High security support and enclosure structure for electronic equipment

Abstract

A new structure is provided comprising a cast body having enclosure, pedestal and anchor sections cast integrally of high steel fiber reinforced concrete. The enclosure section has walls forming a primary security compartment. A door movable between open and closed positions is mounted on the cast body. The door also is cast of high steel fiber reinforced concrete. The door and walls of the cast concrete body have thicknesses of at least 3 inches and resist torch and tool attack measures for at least 15 minutes. High security is provided for paper notes and valuable documents present in the primary security compartment either deposited into said primary security compartment or to be dispensed from said compartment.

Claims

We claim:

1. An attack resistant castable concrete housing for electronic components, comprising:

a body;

an enclosure section within said body enclosing said electronic components;

said body being comprised of a castable concrete composition which can be fully consolidated when cast with water to cement ratios less than 0.30 and steel fiber content of 7.21% to 7.73% by weight, consisting essentially of:

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    Constituents         Weight %
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    Portland Cement wherein said
                         18.88 to 19.81
    cement is selected from the
    group consisting of Type I and
    Type III Portland Cement;
    Fly Ash wherein said fly ash is
                         1.37 to 1.45
    selected from the group consisting
    of Class F and Class C fly ash;
    Fine Aggregate (SSD);
                         39.12 to 40.86
    Gravel wherein said gravel is
                         25.12 to 26.53
    selected from the group consisting
    of No. 8 gravel and crushed stone,
    (SSD);
    Water;               4.81 to 5.15
    Melamine Superplasticizing Water
                         0.96 to 1.04
    Reducing Admixture; and,
    Steel fibers;         7.21 to 7.73.
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    Constituents         Weight %
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    Portland Cement wherein said
                         18.88 to 19.81
    cement is selected from the
    group consisting of Type I and
    Type III Portland Cement;
    Fly Ash wherein said fly ash is
                         1.37 to 1.45
    selected from the group consisting
    of Class F and Class C fly ash;
    Fine Aggregate (SSD);
                         39.12 to 40.86
    Gravel wherein said gravel is
                         25.12 to 26.53
    selected from the group consisting
    of No. 8 gravel and crushed stone,
    (SSD);
    Water;               4.81 to 5.15
    Melamine Superplasticizing Water
                         0.96 to 1.04
    Reducing Admixture; and,
    Steel fibers;         7.21 to 7.73.
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    Component        Volume %
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    Cement           50-70
    Ceramic Aggregate
                     25-40
    Steel Fibers      5-10
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            824 parts by weight Type III
            Portland Cement;
            457 parts by weight water; and
            93 parts by weight melamine
            super plasticizing Admixture.
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Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The improved support and enclosure structures of the invention include bodies formed of high steel fiber reinforced concrete compositions of the general types set forth in Lankard and Shoop applications, Ser. Nos. 497,824 and 524,584 filed, respectively, May 25, 1983 and Aug. 19, 1983, which application Ser. No. 524,584 has issued as U.S. Pat. No. 4,559,881 which concrete compositions impart high security characteristics to housing or enclosure structures containing electronic equipment; both said patent applications being owned by the Assignee of this application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVNETION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to electronic system equipment actuated by magnetically striped debit or credit cards issued by a financial institution and requiring user identification.

Such electronic system equipment may comprise automatic banking or teller machines (ATM) or terminals which may be installed in free-standing locations either remote from central banks or at locations accessible to customers in or adjacent central banks for dispensing paper currency or notes of one or more denominations or for accepting deposits.

Such electronic system equipment also may comprise an automated fuel system consumer terminal having components actuated by magnetically striped debit or credit cards issued by banks or oil companies and requiring user identification; or actuated by the deposit of paper currency notes into a cash acceptor preferably with associated note identifying components, to control fuel dispensing mechanism. Such fuel system consumer terminal provides for self-service card-actuated fuel purchases and payment at any time of the day or night.

Such electronic banking and fuel purchasing systems equipment, because of their free-standing state or remote location installation, and unattended condition and of their accessibility at any time of the day or night, are open to fraud, vandalism, burglary and other forms of attack, at any time, by unauthorized individuals seeking to gain access to paper currency therein and, thus, requires a high degree of security at all times.

Thus, the invention relates particularly to an attack-resistant support and enclosure structure in which electronic banking system terminals and fuel system consumer terminals are protectively housed.

Further, the invention relates to a high steel fiber reinforced concrete body formed with integrated compartment support and anchor sections, in which the anchor section may be permanently connected with anchor means in the ground, with the support section extending upward for locating the compartment section at the desired level to provide ready accessibility to a customer for actuating electronic equipment enclosed in one or more compartments in the compartment section of the body; and in which wiring for the electronic systems passes from electronic components or units protectively housed in the compartment section of the body, through the support and anchor sections, for below ground level interface communication with related power supply controllers, computers and the like.

Further, the invention relates to providing high security for and burglary and vandal resistant protection of banking system and fuel system consumer terminals by providing support and enclosure bodies for such terminals integrally formed of steel fiber reinforced concrete having a high degree of resistance to attack by cutting torches, power drills, impact hammers, abrasive cutting wheels, power saws, carbide drills, and other tools or pressure applying devices.

Finally, the invention relates to a new high security enclosure construction for electronic banking and fuel system control terminals which is characterized by having all of the features described combined in a cooperative, interrelated and integrated manner.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Typical prior art ATM electronic mechanisms, currency magazines and related equipment such as shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,370,006 and 4,085,687 have been housed in enclosures or cabinets having safelike protective walls formed of traditional materials.

At least three known types of safelike protective enclosures for ATM components are known and have been used. Each such enclosure has steel plates of required thicknesses and has plates welded together and a door forming a sixth wall of a boxlike safe unit. The door closes an access opening to the unit compartment in which the electronic equipment and paper currency supplies are located.

Such boxlike safe walls have been formed of 1 inch thick mild steel plates; or of 1/2 inch thick high tensile strength steel plates having greater than 50,000 psi. tensile strength; or of 3/8" thick stainless steel plates. Such boxlike safe units of each of said three types has passed an Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated TL-15-UL-291 rating test, which means that the metal walls will withstand tool attack for fifteen minutes.

However, such prior steel boxlike safe units are subject to cutting torch and other heating implement attack measures, failing in one to two minutes. Such cutting torch attack measures currently are primarily used by intruders as a means of attacking ATMs.

Such prior boxlike welded steel plate safe units, thus, cannot pass an Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated TRTL-15-UL-687 rating test wherein the unit must resist cutting torch attack for at least fifteen minutes, since the prior welded steel plate boxlike safe unit when subjected to cutting torch attack and like heat oriented attack measures fails in one or two minutes.

We are unaware of any protective enclosures for ATM components or for fuel dispensing system consumer terminals which enable self-service card actuated fuel purchases to be paid for by paper currency notes accepted by the consumer terminal, which can pass both the Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated rating tests TL-15-UL-291 and TRTL-15-UL-687.

Accordingly, there is an existing need in the art for high security ATM or consumer terminal fuel dispensing controller electronic equipment enclosures or housings which can pass both of the Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated rating tests TL-15-UL-291 and TRTL-15-UL-687.

We have discovered that an enclosure, housing or safe unit for containing electronic equipment or currency notes and consumer terminal controllers for fuel dispensing systems may be formed of cast high steel fiber containing reinforced concrete which will pass the 15 minute torch and tool attack resistant tests.

Further, we have discovered that such cast high security electronic equipment enclosures, etc., may be cast integrally with pedestal support means for the enclosures and anchor means for the pedestals and enclosures, so that the unitary or integrally cast units having enclosure, pedestal and anchor sections, may be connected to anchor means located in the ground at installed locations of the units which integrated units permit power and attack-sensor means, etc., to communicate from below ground surface connections through central passage means extending through the cast unit anchor and pedestal sections to the enclosure sections.

Finally, we have discovered that such unitary high security high steel fiber reinforced concrete cast bodies may be manufactured and installed at substantially lower costs than those of prior art welded steel plate boxlike safe units which safe units have less attack resistance than the cast concrete bodies.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Objectives of the invention include providing a new cast high steel fiber reinforced concrete body having walls including a door, forming compartment means or an enclosure section, in which compartment means elctronic equipment may be housed, and protected for at least 15 minutes against tool and torch attack; providing such new attack resistant compartment container bodies with integral pedestal section which locate electronic equipment actuating means in said compartments at convenient levels above the ground where the bodies are installed for operation by users; providing such new attack resistant cast concrete bodies which may be readily varied as to size and compartment arrangement by using usual casting procedures to provide high security protection for ATM compartments, as well as for consumer terminal controller components of self-service credit card actuated fuel dispensing equipment; providing such new high security cast concrete bodies with anchor sections integrally connected with the pedestal sections, adapted for anchored connection with anchor means, either above or below ground; providin such new cast concrete unitary bodies in which passage means communicate from below ground through the anchor and pedestal sections to the protected compartment or compartments forming the cast body enclosure section; providing the described structural and functional features in cooperative and coordinated relation in such bodies so that such bodies may be easily cast and installed; and providing such new high security support and enclosure structure for electronic equipment which satisfies the indicated objectives, incorporates the stated advantageous features, and solves a long-standing problem existing in the field of dispensing currency notes, or in the field of self-service cash or credit card paid-for dispensing of fuel.

These and other objectives and advantages may be obtained by the high security support and enclosure body of the invention which may be stated in general terms as a dispensing device of the type in which materials are dispensed from or accepted into automated electronic equipment, in which paper currency notes and valuable documents to be protected are located in an equipment enclosure compartment formed by walls at least one of which is a normally locked door for a compartment access opening, and in which said walls provide security for a predetermined time against tool attack measures of an intruder, wherein the improvement comprises: a cast concrete body having an enclosure section formed of high steel fiber reinforced concrete composition having resistance to torch attack measures at least equal to its resistance to tool attack measures and having such torch and tool attack measures resistance of at least fifteen minutes; said cast concrete body including pedestal and anchor sections integral with said enclosure sections also formed of said high steel fiber reinforced concrete composition; said enclosure section having walls therein forming a primary security compartment provided with an access opening; a cast steel fiber reinforced concrete door having resistance to torch and tool attack measures substantially equal to or greater than the torch and tool attack measures resistance of said enclosure section; means for mounting the door on the cast body for movement between positions opening or closing the primary compartment access opening; and means for locking said door in closed position.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Preferred embodiments of facets of the invention illustrative of the best modes in which applicants have contemplated applying the principles--are set forth in the following description and shown in the drawings, and are particularly and distinctly pointed out and set forth in the appended claims.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one form of a highly secure consumer terminal for a self-service credit card actuated fuel dispensing system controller for a gasoline pump of the invention, installed with its anchor section bolted to a typical generally ground level concrete surface, such as the surface of a pump mounting island of a gasoline service station;

FIG. 2 is a similar view of an alternate form of such consumer terminal;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view looking in the direction of the arrows 3--3, FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a similar sectional view looking in the direction of the arrows 4--4, FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view on a smaller scale through the pedestal section of the consumer terminal shown in FIG. 1, taken on the line 5--5, FIG. 1, and showing a door for an opening in the pedestal providing access to the pedestal passage;

FIG. 5A is a view similar to FIG. 5 but illustrating an alternate manner of bolting the pedestal and anchor sections of the cast body to a concrete pump island of a gasoline service station;

FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view taken on the line 6--6, FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view looking in the direction of the arrows 7--7, FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating an alternate manner of anchoring the lower portion of the consumer terminal, of either FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, in the ground;

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary somewhat enlarged sectional view of a portion of a concrete island or base to which the anchor section of an improved cast highly secure consumer terminal of either FIG. 1 or 2 is anchored in free-standing condition;

FIG. 10 is a side elevation of a special anchor bolt used to bolt the anchor section of the consumer terminal to the concrete island;

FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG. 9 showing the anchor bolt of FIG. 10 extending through an opening formed in the anchor section of a consumer terminal and screwed into an expansion anchor device located in the concrete island of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a view similar to FIG. 11 showing an anchor bolt hex head at the top of the anchor bolt of FIGS. 10 and 11 broken from the remainder of the bolt after screwing the bolt into the expansion device located in the concrete island;

FIG. 13 is a view similar to FIGS. 11 and 12 showing the portion of the hole in the anchor section of the consumer terminal above the anchored anchor bolt filled with concrete to cover, conceal and protect the anchor bolt; and

FIG. 14 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 14--14, FIG. 5A, illustrating a bolted connection within the pedestal passage of the cast body to a concrete pump island using bolts of the type shown in FIG. 10.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the various figures of the drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

A consumer terminal generally indicated at 1 in FIG. 1 has the new structure and functions of the present invention. The consumer terminal 1 is a unit in an automated fuel system which houses components actuated by magnetically striped credit cards issued by a bank or an oil company, requiring user identification, to initiate operation of an adjacent gasoline pump to dispense gasoline. The cost of the gasoline is charged to the bank or oil company account of the customer. The terminal also may be used to dispense gasoline in an amount paid for by cash in the form of paper money notes deposited in the terminal.

The cash thus deposited must be protected against unauthorized access. The new consumer terminal 1 provides a highly secure enclosure primary security compartment into which the cash is deposited, validated and identified. The terminal 1 also provides one or more secondary compartments. The highly secure primary compartment and the secondary compartments house electronic equipment components of the automated fuel dispensing system described in detail below.

FIG. 2 illustrates a modified form of consumer terminal 2 having a different physical structural arrangement of the primary security compartment and secondary compartments in which the compartments are arranged or stacked vertically. There is a horizontal arrangement of the compartments in terminal 1.

Terminal 1 has an enclosure section indicated at 3, a pedestal section indicated at 4 and an anchor section indicated at 5. The enclosure, pedestal and anchor sections 3, 4 and 5 comprise an integral cast body of high steel fiber reinforced concrete. The concrete has a composition having resistance to torch and tool attack measures. The concrete composition and attack resistance characteristics are described in detail below.

The differently shaped structures of the terminals 1 and 2 illustrate the ease of customizing the terminals to house a variety of electronic equipment components and controls. The manufacture of terminals 1 and 2 as cast concrete bodies enables the ease of changing external shape or appearance of the terminals by mold cavity changes for the casting procedure.

A primary conceptual feature of the new cast concrete bodies of terminals such as terminals 1 or 2 is the ability of the high steel fiber reinforced concrete composition to provide, in an integral body, a composition which has high resistance to burglarious attack and which when anchored cannot be easily carried away or separated from its base.

Further, the height of the pedestal section may be easily varied, by mold changes, to accommodate the desired location of components actuated by customers, such as drive-up customers at gas stations, or walk-up customer locations of the consumer terminal.

Furthermore, the cast concrete construction of terminals 1 or 2 inherently provides smooth finished nonrusting seamless and easily waterproofed and paintable surfaces.

The terminal 2, similar to terminal 1, has integrally cast enclosure, pedestal and anchor sections 6, 7 and 8.

The anchor sections 5 or 8 of terminals 1 or 2 may be bolted (in a manner described below) to a concrete base such as a concrete pump island, the top surface of which is diagrammatically indicated at 9.

An alternate from of anchoring terminals to a concrete base is illustrated in FIG. 8 wherein the pedestal section 10 of a consumer terminal has a flangelike anchor section projection 11 which is embedded below ground in concrete 12 pured into a hole 13 formed in the ground 14 into which the anchor section is inserted prior to pouring the concrete 12.

The pedestal section 4, 7 or 10 of any terminal is formed with a central passage 15 as indicated in FIG. 5. This passage 15 extends from the enclosure section 3 in terminal 1 down through pedestal and anchor sections 4 and 5 to a passage 17 in the island 9 (FIGS. 5 and 5A), or in the ground such as indicated at 16 in FIG. 8. These passages 15, 16 and 17 enable wiring of various types described below to be connected to components in the enclosure section of any terminal.

In accordance with the invention, the composition of the cast high steel fiber reinforced concrete body of the terminal structure of the invention, such as the terminal 1, is comprised of a concrete formulation which can be fully consolidated with water to cement ratios less than 0.30 and steel fiber content of 7.21 to 7.73% by weight which contains the following constituents in proportions in the following approximate ranges:

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    Concrete Constituents
                      Lbs.        Weight %
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    Portland Cement - One of the
                      830.5 to 847.5
                                  18.88 to 19.81
    Class Consisting of Type I and
    Type III Portland Cement
    Fly Ash - One of the Class
                      60.4 to 61.6
                                  1.37 to 1.45
    Consisting of Class F and
    Class C Fly Ash
    Fine Aggregate (SSD)
                      1700 to 1769
                                  39.12 to 40.86
    Gravel - One of the Classes
                      1098 to 1142
                                  25.12 to 26.53
    Consisting of No. 8 Gravel
    and Crushed Stone (SSD)
    Water             212 to 220  4.81 to 5.15
    Melamine Superplasticizing
                      42.375 to 44.125
                                  0.96 to 1.04
    Water Reducing ADmixture
    Steel Fibers - (0.016 in.
                      317.5 to 330.5
                                  7.21 to 7.73
    diameter .times. 3/4 in. long .+-.
    1/4 in.)
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• Inventors
  Shoop, James D.; Graef, Harry T.; Newton, Kevin H.; Grucza, Spencer M.;
• Assignee
  Diebold Incorporated (Canton, OH)
• Published
  Oct-7-1986
• Current US Classes:
  052/659
  052/73
  106/644
  109/24.1
  109/50
  109/53
  109/83
  902/30
  D99/28
• Application #
  547954
• International Classes
  G07G 005/00; E05G 001/00
• Field of Search
  109/21 109/24.1 109/50-57 109/80-85 109/87 52/294-297 52/298 52/73 52/169.13 52/659 106/99 106/36 106/53 411/2 411/3 186/36 186/53
• Examiner
  Smith; Gary L.
• Agent
  Jocke; Ralph E.
• US Patent References:
  3937121
  4274881
  4377977
  4559881