EP0737346A1

EP0737346A1 - Miniature bank with an automatic device for dispensing money

Info

Publication number: EP0737346A1
Application number: EP95905113A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Helmut Dehling; Eberhard-Ulrich Fries
Original assignee: Inform Vertriebsgesellschaft fur Kommunikationsanlagen und Sicherheitssysteme & Co KG GmbH; Stewing Vertriebs & Co KG Dorsten GmbH
Current assignee: Inform Vertriebsgesellschaft fur Kommunikationsanlagen und Sicherheitssysteme & Co KG GmbH; Stewing Vertriebs & Co KG Dorsten GmbH
Priority date: 1993-12-31
Filing date: 1995-01-01
Publication date: 1996-10-16
Also published as: AU1385395A; WO1995018429A1

Abstract

In a miniature bank (1) with a strongroom (3) and an automatic device for dispensing money (4), setting up in the open air - which takes account of the technical security requirements of the credit institute - is made possible by way of the feature that parts of the miniature bank (1), in particular the strongroom (3), are secured on all sides against the attacks, that are to be expected, by means of a security element (5A; 5B) made from a material which is largely insensitive to manipulations, preferably, steel (5B) or ferro-concrete (5A), whereby in order to set up the miniature bank (1) in the open air, the security element (5A; 5B) is secured against movement by means of an anchoring element (2) and at least the parts of the miniature bank (1) that are exposed to the weather are protected on all sides against the effects of weather which arise - and preferably the client, too - by means of a weather protection element (6).

Description

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The invention concerns a miniature bank with an automatic device for dispensing money.

Automatic devices for dispensing money that have been incorporated into the walls of bank buildings or into the walls of the lobbies in banks are generally well known. As a result of personnel reduction and in order to improve customer service, which covers an especially extensive area, attempts are being made to link, as tightly as possible, a network of such automatic devices for dispensing money. In many cases, high rental charges and a high demand for office space, especially in the inner cities, prohibit the leasing of office space for setting up the known automatic devices for dispensing money.

The setting up of containers, which serve as a miniature bank, that is already being practiced also offers no suitable way out from the supply of floor space which is becoming smaller and smaller. This solution is also unattractive and has a provisional appearance that strikes one as being strange. Because of the small resistance of such structures, for example against breaking open or being run over by a car, a reduction in the size of the containers is not practicable since the automatic devices for dispensing money which are normally stocked with more than DM 200,000.00 are exposed to all forms of robbery and vandalism.

Starting out from here, the task which forms the basis of the invention is to propose a miniature bank which corresponds in a more practicable manner to the security aspects of a credit institute. Such a miniature bank ought to be capable of being erected in a functionally suitable manner and in a relatively rational fashion at any desired location.

As a result of the invention, this task is accomplished by way of the feature that parts of the miniature bank, particularly the strongroom, are secured by a security element - that is made from a material which is largely insensitive to manipulation, preferably steel or ferro-concrete - against the attacks that are to be expected from all sides, whereby1 in order to set up the miniature bank in the open air, the security element is secured against movement by an anchoring element and is protected on all sides against the effects of the weather which occur - or at least those parts of the miniature bank, together, preferably, with the client, are protected that are exposed to the weather - by a weathering protection element.

These steps in the invention lead, among other aspects, to the consequence that, on the one hand, general structural security can be ensured in accordance with DIN 1055 - 'Stress Accommodation in
Buildings' - and that, on the other hand, this structural security is provided in conjunction with the security element - especially a security chamber and the strongroom with the automatic device for dispensing money - if the miniature bank is struck by a vehicle.

As a guideline in this respect, one reaches impact stresses of 10 kN in 1.20 m that are provided for gas station supports in accordance with DIN 1055. In the case of such an impact force, the connection of the security element and the strongroom with the automatic device for dispensing money or, as the case may be, the anchoring element, remains ensured. A projecting surrounding foundation footing ensures that the stress on the soil counteracts any possible force of upheaval. In addition, on the one hand, adequate anchoring of the strongroom with the automatic device for dispensing money is achieved and, on the other hand, adequate anchoring of the security element with the automatic device for dispensing money is achieved.

The combination of the three basic elements of the miniature bank in accordance with the invention therefore makes it possible to set up money machines in the open air, i.e. independently of buildings and similar arrangements, that is independently. The security element serves the purpose of protecting the miniature bank and, in particular, the automatic devices for dispensing money and the strongroom against manipulation such as drilling open, breaking open or carrying away. This security element can be formed from e.g. specially resistant concrete or thick-walled high grade steel.

In order to fulfill the protection task, the security element should, as a rule, encompass at least the strongroom as extensively as possible. An opening in the security element, through which money is forwarded to the customer, is provided which is as small as possible for the dispensing of money. An opening in the security element can also be provided for the operating unit. The security girdle which is open at these points can be closed by the intrinsic safety devices of the money machine.

In order to protect the miniature bank from being carried away or tipping over, especially as a result of being struck by a vehicle, the security element is connected to the anchoring element. The anchoring element is preferably incorporated in the ground. In this case, the anchoring element can consist, in particular, of concrete or, preferably, ferro-concrete. However, other forms of anchoring are also conceivable, such as e.g. bolts inserted in the ground, or via means of securing using steel cable.

Within the framework of the invention, the anchoring element can also be constructed in the form of a ready to use partial foundation component with a foundation unit pre-formed on a foundation plate in the form of a foundation footing, whereby the foundation component accommodates a locally prepared charge of concrete and forms a foundation block. However, the possibility also exists that the anchoring element is constructed in situ or in the form of a ready to use partial shaft with a locally prepared charge of concretex).

In the latter case, the invention provides that the ready to use partial shaft is formed from a lower shaft component that is placed on the foundation plate (7) and an upper shaft component that is placed on the lower shaft component, whereby a reinforcement mat has been introduced into the foundation plate and the lower part of the shaft and the upper part of the shaft each have peripheral reinforcement mats and ring anchors.

Whereas the lower part of the shaft can be incorporated, as it were, into the foundation plate, a mortar joint can be provided between the lower part of the shaft and the upper part of the shaft. In the case of all forms of embodiment, the desired structural security is always achieved in conjunction with the strongroom together with the device for dispensing money and the security element that is constructed, in particular, in the form of a security chamber.

Further features which are essential to the invention are stated in the following section. Thus empty tubes for carrying supply lines above the ground can be embedded in the concrete in the anchoring element and can open out in the vicinity of the security element (5A; 5B), whereby the supply lines can, for example, be electric power lines, telephone lines, data lines or similar lines.

Consequently, these empty tubes are arranged in such a way that the cables in question are in the secured area and are, therefore, protected and are led from the foundation into the security chamber. In addition to the anchoring element, a deep grounding connection can be introduced whose grounding strap is introduced through appropriate sections that have been removed at the upper edge of the foundation up to the region of the security chamber.

In accordance with one form of embodiment with independent significance, the feature is provided that the ferro-concrete foundation has roughened areas removed on the inside for accommodating anchor screws which join the strongroom, the security chamber and the cabin, through a base plate, to the anchoring element. Thus, for example, four anchoring screws are provided for connecting the strongroom and the security chamber and two further anchoring screws are provided for connecting a weather protection element, that has been constructed in the form of a cabin, to the anchoring element. The anchoring screws are embedded in the foundation block in such a way that they can hardly be reached or, as the case may be, destroyed in practice.

The anchoring screws for the strongroom and the security chamber preferably end in the strongroom so that these would be capable of being undone only
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after overcoming the security devices. In the case where a miniature bank in accordance with the invention is to be disassembled and set up somewhere else, the screws are capable of being undone in a destruction-free manner together with the anchoring component. The sections that have been removed in the ferro-concrete foundation are preferably constructed in the form of holes, e.g. clad tubes, and are surrounded by reinforcement coils and are filled with a swelling-type of mortar after inserting the anchoring screws.

The invention also provides for the feature that an angular iron frame is attached or fastened by screws to the upper edge of the anchoring element and a base frame with adjusting screws is inserted into the angular iron frame in order to accommodate the base plate and in order to adapt to the level of the earth. This adaptation to the earth permits the closure of the foundation cavity and the restoration of the installation site even if the actual miniature bank has not yet been installed. The angular iron frame preferably has pockets for accommodating the adjusting screws that are applied at the base frame. These adjusting screws also serve for screwing in hoisting loops to which the completely preinstalled building together with the security chamber and cabin can be attached using hoisting belts in order to avoid damage.

Before these are carried above ground in the ferro-concrete foundation, the telephone line or data line is laid out in the form of loops.

As a result, the situation is reached whereby the data line (emergency line) is not immediately demolished if one were to try to violently rip the miniature bank from the ground together with the ferro-concrete foundation.

In accordance with another form of embodiment of the invention, the anchoring element can also have a surrounding area for accommodating a base plate. The base plate is a rigid connecting substructure on which the entire building can be completely installed and equipped from the working side. This base plate can be constructed in the form of a ferro-concrete plate. However, in accordance with a preferred form of embodiment of the invention, the feature is provided that the base plate has a steel plate with passageways for anchoring screws with channel-type passageways and openings for pouring [mortar] and a surrounding shaped steel frame with, if required, openings in order to pour in mortar or cement of the pouring type and which also has a sheet metal plate on its lower side for covering purposes.

The steel plate is preferably 20 mm thick and the cavity that is formed between the base plate and the sheet metal plate that is surrounded by the profiled steel frame has poured into it a special concrete in order to provide secure access for the screw attachment to the ferro-concrete foundation. The sheet metal plate separates the lower poured concrete of the base plate from the poured concrete in the base area. In this way, the base frame can be detached from the ferroconcrete foundation - during possible disassembly - in a way which does not involve demolition. In addition, the base plate can have lugs on the edge with screwed in threaded bolts so that adjustment in terms of height is possible during installation. Using the screwed in hoisting loops, attachment to hoisting belts is possible outside the building which comprises the cabin and the security chamber.

The security chamber and the cabin are preferably preinstalled on the working side on the base plate in the steelversion of the embodiment since the steel base plate can still be handled with ease and this also permits hoisting and welding operations with no problems. The base plate has a plastic cover at least in the region of the cabin.

As a result of the free-standing form of the miniature bank and in contrast to previously known forms of construction, it is quite specially exposed to the effects of the weather. In particular, mention may be made here of the effects of weather from above, e.g.

intense solar radiation. For this reason, a special weather protection element is provided for protection against these effects of the weather. This can be e.g. a heat deflecting, rain-resistant and cold-resistant protective sheath which completely or partially surrounds the automatic device for dispensing money.

A special form of protection against manipulation is possible if the security element and the anchoring element form one unit. In this form of embodiment, it is recommended that the security element be lowered into the ground. In this way, the area for possible attack is reduced. In this form of embodiment, the dispensing of money can take place through a small opening in the security element. In this form of embodiment in particular, a service port in the security element is of advantage for maintenance of the miniature bank and changing the reservoir of money. In order to provide protection against unauthorized opening, this service port is equipped with a security closure mechanism. In addition, the operating unit and the parts of the mechanism for dispensing money can be attached to an operating element column.

The task of the operating element column is to protect not only the operating unit and the mechanism for the dispensing of money against vandalism in the most extensive way possible but also to permit attachment of the operating unit and the mechanism for dispensing money at a height which is comfortable for the customer such as e.g. in the case of a drive-in miniature bank which can be used from the driver's seat of the car. It is also possible to construct this column in a way which permits lowering in order to provide protection against vandalism.

In another form of embodiment of the invention, a security chamber is provided as a form of the security element. This is preferably constructed in the form of a chamber which is U-shaped in cross section that has been adapted in breadth and height to an attached cabin. The depth of the security chamber is selected in such a way that the strongroom, the automatic device for dispensing money and the security devices can be accommodated with no problem.

The security chamber preferably consists of thick-walled plate steel but can also be made from ferro-concrete. In addition, the invention provides the feature that the security chamber has a base plate and an intermediate plate, between which the strongroom is arranged, together with the automatic device for dispensing money.

The intermediate plate and a cover plate or, as the case may be, an upper plate of the security chamber cabin form a compartment for security devices such as 'Elt' domestic junction boxes, electricity meters, fu5e5X,) or similar devices whereby the compartment is capable of being sealed by means of a steel door.

This steel door is capable of being bolted with various sealing mechanisms. In addition, the compartment can also be subdivided so that a further compartment is formed for a computer connection. A cover that is capable of being bolted and sealed is expediently provided for both compartments, whereby the covers form the visible internal cladding of the rear wall of the cabin.

In accordance with the invention, the cabin has sections on its rear wall which provide access to the security chamber and to the automatic device for dispensing money.

In accordance with a further proposal of the invention with independent significance, the cabin possesses a door bearing that is constructed in the form of a cable conduit, whereby the journal bearing has an internal hole for passing the cable through. Thus the insertion of the cable takes place from the cabin though the upper door bearing to the closure devices and the security devices.

In addition, the cabin can also have windows that are made from safety glass with a screen which prevents people from looking in and with a strip for looking through that is arranged at eye level.

The windows with safety glass are preferably located only in the upper cabin area whereas, in the lower area, the cabin has sections that are closed by means of opaque sheets. In the screen, an internal screen can either be attached in a displaced manner in such a way relative to an external screen that direct looking in is not possible or the inside of the pane is opalescent and only the outside of the pane is screened in striped form in order to improve optical imaging. Since the strip or strips for looking through have to be covered over when filling the strongroom, the strips for looking through are preferably capable of being covered over by means of sight-protecting diaphragms, e.g. roller blinds.

The possibility also exists of hanging other sight-protecting diaphragms in front of the strips for looking through, whereby these sight-protecting diaphragms are stored ready to hand, for example in the strongroom. Discretion protection is also achieved in this way.

In addition to the aforementioned embodiment of the discretion element, it is conceivable that the walls and the door be constructed using opalescent glass, semi-transparent mirrors or glass which becomes opaque on applying an electric field. It is possible in this regard that the walls and the door become opaque and the discretion element becomes activated only on opening the cabin door.

As a further step for securing the miniature bank against vandalism, robbery or similar eventualities, monitoring thereof by means of a video camera is also possible. The video recorder or digital storage device that is used for this purpose can be
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arranged inside the security element. In addition, the security element can also be supplemented by an emergency security element.

This is applied, e.g. in the strongroom and - by spraying a dye in the event of unauthorized movement of the money reservoir - renders unusable the banknotes that are contained in the money reservoir.

Lastly, the invention teaches the feature that the weather protection element, preferably a cabin, consists of a basic cabin structure with a rear wall, pre-formed side walls and a pre-formed roof and it preferably has a double cabin door. In fact, the basic cabin structure can be manufactured in the form of a plastic injected-molded component which, for example, comprises polycarbonate. If windows are provided with safety glass, then the window frames of the cabin have arrangements for connecting special glass holders in which the glass connecting panes are held simply and without the use of tools.

Last of all, aeration and de-aeration are generated in a further form of embodiment of the invention with independent significance, i.e. significance which is independent of the other features, whereby aeration and de-aeration are provided for the security chamber in particular. On the one hand - and as a result of this
one dissipates the waste heat that is produced by the apparatus that is located in the security chamber and, on the other hand, one dissipates the heat that is produced by solar radiation. In order to ensure the functional efficacy of the apparatus and other security devices, one always maintains a prescribed ambient temperature. For this purpose, the invention provides a miniature bank in the form of embodiment that was described at the beginning in which functionally appropriate aeration and de-aeration of the security chamber are ensured.

This problem is solved by way of the feature that the security chamber is clad, using a prescribed gap, with a housing, whereby an air conveyance zone is produced and the security chamber has passageway openings to the air conveyance zone at least in the upper region of the chamber and the housing has air outlet openings to the atmosphere in the upper region of the housing, whereby, in the lower area of the housing, the housing forms or has air inlet openings for the air conveyance zone and at least one fan is arranged in the upper region of the security chamber. This solution emerges from the knowledge that, in the case of the miniature bank in accordance with the invention, the security chamber has to be clad with a housing in order to become adapted to the design of the cabin.

In accordance with the teaching of the invention, this housing is arranged using a prescribed gap relative to the security chamber so that an air conveyance zone is produced in the region of the walls of the chamber and the roof of the chamber, too. In addition to this, air inlet openings, air passageway openings and air outlet openings are provided in such a way that, in the event of activating the fan, the air that is admitted impinges, via the rear wall, onto the security chamber that is constructed in the form of a steel chamber and is led off in the region of the roof. The waste heat that is produced in the security chamber by the apparatus and security devices which are present there can be led off via the steel plate surface of the security chamber since this acts as a heat exchanger. The fan constantly ensures maintenance of the required ambient temperature.

In addition, the invention provides for the feature that the security chamber has air inlet openings in the lower region of the chamber and air outlet openings below an intermediate floor in the region of the automatic device for dispensing money, i.e. air conveyance is ensured in the region of the strongroom and the automatic device for dispensing money. The security chamber and the housing do not have air outlet openings only in the upper edge region but also, expediently, in the roof region. The invention also teaches the aspect that the fan, a thermostatically controlled heating unit or an air conditioning plant and security devices are also arranged in the security chamber above the intermediate floor.

The thermostatically controlled heating unit or air conditioning plant assist the fan in maintaining the required ambient temperature. The housing which surrounds the security chamber can be made from sheet metal or plastic and is joined to the security chamber via the intermediacy of shaped spacing elements. In order to achieve specific limitation of the air conveyance zone - i.e. if it is not required for aeration - them the intermediate zone between the housing and the security chamber is covered or, as the case may be, filled with insulating material, in order that solar radiation will not heat up the interior of the chamber still further.

As a result, a miniature bank is generated in which the advantages that are achieved by the invention can be seen by way of the feature that constant aeration and de-aeration of the security chamber for the production of the required ambient temperature for the electrical apparatus and security devices is achieved in a relatively simple and functionally appropriate manner.

In terms of their size and shape, the selection of materials and the technical conception, the aforementioned components which are to be used in accordance with the invention are not generally subject to any special exceptional conditions so that the selection criteria that are known in the applicational area currently can be used in an unlimited manner.

Further details, characteristic features and advantages of the theme of the invention will result from the following description of the associated drawings in which - by way of example - preferred forms of embodiment are shown of a miniature bank in accordance with the invention. The following aspects are shown:

:
Figure 1 schematically shows a first form of embodiment of a
miniature bank in the form of a vertical section;
Figure 2 shows a second form of embodiment of a miniature bank
which is also schematic and in the form of a vertical
section;
Figure 3 shows, in a perspective view, a third form of embodiment
of a miniature bank in accordance with the invention;
Figure 4 shows, in the form of a front view with a partial section
in the region of the foundation, a fourth form of
embodiment of a miniature bank in accordance with the
invention;
Figure 5 shows, in the form of a lateral view, the object in
accordance with Figure 4;
Figure 6 shows the form of embodiment of the object in accordance
with Figure 4, whereby the object is turned away relative
to the ferro-concrete foundation and the base plate;

;
Figure 7 shows, in a plan view from above, a ferro-concrete
foundation for the object in accordance with Figure 6;
Figure 8 shows, in the form of a lateral view, the object in
accordance with Figure 7
Figure 9 shows a section A-A through the object in accordance with
Figure 7;
Figure 10 shows, in the region of a door bearing, a section of the
object in accordance with Figure 4 or 6;
Figure 11 shows the object in accordance with Figure 4 with air
supply and air removal as indicated by the arrows;
Figure 12 shows a partial vertical section A-B through the object
in accordance with Figure 11;
Figure 13 shows a cross section through the object in accordance
with Figure 12.

In Figure 1, a miniature bank 1 is shown in a compact form of construction. The automatic device for dispensing money is inserted in a security element 5A comprising concrete. The security element and the automatic device for dispensing money 4 are protected against the effects of the weather by a weather protection element 6. In the present case, a thin plastic coated stainless steel sheath is provided as the weather protection element that, for special protection of the operating unit 4B, is supplemented by a small front roof section 81 that is made from the same material. The security element 5A is joined rigidly to an anchoring element 2 which, in the present case, is a concrete plate. The concrete plate and a small region of the security element 5A are incorporated into the surrounding ground 65.

In order to change a strongroom 3 (money reservoir), a service port 41 is provided in the front region of the automatic device for dispensing money 4 and the security element 5A. An emergency security element 43 is installed in the strongroom and, after a time period that has been set up beforehand, it sprays the banknotes with a dye in the event of unauthorized movement. In this form of embodiment, a discretion element 67 is constructed through the side walls of the automatic device for dispensing money 4 which surrounds a free space above the operating unit 4B.

In accordance with Figure 2, the operating unit 4B is installed on an operating element column 40 made from stable plastic. In the region of the operating unit 4B, the weather protection element 6 is formed by a relatively thick plastic sheath which surrounds the entire operating unit 4B that is, nevertheless, capable of movement in order for one to operate a keyboard. The strongroom 3 and the mechanism for dispensing money 4A are accommodated in the security element 5A. This security element - in this form of embodiment, it also consists of concrete or, preferably, ferro-concrete - forms one unit together with the anchoring element 2, and is largely incorporated into the ground 5.

The unit which comprises the security element 5A and the anchoring element 2 projects a little above the ground so that a socle 61 is produced and a platform 61A for clients is formed, on one side of which the operating element column 40 is attached. The mechanism for dispensing money 4A extends along the operating element column 40. The discretion element 67 is formed by two lateral plastic sheets that are incorporated in the operating element column 40 whereby the plastic sheets 'vorschnellen' [non-listed word] during the dispensing of money. The position of the discretion element 67 at the point in time of the dispensing of money is shown in the form of dashed lines. A transportable discretion element 68 that is set up when the service personnel change the strongroom 3 is also shown in the form of dashed lines.

An emergency security element 43 is also accommodated in the security element 5A, whereby the emergency security element makes the banknotes unusable in the event of unauthorized separation of the strongroom 3 from the emergency security element 43.

In accordance with Figure 3, the operating unit 4B and parts of the mechanism for dispensing money 4A are accommodated in an operating element column 40. Corresponding to the form of embodiment in accordance with Figure 2, the security element 5A is incorporated in the ground together with the anchoring element 2 and surrounds the strongroom and the emergency security element that cannot be seen in this diagram. The weather protection element 6 consists of a cabin with a roof 81A, a door 34, two side walls 82 and a rear wall 83. The walls are constructed in partially opaque form and, in this way, form a discretion element 67. A zone 86 for clients that is formed by the weather protection element 6 can be monitored by means of a video camera 74.

Undesired persons are kept at a distance from the zone 86 for clients via an access control unit 42 and the situation is made possible whereby, in each case, only one person can enter the zone 86 for clients - this being known as isolation.

Figures 4 through 13 show a miniature bank 1 with at least one ferro-concrete foundation 2, a strongroom 3 with an automatic device for dispensing money 4, a security chamber 5B and the strongroom 3 with the automatic device for dispensing money 4 and a cabin 6. The ferro-concrete foundation 2 has a projecting foundation footing 7 and a foundation block 8. The strongroom 3 with the automatic device for dispensing money 4 is anchored by the ferro-concrete foundation 2 via the intermediacy of an intermediate base plate 9. For its part, the base plate 9 is anchored by the ferro-concrete foundation. The security chamber 5B and the cabin 6 are attached, on the one hand, to the base plate 9 and, on the other hand, the cabin 6 is also attached to the security chamber 5B.

In the case of the form of embodiment in accordance with
Figures 4 and 5, the ferro-concrete foundation 2 is constructed in the form of a ready to use partial foundation with a foundation shaft 10 pre-formed as a foundation footing on a foundation plate 7 in order to accommodate a local charge of concrete 11, this being accompanied by the formation of a foundation block 8.

Another form of embodiment in the form of a ferro-concrete ready to use partial foundation is shown in Figures 6 through 8. Empty tubes 12 are embedded in the concrete of the ferro-concrete foundation 2 for the conveyance above ground of supply lines which open out in the region of the security chamber 5B. In addition to the ferro-concrete foundation, a deep grounding connection 13 can also be installed that is merely indicated. The ferro-concrete foundation 2 has sections 14 that have been removed for the accommodation of anchoring screws. 15 which connect the strongroom 3, the security chamber 5 and the cabin 6 through the base plate 9 to the ferro-concrete foundation.

The sections 14, that have been removed, are constructed in the form of channels with e.g. clad tubes 16 that have been inserted and are surrounded by reinforcement coils 17 and are filled with swelling-type mortar 18 after introducing the anchoring screws 15. The anchoring screws 15 for the strongroom 3 and the security chamber 5 end in the strongroom 3.

In accordance with one form of embodiment, an angular iron frame 19 can be installed at the upper edge of the ferro-concrete foundation 2, e.g. it can be screwed onto this. A base frame 20 with adjusting screws for accommodating the base plate 9 and for adapting to the level of the ground is inserted in the angular iron frame 19. This can be seen from the form of embodiment in accordance with Figures 6 through 8.

In the form of embodiment in accordance with Figures 4 and 5, the ferro-concrete foundation 2, or as the case may be, its foundation block 8 has a peripheral accommodating zone 21 for the base plate 9 that is also made from ferro-concrete. However, the base plate preferably possesses a steel plate 22 with passageways for the anchoring screws 15, with cable conduits and openings for pouring purposes and it has a peripheral shaped steel frame 23 with, optionally, openings for the introduction of pouring-type mortar.

In addition, a sheet metal plate 24 is provided, in the form of a cover, underneath the shaped steel frame 23. The base plate has lugs 25 at the edges with screwed in threaded bolts. The security chamber 5 and the cabin 6 are pre-installed on the base plate 9 on the working side. In the region of the cabin, the base plate 9 has at least one plastic cover that is indicated as 26.

In cross sectional form, the security chamber 5 is constructed in the form of a U-shaped chamber and is adapted in terms of its breadth and height to the cabin 6 that is attached. In addition, the security chamber consists of thick-walled steel plate. In addition, the security chamber has a base metallic sheet 27 and an intermediate metallic sheet 28 between which the strongroom 3 is arranged together with the automatic device for dispensing money 4.

The intermediate metallic sheet 28 and an upper metallic sheet of the security chamber form a compartment 29 for the security devices such as 'Elt' / domestic junction boxes, electricity meters, fuses etc. This compartment 29 is capable of being closed by means of a steel door 30 and can be subdivided vertically so that a further compartment for a computer connection is formed. A cover 31 is provided for both compartments, whereby the cover is capable of being bolted and sealed and whereby the cover forms the visible cladding of the rear wall of the cabin.

In its rear wall, the cabin 6 has sections which provide access to the security chamber 5 and the automatic device for dispensing money 4. The latter projects, for example, into the cabin 6. In addition, the cabin possesses a door bearing 32 (Figure 10) that is constructed in the form of a cable conduit together with windows made from safety glass with a screen which prevents persons from looking inside together with a strip 23, for looking through, that is arranged at eye level.

The cabin 6 is a basic cabin structure made from plastic with a rear wall, pre-formed side walls and a pre-formed roof as well as an opening for a double cabin door 34. As Figures 4, 5 and 11 through 13 show, the security chamber SB that is constructed in the form of a steel chamber is clad using a prescribed gap with a housing 66 which forms an air conveyance zone 47. In the upper region of the chamber, at the very least, the security chamber 5B possesses air passageway openings 48 to the air conveyance zone 47 whereas the housing 6 has air outlet openings to the atmosphere in the upper region of the housing. The housing 66 has in the lower region of the housing inlet openings 50 for the air conveyance zone 47.

These air inlet openings 50 form the Lower yen of the housing 66 that is not constructdas far as the floor to the security chamber 5B. At least one fa*gis arranged in the upper region of the security chamber 5B.

In the lower region of the chamber, the security chamber 5B has air inlet openings 52; in the region of the automatic device for dispensing money 4 and below am intermediate floor 28, it has air outlet openings 54. In the region of the wall and in the region of the roof, the security chamber 5B and the housing 66 also have air outlet openings 55.

As is the case with the security devices, the fan 51 and the thermostatically controlled heating unit 56 and the air conditioning plant 57 are also arranged in the security chamber 5B above the intermediate floor 28.
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The housing 66 consists of sheet metal or plastic and is connected to the security chamber 5B via the intermediacy of the shaped spacing elements 58. In order to provide specific limitation of the air conveyance zone 47, the intermediate zone between the housing 66 and the security chamber 5B is equipped with or, as the case may be, filled with, insulating material that is shown.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS 1 Miniature bank 2 Anchoring element 3 Strongroom 4 Automatic device for dispensing money 4A Mechanism for dispensing money 4B Operating unit Security element 5B Security element 6 Weather protection element 7 Foundation footing 8 Foundation block 9 Base plate 10 Foundation shaft 11 Locally prepared charge of concrete 12 Empty tube 13 Deep grounding connection 14 Sections that have been removed 15 Anchoring screws 16 Clad tubes 17 Reinforcement coils 18 Swelling-type mortar 19 Angular frame 20 Base frame 21 Accommodating zone 22 Steel plate 23 Shaped iron-bar frame 24 Sheet metal plate 25 Lugs 26 Plastic cover 27 Base metallic sheet 28 Intermediate floor 29 Compartment 30 Steel door 31 Cover 32 Door bearing 33 Strip(s) for looking through 34 Access door 40 Operating element column 41 Service port 42 Access

control unit 43 Emergency security element 47 Air conveyance zone 48 Air passageway opening 49 Air exit opening 50 Air inlet opening 51 Fan 52 Air inlet opening 54 Air outlet opening 55 Air outlet opening 56 Heating unit 57 Air conditioning plant 58 Shaped spacing elements 59 Insulating material 60 Socle 60A Platform for clients 65 Ground 66 Housing 67 Discretion element 68 Discretion element 74 Video camera 81 Front roof section 81A Roof 82 Side walls 83 Rear wall 86 Zone for clients

Claims

Patent claims: 1. Miniature bank (1) with a strongroom (3) with an automatic device for dispensing money (4), characterized by the feature - that, by means of a security element (5A; 5B) that is made from a material which is largely insensitive to manipulation, preferably steel (5B) or ferro-concrete (5A), parts of the miniature bank (1), in particular the strongroom (3), are secured on all sides against the attacks that are to be expected; - that, in order to set up the miniature bank (1) in the open air, the security element (5A;

SB) is secured against movement by means of an anchoring element (2) and - that, by means of a weather protection element (6), at least those parts of the miniature bank (1) that are exposed to the weather are protected on all sides - and preferably the client, too - against the effects of the weather which arise.

2. Miniature bank in accordance with Claim 1, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A; 5B) largely encompasses at least the strongroom (3) and the parts of the mechanism (4A) of the automatic device for dispensing money (4).

3. Miniature bank in accordance with Claim 1 or 2, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A; 5B) largely encompasses the automatic device for dispensing money (4; 4A; 4B) and the strongroom (3).

4. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 3, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A; 5B) is largely arranged above the ground.

5. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 3, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A; 5B) is largely arranged below the ground.

6. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 5, characterized by the feature that the anchoring element (2) is anchored in the ground.

7. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 6, characterized by the feature that the anchoring element (2) has a projecting foundation footing (7) and a foundation block (8) which preferably consist of ferro-concrete.

8. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 7, characterized by the feature that the strongroom (3) with the automatic device for dispensing money (4) is anchored by the anchoring element (2) via the intermediacy of a base plate (9) or that the base plate (9) is anchored, on the one hand, by the anchoring element (2) and, on the other hand, by the strongroom with the automatic device for dispensing money (4).

9. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 8, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A; 5B) and the weather protection element (6), preferably a cabin, are installed on the base plate (9) and that the weather protection element (6) is installed on the security element (5A; SB).

10. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 9, characterized by the feature that the anchoring element (2), especially a ferro-concrete foundation, is constructed in the form of a ready to use partial foundation with a foundation shaft (10) constructed in the form of a foundation footing on a foundation plate (7)in order to accommodate a locally prepared charge of concrete (11), and is constructed with the formation of a foundation block (8).

11. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 9, characterized by the feature that the anchoring element (2), especially a ferro-concrete foundation, is constructed in situ or as a ready to use partial shaft*9with a locally prepared charge of concrete.

12. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 11, characterized by the feature that the anchoring element (2) has a ready to use partial shaft that has been formed from a lower shaft component set on a foundation plate (7) and an upper shaft component set on the lower shaft component, whereby a reinforcement mat has been placed in the foundation plate and the lower shaft component and the upper shaft component each have peripheral reinforcement mats and ring anchors.

13. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through EMI17.1 12, characterized by the feature that empty tubes (12) are embedded in the concrete of the anchoring element (2) for the above ground conveyance of supply lines, whereby the tubes open out in the region of the security element (5A; 5B).

14. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 13, characterized by the feature that, in addition to the anchoring element (2), a deep grounding connection (13) is attached whose grounding strap is introduced via appropriate sections that have been removed at the upper edge of the anchoring element up to the region of the security element (5A; 5B).

15. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 14, characterized by the feature that, in,order to accommodate the anchoring screws (15), the anchoring element (2) has sections (14) that have been removed, whereby the anchoring screws connect the strongroom (3), the security element (5A; 5B) and the weather protection element (6) to the anchoring element (2) via a base plate (9).

16. Miniature bank in accordance with Claim 15, characterized by the feature that the sections (14) that have been removed are constructed in the form of channels with e.g. clad tubes (16) that are inserted and surrounded by reinforcement coils (17) and that are filled with swelling-type mortar (18) after introducing the anchoring screws (15).

17. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 16, characterized by the feature that the anchoring screws (15) for the strongroom (3) and the security element (5A; SB) end in the strongroom.

18. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 17, characterized by the feature that an angular iron frame (19) is installed at the upper edge of the anchoring element (2), e.g. by means of screws, and a base frame (20) with adjusting screws for accommodating the base plate (9) and for adaptation to the level of the ground is inserted in the angular iron frame (19).

19. Miniature bank in accordance with Claim 18, characterized by the feature that the angular iron frame (18) has pockets for accommodating the adjusting screws that are installed in the base frame (20).

20. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 19, characterized by the feature that the anchoring element (2) or, as the case may be, the foundation block (8) has a peripheral zone (21) for accommodating a base plate (9).

21. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 20, characterized by a base plate (9) which consists of ferro concrete.

22. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 20, characterized by a base plate (9) that is constructed in the form of a steel plate (22) with passageways for anchoring screws (15), cable conduits and openings for pouring [mortar] and a peripheral shaped steel frame (23) with, if required, openings for pouring mortar that is capable of being poured or concrete that is capable of being poured.

23. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 22, characterized by the feature that the base plate (9) has lugs (25) at the edge with screwed in threaded bolts.

24. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 23, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A; 5B) and the weather protection element (6) are pre installed on the working side on the base plate (9).

25. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 24, characterized by the feature that the base plate (9) has, at least partially, a plastic cover (26).

26. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 25, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A; 5B) is constructed in the form of a cross-sectionally U shaped chamber and is adapted in terms of its height and breadth to an attached cabin (weather protection element (6)).

27. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 26, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A; 5B), especially a security chamber (SB), consists of a thick-walled steel sheet or ferro-concrete.

28. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 27, characterized by the feature that the security element that is constructed in the from of a security chamber (5B) has a base metallic sheet and an intermediate metallic sheet (28), between which the strongroom (3) is arranged, together with the automatic device for dispensing money.

29. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 28, characterized by the feature that the intermediate metallic sheet (28) and the covering sheet or, as the case may, be upper metallic sheet of the security device (SB) form a compartment (29) for security devices that is capable of being sealed by means of a door (30) made from steel or a similar material.

30. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 29, characterized by the feature that the compartment (29) is subdivided vertically and, as a result, a further compartment is formed for a computer connection.

31. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 30, characterized by the feature that a cover (31) that is capable of being bolted and sealed is provided for the two compartments (29), whereby the cover forms the visible internal cladding of the rear wall of the cabin (weather protection element 6)).

32. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 31, characterized by the feature that the weather protection element (6), that is constructed in the form of a cabin, has sections in its rear wall which give access to the security chamber (5B) and the automatic device for dispensing money (4).

33. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 32, characterized by the feature that the weather protection element, that is constructed in the form of a cabin, has a door bearing (32) that is constructed in the form of a cable conduit.

34. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 33, characterized by the feature that the cabin that is constructed in the form of a weather protection element (6) has windows comprising safety glass with a screen which prevents persons from looking in and, preferably, a strip for looking through that is arranged at eye level.

35. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 34, characterized by the feature that the strip or strips (33) for looking through are capable of being covered over with sight-protecting diaphragms, e.g. roller blinds.

36. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 35, characterized by the feature that the cabin that is constructed in the form of a weather protection element has a basic cabin structure with a rear wall, pre-formed side walls and a pre-formed roof comprising a plastic, e.g.

polycarbonate, as well as a cabin door (34) which is preferably in the form of a double door.

37. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 36, characterized by the feature that the security element (5A); 5B) and the anchoring element (2) form one unit.

38. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 37, characterized by the feature that at least one service port (41), in the form of an access route to the strongroom (3), has been incorporated in the security element (5A); 5B).

39. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 38, characterized by the feature that at least one operating unit (4B) and, preferably, parts of the mechanism for dispensing money (4A) have been installed on, or in, the operating element column (40).

40. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 39, characterized by the feature that the access door (34) of the weather protection element (6), that has been constructed in the form of a cabin, is secured by an access control unit (42).

41. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 40, characterized by the feature that an emergency security element (43) is provided in, or on, the automatic device for dispensing money (4) or strongroom (3) in order, in the event of unauthorized access, to render unusable the banknotes which are present.

42. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 1 through 41, characterized by the feature that a security element, that is constructed in the form of a security chamber (5B), is clad using a prescribed gap with a housing, especially a cabin constructed in the form of a weather protection element (6), with the formation of an air conveyance zone (47) and that, at least in the upper region of the chamber, the security chamber (5B) has air passageway openings (48) to the air conveyance zone (47) and that, in the upper region of the housing, the housing has air outlet openings (49) to the atmosphere and that, in the lower region of the housing, the housing forms, or has,

air inlet openings (50) for the air conveyance zone (7) and that at least one fan (51) is arranged in the upper region of the security chamber (5B).

43. Miniature bank in accordance with Claim 42, characterized by the feature that, underneath an intermediate floor (28), the security chamber (5B) has air inlet openings (52) in the lower region of the chamber and air outlet openings (54) in the region of the automatic device for dispensing money (4).

44. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 42 or 43, characterized by the feature that the security chamber (5B) and the housing have air outlet openings (55) in the upper region of the wall and in the region of the roof.

45. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 42 through 44, characterized by the feature that the fan (51), a thermostatically controlled heating unit (56) or air conditioning plant (57) as well as security devices are arranged above the intermediate floor (28) in the security chamber (5B).

46. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 42 through 45, characterized by the feature that the housing consists of sheet metal or plastic and is connected to the security chamber (5B) via the intermediacy of shaped spacing elements (58).

47. Miniature bank in accordance with one of the Claims 42 through 46, characterized by the feature that the intermediate zone between the housing and the security chamber (5B) is equipped

or, as the case may be, filled with insulating material for specific limitation of the air conveyance zone (47).