banknotes (12) to be disbursed from vault base unit (15) are made available in disbursement unit (11) of banknote input/disbursement unit such that they can only ever be removed by one of two cashiers. Banknote input/disbursement unit (10) can be removed as a whole without breaking it down from vault base unit unauthorized 10 access to the banknotes stored in banknote repository unit *.o then being impossible. Due to its modularity, cash vault is very easy to service; this is enhanced especially by simple, cetachable connections for cover and partition plates (83a, 83b) which are :i3 perpendicular to one another, banknote repository unit (35) which 0** can be withdrawn from vault base unit and fastener for tension relief of cable bundles (115). 0