JPH06108741A - Bill safe - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily identify stolen bills so as to prevent the use of those bills by spraying, at the moment of burglary, ink on bills kept in a bill safe. CONSTITUTION:An ink tank 6 and a spray pipe 7 leading from the tank are provided within a safe main body 1. First, the safe is locked by a lock means 3 and an abnormality detection means 5 is operated; when the safe main body 1 is lifted from a mount 2 and also when a force of impact that could break the lock means 3, etc., is exerted, an abnormality detection signal is output. Next, power supply to a heating wire is started to melt the spray pipe 7 so as to spray ink within the safe main body 1. The ink attaches to or permeates the bills. Stolen bills can then be easily identified and cannot be used as a result. Also, the bills can be employed in a criminal investigation as reliable evidence.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote safe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, safes are used to store large amounts of money, jewelry, precious metals, etc., and various measures have been proposed to prevent thieves from looking at the assets stored in safes. .

For example, a method of installing a safe in a place where it is difficult to find, a method of fixing a safe so that it cannot be moved, a method of making a safe structure solid, and a method of activating an alarm device against abnormal handling of a safe. , There is a method of activating a security system against abnormal handling of a safe.

[0004]

However, the method of installing the safe in a place where it is difficult to find it may be inconvenient for the user of the safe to use the safe, and the safe can be fixed and moved. In the method of eliminating, the fixing means may be destroyed and the safe may be taken out. As for the method of strengthening the structure of the safe, the safe may be brought to a safe place for thieves and then slowly destroyed.
In the method of activating an alarm device or a security system for abnormal handling of a safe, crime is ignored by ignoring the alarm,
It is not uncommon for the security system to be delayed and catch and escape the criminal.

The inventor of the present invention has found that the safe-breaking is executed despite these measures being taken because the criminal can freely use the money or the like that has been successfully stolen. . In particular, whether or not money is apparently stolen due to its flexibility, except for new bills whose numbers are printed on banknotes and cases where numbers are confirmed for giving to thieves. Is extremely difficult to determine, and if the sales proceeds from department stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, etc., whose numbers are unknown, are stolen, there is almost no risk that criminals will be identified by the use of banknotes.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote dedicated safe in which stolen banknotes can be easily identified and the banknotes cannot be used. .

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a banknote-dedicated safe according to the present invention has a safe room for storing banknotes in the safe, an ink tank for storing ink, and a handling error in the safe. The present invention is characterized by including an abnormality detecting unit for detecting and a spraying hand thrower for spraying the ink in the ink tank into the safe chamber after the abnormality detecting unit detects a handling error of the safe.

The safe to which the present invention is applied may be a fixed-installed safe or a movable safe.

There is no particular limitation on the method of taking bills in and out of the safe, and for example, a door may be opened and closed to take money in and out of the safe, and the money is thrown in through a slot formed in the upper part of the safe. It is also possible to open the door provided in the so that the money inside can be taken out.

The ink is preferably one that easily adheres to banknotes, and more preferably one that easily penetrates into banknotes. In addition, it is preferable that the ink can clearly prove that the banknote is a stolen article due to the adhesion of the ink, and that the banknote is destroyed so that the banknote can be exchanged at the bank after collection.

The ink tank is preferably provided inside the safe so that it cannot be removed from the outside when the safe is closed, and the ink inlet is safe so that ink cannot be extracted from the outside when the safe is closed. It is preferable to provide it inside.

Abnormal handling of safes means, for example, movement of a fixed-type safe, irregular movement of a safe that also serves as a transport container, opening / closing,
For example, the safe is destroyed, and the abnormality detecting means is equipped with a sensor or a sensor and a timer for detecting a change in the safe position, shock, vibration, etc. due to handling of these abnormalities, or a lock for fixing the safe at a predetermined position. It may be configured so that the abnormality detecting means is activated by detecting the unlocking of the lock, the movement of the safe, etc., for a period of time.

The sprinkling means is provided after the abnormality detecting means detects an abnormal handling of the safe, that is, when it detects it, or
It suffices that the ink is sprayed into the safe chamber after a predetermined time has passed after the detection, for example, a tube in which a nichrome wire is embedded is provided, and the energization is started when the abnormality detection means detects a handling error of the safe. , The tube is melted after a certain period of time, and the ink inside is diffused, or, for example, a small air cylinder, a liquefied nitrogen cylinder,
It may be configured such that a liquefied petroleum gas cylinder or the like is opened and pressurized air, pressurized nitrogen gas, petroleum gas or the like is blown into the ink tank to blow out the ink in the ink tank into the safe chamber.

[0014]

[Operation] In the banknote safe of the present invention, when the abnormality detecting means detects a handling error of the safe, the sprinkling means sprinkles the ink in the ink tank into the safe chamber after that time, and the ink adheres to the banknotes in the safe chamber. Or penetrate. By the attachment or penetration of the ink, it becomes possible to easily determine that the bill is stolen, and the bill cannot be used.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The banknote dedicated safe according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in the sectional view of FIG. 1 and the perspective view of FIG. 2, the safe body 1 is fixed via a locking means 3 on a table 2 fixedly installed at a predetermined position, and the locking means 3 is fixed. It can be moved by unlocking it. Further, the upper surface of the safe body 1 is opened and opened and closed by the lockable lid 4 in the closed state. It should be noted that the lid 4 is provided with an insertion port 10 for inserting a bill.

An abnormality detecting means 5 is provided in the safe body 1, and the abnormality detecting means 5 is in an operating state when the locking means 3 is locked, and thereafter, the locking means of the lid 4 is predetermined. When it is unlocked by the key of
When the locking means of the lid 4 is locked, the operating state is restored.

Therefore, ordinary cash payment to and from the safe body 1 is performed by opening and closing the lid 4 while the safe body 1 is installed on the base 2.

When the abnormality detecting means 5 detects that the bottom surface of the safe body 1 is lifted from the base 2 in the operating state,
Also, when an impact force or vibration that destroys the locking means 3, the safe body 1 or the lid 4 is applied to the safe body 1, the lid 4 or the locking means 3, an abnormality detection signal is output.

An ink tank 6 and a sprinkling pipe 7 derived from the ink tank 6 are provided in the upper part of the safe body 1.

The ink inlet of the ink tank 6 is provided in the safe main body 1 so that ink cannot be extracted from the ink tank 6 when the lid 4 of the safe main body 1 is closed.

The ink tank 6 contains ink for adhering to or penetrating the banknote to the extent that the original state of the banknote can be recognized, and for coloring the banknote in a color that is not commonly used, such as green, yellow, or purple. To be done.

The spray pipe 7 is fixed to the upper inner surface of the four side walls of the safe body 1. The spray pipe 7 is made of a synthetic resin that melts at a predetermined temperature, and a heating wire such as a nichrome wire is embedded along the entire length of the spray pipe 7.

A bell 8 is provided inside the safe body 1.
And a control circuit for inputting an abnormality detection signal output from the abnormality detection means 5 to operate the heating wire and the bell 8, and a power supply 10 for driving the heating wire of the abnormality detection means 5, the bell 8 and the control circuit.

When the safe body 1 is installed on the base 2 and locked by the locking means 3, the control circuit is activated, waits for an abnormality detection signal from the abnormality detection means 5, and inputs the abnormality detection signal. The energization of the heating wire is started and the bell 8 is rung, and when a predetermined time of, for example, about 3 to 10 minutes has elapsed, the bell 8 is rung off in order to reduce power consumption.

According to this banknote dedicated safe, the safe main body 1 with the lid 4 is installed on the base 2 and locked by the lock means 3, and then the thief holds the lock means 3 without opening the lock means 3 with a predetermined key. When attempting to leave or destroy, the abnormality detection means 3 outputs an abnormality detection signal, and the bell 8 is rung for a predetermined period of time to inform the surroundings that abnormal handling has been performed and to commit the crime of the thief. While encouraging the suspension, energization of the heating wire is started.

However, when the locking means 3 fixing the safe body 1 to the base 2 is unlocked with a predetermined key, the administrator may be forced to unlock it. In such a situation, ringing the bell 8 for a predetermined period of time may damage the life or body of the administrator.

Therefore, in this case, the criminal unlocks the safe body 1 after unlocking the locking means 3 on the basis of the detection of removal of the safe body 1 from the base 2 without immediately ringing the bell 8. It is preferable that the ringing of the bell 8 and the energization of the heating wire be started after a time required for carrying away, for example, about 3 to 10 minutes has passed.

After the power supply to the heating wire is started, when the predetermined time elapses, the heating wire is heated to a temperature higher than the melting point of the spraying pipe 7 and melts the spraying pipe 7. As a result, ink is sprinkled from the sprinkling pipe 7 onto the banknotes in the safe chamber 11 in the safe body 1, and the ink adheres to or permeates the banknotes. The ink in the ink tank 6 is allowed to flow out to the spray pipe 7 by its own weight.

Therefore, after this, the thief opens the lid 4,
Alternatively, even if the safe main body 1 is destroyed and the banknotes inside are taken out, since the banknotes have ink adhered or permeated, it becomes possible to easily discriminate that the banknotes were stolen. Cannot use the bill.

Further, the banknote to which the ink adheres or permeates can be utilized as a powerful material for investigating the crime when found, and adheres to or permeates the banknote to the extent that the original condition of the banknote can be recognized as ink. Since the banknotes are used, the banknotes can be brought into the bank and exchanged, for example, when the banknotes are collected as a result of the investigation.

Since no suitable ink for dyeing various coins has been found so far, the present invention cannot be immediately applied to a coin interpolating safe, but it is suitable for dyeing various coins. If such an ink appears, the technical idea of the present invention can be applied to a coin-only safe or a safe for storing coins and banknotes.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the sprinkling pipe 7 is fixed to the upper inner surfaces of the four side walls of the safe body 1, and the ink is supplied from the ink tank to the sprinkling pipe 7 by its own weight. Alternatively, this may be fixed to the lower surface of the upper wall of the lid 4. However, in this case, a means for pushing up the ink from the ink tank 6 to the spray pipe 7 is required. As such means, for example, a small gas cylinder for containing a liquefied gas such as liquefied nitrogen, liquefied air, liquefied petroleum gas, an opening means for opening the small cylinder, and a pipe for connecting the small gas cylinder to the ink tank 6 are provided. It is possible to prepare for it.

[0034]

As described above, in the banknote dedicated safe of the present invention, when the theft occurs, the banknotes stored in the safe are sprinkled with ink and adhered or penetrated, so that the banknote was stolen. It becomes easy to identify the item, and as a result, the normal use of the banknote is disabled. Further, when the bill is discovered, it can be utilized as a material for a powerful investigation.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Safe Main Body 5 Abnormality Detection Means 6 Ink Tank 7 Spray Pipe 11 Safe Room

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A safe room for storing banknotes in a safe, an ink tank for storing ink, an abnormality detecting means for detecting an abnormal handling of the safe, and after the abnormality detecting means detects an abnormal handling of the safe. A safe for banknotes, comprising: a spraying means for spraying the ink in the ink tank into the safe chamber.