CA1110116A - Transaction security system and modular transaction processing center - Google Patents

Abstract

TRANSACTION SECURITY SYSTEM
AND MODULAR TRANSACTION
PROCESSING CENTER

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A transaction security device comprising a booth of a material and construction capable of selective voluntary entry and involuntary personnel retention and incorporating a transaction interface; entrance means for said booth; a closure for said entrance means, and control means adapted to secure and unsecure at least said entrance means; and cooperating with said booth disposed, therein, or indeed independent thereof, at least one secondary enclosure adapted to contain apparatus disposed upon at least one adapted to contain apparatus disposed upon at least one turntable within a housing module composed of an enclosure, portions of which are independently rotatable about said turntable and the devices disposed thereon;
and means for access to the interior of said housing and with said transaction interface.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Development of devices providing security for the dealer or teller as well as security for the transaction itself, where items of value are being trans-ferred or held by the dealer or teller and the agency ; 5 he represents, has been a continuing concern that has assumed increasing significance with-the passing years.
Attempted means for providing an adequate degree of pro-tection has assumed a variety of forms. Most such security devices are conceived for use in banks and similar institu-tions which are seen generally to yield the richest and most readily convertible rewards to those intent on appro-priation of items of value by physical Eorce or threat of physical force. Accordingly, and for convenience, most of the discussion appearing herein will be in terms o~ such institutions and facilities. It will, of course, be obvious that the present invention has application, however, to payroll offices, tax collection agencies, ticket offices -and other institutions and businesses apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.
Among the most commonly employed security apparatus heretofore has ~een closed circuit television systems wherein television cameras are placed strategically about the area in which transactions involvîng the transfer or custody of - articles of value occur. The cameras are designed to record pictorially on tape any illegal acts occuring in the trans-action area. These systems have often been rendered inoperative by covering the lenses o~ the television cameras which are normally placed at a height sufficient to oversee an area while permitting a sharply defined image of the , , '~
' robber or other miscreant. At greater heights, the cameras have been known to give an insufficiently distinct image to assure later identification. In any event, masks or other disguise may readily defeat the objective of identification. Similar devices using movie cameras have also been utilized, but have been known to fail for the same reasons and, on occasion, for lack of adequate film. Further these systems provide only surveillance and do not ser~e physically to restrain a felon or pro~
tect-the teller, dealer or clerk ~rom harm of intimidation.
More recently, and increasingly, resort has been had to automated equipment mounted in unprotected staions on building exteriors, for example in the belief that they were invulnerable to harm or exploitation. This assessment has proven to be in error, however, and these devices have been fre~uently pummeled and damaged with expensive equipment replacement costs.

Further, single or multiple electronic dat~ p~o-cessing apparatus or other specialty equip~ent used separ-ately or in support or cooperation with a manual transacti~n system or automati~c transaction equipment also requiresg normally, a closely controlled en~ironment in which to function. This environment has been provided usually, heretofore, by placing all of an organization's data proces-sing apparatus except, for example, remotely disposed ter-minals and the li:ke, in a single large room ~here overall conditions~ are maintained substantially uniform To accom-plish this is expensi~e, t~e location of the equipment is often incon~enient and an accomodation to necessity rather than efficient utilization; and a power failure or the like ~ill necessl~ate~ in the absence of an auxiliary power supply, a shut-down of an organization's entire electronic data processing system; and in modern terms where banks are concerned, for example~ will cause a closing of the entire business enterprise, as well as other enterprises dependent upon lt. This ~ulnerability exists as well with -sens~tive go~ernment installations and will ordinarily dis-connect and disarm the protective systems and apparatus used to secure the electronic data processing system itself - ;
aga~nst in;ury, Turning to consideration of the transaction security aspect o~ the present invention, however, means have, of co~rse, been developed heretoforeg having as their objective the protection of bank tellers or persons similarly engaged in dealing in other items of value with members of the public~ -Thus, U S patent 2,460,~17 is directed to a cashier 3 or teller safety booth, incorporating a p~voted bin adaptedto be swung out through the bullet-resistant wall protect-ting the cashier from potential harm by the cust;omer or '`'3~ , . . .

other member of the publici the bin providing a convey-ance for any articles of value to be transmitted between customer and teller. Devices such as this, designed to limit physical exposure of the teller while providing 5 facility of communication between teller and customer~ have often proved unsatisfactory to prevent robbery, escape of the robber, or injury to a guard or other bank personnel since the transaction area is open to the public and the robber has freedom to attempt escape, at least in terms of lO the security apparatus described, at any time.
United States patent 2,700,944 describes, in turn, a protective apparatus comprising a hinged screen which may be activated ko spring up and block the trans-action interface between the teller and any threatening 15 customer or other member of the public. Th.e use of this device demands timing and a readiness by the teller or ; cashier to chance injury and otherwise incorporates the difficulties inherent in U.S. patent 2,460,917 described brie~ly hereinabove.
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United States patent 3,537,409 provides additional protection in bank security systems wherein the teller station is capable of being locked and removed fron control of those within the bank so that even in the event of threat, the 5 teller, for example, cannot unlock the teller enclosures, drawers, vault or the like. A significant difficulty with this system, is that it must be activated, which will nor-mally occur only upon performance of an overt act of hos-tility, which, ;f sufficiently rapid, or reacted to with insufficient speed, may bar activation of the system com-pletely.
In theievent, therefore, that a transaction enclosure or booth could be devised where;n the dealer, teller,cashier or other similarly engaged person were protected from injury S or threat, or a banking machine or other ~ransaction device employed to replace the foregoing person, is rendered invul-nerable to attack by a customer or other person on the oppos-ing side of a bullet-resistant transaction interface defined in one side of said booth or enclosure, the the customer enabled to engage in transactions across said interface only so long as he was detained from leaving said enclosure, a signi~icant advance in the state of the art would be attained.
A further advance of similar importance would be had if means could be provided for access between a transaction - 25 enclosure, such as the foregoing, and an automated trans-action processing device or apparatus contained in a pro- -tective module disposed within said booth, wherein the module would meet ~he re~uirements, for example, of the United States Federal Reserve System, and would be adapted for ready removal and relocation; and accessible through a single site, but selectively, for both servicing and customer transactions.

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If, additionally, the apparatus could be so con-structed as to provide for containment of one or more units of electronic data processing equipment under the precise environmental conditions required for t;heir maintenance and could be employed for these latter purposes independently of its integral cooperation in a transaction security ap-paratus, a further and material step forward in the rele-vant are would be secured.
It is, accordingly, an object of this invention to provide a transaction security system that includes a bullet-or projectile-resistant booth wherein transactions with a teller, banking or other automated transaction machine or custodial entity normally occur only when the customer :~s prevented from leavirlg the booth An obJect of this invention, too, is to provide control means associated with said enclosure or booth and integrated therewith so that when the door to said booth is open the transaction interface of said booth is closed and when said door is closed said interface may be open.
Another object of this~invention is the provision of means adapted to preempt and over-ride said integrated control means.
A further obJect of this invention is to provide in cooperation with said booth a housing for said automated transaction equipment wherein all aspects of the equipment can be made selectively accessible at a single site.
A still further object of this invention is to provide protection for, and environmental control of~ such conditions as temperature and humidity about said equipment, and to do so in a manner that necessitates minimal spatial requirements and combines thi.s feature with ready housing ; and equipment assembly, disassembly and mobility.

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SUMM~RY OF THE IN~ENTION
These and other ob~ects are achie~ed in accordance ~ith the practice of the present in~ention by pro~ision of a booth of a material and eonstr~ction capable of selecti~e voluntary entry and in~oluntary detention of personnel pre-sent within the booth and preferably one ~h.ere at least onewall or or a portion thereof, and preferably the entire in-terior ~a~l, of s~aid booth is substantially impact-resistant, ~hether ko bullets or other proJectiles; an entrance and transaction inter~ace defined in the ~all of said booth; a lQ- door or closure ~eans to at least said entrance, and control means for securing and unsecuring of said closure means and ~ .
means to o~er~ride said door securing and unsecuring means Cooperat:Lng ~ith the foregoing booth, and disposed therein, or indeed independent thereof, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, is at least one secondary enclosure or module adapted ko contain apparatus, such~ for example, as electronic data processing apparatus, transaction processing equipment or other de~ices; said enclosure comprising one or more turn-tables upon ~hi.ch said equipment is positioned; a stationary 20 wall; access means to the ~nterior of said enclosure; and one or more second closure means rotatable about said one or more turntables, and registrable with said access means. The foregoing housing and one or more turntables defining said ~ module can be suc~ as to enable maintenance of an environment - . 25 controlled not only as to temperature and humidity for as little as a single unit of data processing apparatus~ but with ~ire detect~on and control means inbuilt as ~ell. The housing and turntables can also be disassociated from said first or outer booth and employed independently thereof in an alterna-3 ti~e embodiment o~ the .

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~ -8-invention for the purpose, illustratively, of contain-ment of data processing apparatus or specialty equipment, and ~aluable items including currency, documents, securi-ties and the like. Also provided, according to the in-vention, for use as a means for access to said module orsaid booth, or independently thereof as a means for con-trolling physical communication and movement through a passage are entry means composed of at least two vertically disposed shields, arcuately shaped in horizontal section and movable about a common axis to effect entry and egress therethrough in a manner so that at least one of said shields occludes communication or movement with that portion of the passage from which entr~ is sought before co~nuni-cation is permitted into that portibn of the passage into which entry is sought.
Thu8, the present invention pro~ides a transaction processing enclosure for housing of electronic data pro-cessing equipment and the like comprising, in combination, at least one access means to the interior of said enclosure;
secondary closure means having outer surface conformance in size and shape with and registrable with said access means, said secondary closure means being slidably mounted and movable with respect to said access means to ef~ec~ the opening and closing thereof; turntable means mounted inde-pendently with respect to said secondary closure means,within said enclosure and capable of supporting said equip-ment thereon so that the entire periphery of said turntable means and supported equipment is accessible through said access means; means for pro~idlng controlled envi-ronmental -8a-conditions for the operation, maintenance and security of electronic data processing equipment within the interior of said enclosure, and control means interacting with said secondary closure means to alternatîvely provide access or non-accessibility to the equipment disposed within said enclosure from the exterior of said enclosure; and for activating said secondary closure means to effect access or non-accessibility to said equipment within said enclo-sure in response to saId environmental conditions of opera-tion, maintanance or security.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DR;A~NINGS
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The'foregoing and additional objects, features and advantages' of this invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the'following detailed de~scription of preferred embodi~nents of the invention when taken ln conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
F~g, 1 is a perspective view of a transaction security ~ooth'of the invention;
Fig. 2 is a further perspectivé of the trans-action securlty ~ooth of ~'ig. l;
Fig, 3 is a side elevational view of the trans~action security booth of Flg. 1 and Fig~ 2;
Fig, 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the transaction security booth taken along the line 4-4 of Fig, 3;
Fig. 5 is a perspecti~e v~ew of the transaction security booth o~ Figs. 1 to ~ adapted for use with a banking machine;

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Fig. 6 is a side elevational view o~ a plurality of alternative booths embodying the invention;
Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view of the booths shown in Fig. 6 taken along the lines 7-7 of Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 is a side sectional view of a modification of a pass-through orifice and closure device for incorpora-tion in the transactional interface of the booths of Figs.
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Fig 9 is a perspective view of a transaction security booth and separately housed transaction processing centers, disposed within the aforesaid booth, embodying the invention;
Fig. 10 is a further perspective view of the booth and processlng center of Fig. 9.
Fig. 11 is a horizontal sectional view o~ the trans-actlon securlty booth and process:ing center of ~ig. 9 taken along the lines 1].-11 of Fig. 9;
Fig. 12 is a vertical sectional view~ partially in elevation, of the transaction booth taken along the lines 12-12 of Fig. 9.
Fig. 13 is a broken side elevational view~ with elements thereof depicted schematical-y, of an isolated transaction processing unit or module modified for operation apart from the transaction security booth in which it is shown incorporated in Figs, 9 to 12 in another embodirnent of the invention, Fig. 14 is a hori~ontal sectioanl view~ of the transaction processing module taken along the 14-14 of Fig.
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Fig.15 is a partially broken perspective view of a plurality of transaction processing modules of the type of descrLbed in Fig. 13 and 14, which some elements thereof shwon schematically;

_g_ .: , Fig. 16 is a side elevational view of an alternati~e embodirnent of a processing center or module as such sho~n in Figs. 13, 14 and 15 adapted to accommodate instrumentation of reduced dimensionsj Fig. 17 is a front ele~ational view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 16;
Fig 18` is a vertical sectional view, partially in elevation, of closure means for use independently to provide a security passage system or unit which may also be used 10 in the booths and enclosures according to the invention; - -Fig. 19 is a sectional view of the passage security unit taken along the lines 19-19 of Fig. 18; `
Fig. 20 is a schematic diagram o~ a typica~ electri-cal circuit for use in controlling the act:ivation and deac-tlvation of the closure means and transaction interface panel in the transaction security booth of the invention, together with an over-ride control circuit means; and Fig. 21 is a schematic ~riring diagram showing an electrical control circuit for use in a specific application --2Q of the apparatus of the invention.
With particular reference to Fig. 1 through 4 ofthe drawings, the booth 10 is shown having a plurality of panels 12 ~ormed of a material and construction capable o~
personnel retention and having~ in addition, and preferably, - 25 transparent and impact, including bullet and projectile, resistant properties, including one such panel 12a modified to incorporate a transaction interface 13. The panels 12 (and 12a) are mounted within at least equally impact-or-bullet-resistant, rigid vertical support members 14 which 30 are secured to the periphery of the booth ceiling 16 and, ~
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optionally, the base or floor 18. It is of course, also feasible to employ a single panel 12 to provide the booth wall or housing 19. The entrance 20 to the booth 10 is partially bridged, as seen in Fig. 1, by the sliding closure means 22 which is mounted on tracks or a rotatable support and drive shaft (not shown) in either or both of the ceiling 16 and base 18 members. In a preferred embodiment, the clo-sure means 22 is driven by a motor and worm gear (not shown) and latching is inherent in the drive mechanism, which can be driven from only one end; that is, the closure means 22 can only be mo~ed by operation o~ the motor. rrhus, when the door or closure means 22 is closed, it is also secured and cannot be moved manually and reversal of the motor is re~uired to open the door. It will be obvious, however, ~5 that any standard mode of operation known and readily availa-ble to one skilled in the art may be utilized to effect the closing and consequent securing, and opening and consequent unsecuring, of the entrance 20 It will also be evident that securing and unsecuring of the closure means can be -accomplished as a separate function associated with closing and opening of the closure means.
An additional panel 12b, similar in construction to those 12 forming the wall of the booth and also therefore transparent and bullet and pro;ectile-resistant in a parti-cularly preferred embodiment, constitutes the closure means22 and is mounted within the vertical door frame member 23.
It will be obvious that the door or closure 22 may be opaque, or impervious to light as well; that, although significantly less preferred~ it may be hingedly connected to the booth; and include a latch securing and unsecuring mechanism and may be flat as well as rounded.

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¦ A plurality of booths are convenien~ly employed, particularly, as will be described hereinafter, in a facil-ity for using in-doors such as shown in Fig. 6 and 7 with a filler panel 24 disposed between adjacent booths 10.
S Within the ~iller panel is mounted the drive motor (not shown) for operation of the closure means 22.
The closure means can be operated convenient~y, for example, by a customer or other person within the booth by manipulation of the control panel 2~ sho~n schematically in Fig. 1 to 5 and adapted to use in a similar manner in the booths of Figs. 6 to 7. Access for servicing the con-trol panel may, if desired, be effected from outside the booth by removal of the exterior cover 27 shown, illustra-tively, in ~ig. 6.
As shown partlcularly in t,he embodiment of Fig. 7, the closure means 22 serves the dual purpose of securing the interface 13 or entrance 20 as desired while simultaneously unsecuring and opening the entrance 20 and interface 12 respecti~ely. This means of effecting the practice of the invention is achie~ed with particular facility where the booth 10 is round in cross-section and the closure means 22 has a breadth su~icient to close and secure the interface 13 when the interior of the booth is open to the exterior by means of the entry 20 and to uncover the interface 13 when the entrance 20 is completely closed and secured by the closure means 22. This closure means defines a simicircle of approximately 180, as shown in Fig. 7, to accomplish this objective with the entrance 20 and inter~ace similarly re-moved from one another by 180. The closure means moves in 3o a path about an axis which substantially coincides with that of the booth in which the closure means or door is mounted.
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Fig. 1 to 5. It will be evident that by restricting the lateral margins of the inter~ace and entrance~ and, alter-natively or additionally, placing the inter~ace and entrance closer to each other about the periphery o~ the booth, the j lateral breadth of the closure means may be diminished ¦ without adversely a~fecting its ability to accomplish its purpose as described hereinabove.
The booth 10 may abut the teller counter 28, as shown particularly in Fig. 7, or, as sho~n in Figs. 1 to ll and 8 inclusive, partially overlay the counter 28. The transaction interface 12 comprises, illustratively, in either event, the pass-through ori~ice 29, wh:ich is of any conven-tlonal constructlon includinK, ~or example, a troùgh de~ined in the teller counter 28 through a cutout 30 in the inter-~ace panel 12a, as seen in Fig. 8, permitting the transac-tion o~ business between, illustratively, the teller, cashier or other custodial authority and the customer. This arrange-ment may be closed or open by any standard closure element -such, ~or example, as the bullet resistant shie]d 32. This latter element is secured in the paired vertically disposed guideways 34 mounted on the teller t S side o~ the panel 12a~ -The shield may be raised or lowered in the manner of a guillotine and may be raised either manually or automati-cally, but securing and release of the shield is e~fectedmost desirably by means o~ the integrated electrical circuit control system provided according to the invention~ as shown illustratively, in Figs. 20 and 21.
This securing and release mechanism integrates~
as indicated, wlth the ~oregoing means ~or securing and releasing the closure means or door 22 so that when the element 22 is open, the pass-through orifice 29 is closed and will be automatically secured in the closed position.
~hen the door is secured, the pass-through orifice 29 is unsecured and open or, at least, may be opened manually to the extent necessary to permit transaction of business bet~een, for example, the teller and customer.
As shown more particularly in Fig. 5 the teller counter is replaced by an automated or automatic bank trans-action machine 38 having its exchange unit 40 interposed inthe cutout portion 30 of the panel 12a. If desired, the shield 32 may continue to be employed in this application to avoid tampering with the exchange unit 40 or the control circuit can simply provide alternatively or, in addition, 15 ~or a complete shut-down of the e~change unit when the en-trance is opened or entry o~ egress therethrough permitted as provided herein.
The foregoing transaction security system, according to the invention, can be modified in a variety of other ways -as ~ell as readily adapted, as noted hereinabove, for use,illustratively, in a banking application both out-of-doors and inside a banking facility. The out-door booth is that most frequently utilized in combination With automatic bank-ing machines. ~here the booth is to be used indoors, it is 25. attached to the standard teller~s counter 28, as shown in Fig. l to 4 in combination with the filler panel or exterior counter 24 of Fig. 7 and 7. A preferred embodiment of the invention for use with banking machines for reasons of increased security, mobility and most efficient use of space as described hereinafter is that i71 which the booth lO en-capsulates a second enclosure or module wherein the banking --lll--~L$~

machine is disposed.
With reference to the teller's counter 28, the trough 29 in the transactional interface may be a cylin-drical turntable mechanism such as described in U~S.
patent 3,702~101. Apparatus ~or enhancing or making pos-sible audible communications may also be advantageously employed. A variety of conventional intercommunications systems mounted in a cutout (not shown) of the panel 12a of the transactional interface will serve this purpose.
10 The voice boxes mounted as described in U.S. patent ~-3,2~,329 are, for example, adequate.
It will be evident, as noted hereinabove, that the pass-through mechanism, whether of the trough or other ~ariety is, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, 15 capable of belng closed so that the transactional surface presented to the customer in the booth 10 is a substantially uniform impenetrable bullet-resistant or bullet-proof inter-face. As described elsewhere herein, the closure means 22 is subject most desirably to control in conJunction with the door securing and release meehanism so that the closure means 22 is secured in the closed position when the pass-through orifice is open or susceptible to being open and closed and secured when the door is open or susceptible to being opened.
As noted, the booth may assume any desired confor-mation; round, as in the dra~ings, oval, rectangular, tri-angular, hexagonal or square, by ~ay of illustration, but with the inside dimensions, in a preferred embodiment, being so defined as to preclude occupation of the booth by more than one person. This ohjective can be accomplished conveniently, without engendering claustrophobia, by -~5-.

insertion of a shelf suitable ~or writing or holding packages about the booth interior of a suf'~icient width so that the booth walls are clearly remote ~rom the booth's occupant.
The panels 12 (and 12a) o~ the booth, as well as the door 22, while bullet-resistant, are as indicated most desirably transparent and ~ormed of' glass or clear plastic ~or aesthetic e~fect and to discourage any sense of unde- -sired isolation a customer may otherwise experience when detained in the secured booth. Further, o~ course, visi-bility facilitates surveillance of the booth's occupant.
Alternatively, the f'oregoing panels may be so treated as to render them opaque to the exterlor of' the booth and transparent to the interior of the booth thereby providing privacy to the occupant while allowing him visual observation o~ his surroundings, a desirable feature where the booth is in a remote, exterior location.
Provision of' a communication means within the booth may be provided so that the occupant may obtain police pro-tection before leaving the booth`should circumstances appearto require. The opaque and transparent properties of' the panels may, o~ course, be reversed as well.
Also present in a further embodiment are one or more intake grills~ prererably in the door 22 and ceiling 16, so that the air can be drawn into the booth. A ~an may be incorporated in the booth to encourage ventilation with exhaustion of warm air f'rom the grill disposed in the booth ceiling 16 as well as a suitably sized air conditioning unit.
The air~intake gri;l is generally positioned~ where present, at the bottom of the door and has rigid bullet-resistant ,.
13 , ~ -louvres on both the exterior and interior surfaces, pointed toward the floor in conventional manner to preclude the successful passage of a bullet outwardly from the booth interior.
Appropriate means may also be provided for covering the grills so that the interior of khe booth, when invested with tear gas or other fluid designed to subdue the occupant of the booth, may be sealed temporarily if desired.
The door or closure means can also be modified, as `
indicated hereinabove, so that it is hingedly connected to the booth, mounted as a sliding panel descending from the ceiling, or, indeed, although generally less preferred, capable of rislng from the floor of the entrance.
It is noted that the kerms "closed~', "secured", ''locked" and "latched" have equivalent meanings, as do the kerms "release"3 "unsecured", "unlocked", "unlatched", and "open", and their grammatical variations, in khe contexk of the normal operation of the door or closure means 22, as shown in the accompanying drawings where securing the un-securing of the closure means 22`is effected by a drivemotor. This is true in the case of the kransactlon inter-face 13, as well, where a motor drive closure means serves bokh the interface 13 and the entrance 20. Where a latch release solenoid is employed, for example, rather than a drive motor the transaction interface may be unsecured or unlocked~ but the actual opening of the interface is ef-fected separately, as for example, by manually raising the shield 32 in ~ig. 8.
This description is applicable, as well, to the closure means 22 and the entrance 20. A door latch release ,~ , .

solenoid would be particularly useful for a hinged, unpow-ered door or a door or other closure means that could be forced manually particularly from the interior of the booth.
The base 18 of the booth 10 is normally and desir-ably bolted or otherwise ~ixedly secured to the floor of the bank or other transaction area in which it is located.
In a preferred ernbodiment of the present invention, the booth 10 incorporates a second enclosure or a plurality thereof as shown, by way of illustration, in Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive wherein a plurality of interiorly disposed secon-dary enclosures 200 appear. These secondary protective enclosures are adapted to contain eleckronic data processing equipment, cornmunications and automatic transaction or other transaction processing equipment including banking machines, associated vaults and the like requiring physical security and alternatively or, in addition, the maintenance of a specially and carefully sustained and controlled environ-ment, as well as one which is provided wlth means to respond immediakely to any departure from that control for whatever reason, such as fire detection and suppression and a small emergency power source if desired.
As shown in ~igs. 9 to 12 of the drawingS there is secured to the door or entrance frame element 23, as well as the booth ceiling 16 and floor 18 on each side of the 25 entrance 20 and disposed at an angle to the circumference of the booth 10 and directed toward the interior of the booth, entryway panels 204 adapted to contact and be in registry with, along their inner vertical margins with the closure means 22a. The closure means is slidably mounted ~ ' .
1'~ , to move about a vertical axis parallel to that of the trans-action security booth 10 between ~irst and second positions;
the di.ameter o~ the foregoîng closure means 22a being sub-stantially smaller than that o~ the outer enclosure housing 19.
The closure means is arcuately shaped in hori~ontal cross-section and moves between a first position in which the entrance 20 is open to occupancy as shown in Fig. 9 and a second position shown in Fig. lO in which the entrance is closed, and access to the secondary enclosure 200 is provided. In order to pre~ent any marginal access to the . _ : .
secondary enclosure without complete occlusion of the en- ..
trance 20 during that period in which the cl.osure means 22a, shown as hemi-cylindrical ln Figs. 9 to 11, is mo~ing ~rom its ~irsk to second position, the closure means 22a need only be made to define an angle greater than 180 and less than 270 in horizontal.cross-section. Ad~antageously, the plurality of closure means 22b and 22c may also be em- -ployed in-the manner described.hereinafter in connection with the embodiment of the in~ention shown in the Figs. 18 and 19. It is also possible to reduce the distance between the entrance 20 and access to the secondary enclosure or module ~rom 180, and by lncreasing their proximity reduce the degree of arc defined by the closure means 22a as des- :
cribed wi.th respect to the closure means 22 and the inter-face 13 appearing, for example, in Figs. 1 through 4.
As shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the lateral margins 212 o~ the closure means are in registry with the inner margins :
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shown in Fig. 12. I~ more room is desired in the inter-ior of the booth 10~ the entryway panels 204 can be made to extend outwardly from the entrance frame elements 23 and the closure means mo~ed out~ardly as well with an extension or peak placed, when desired, in the relevant and proximate portion of the ceiling 16 to accommodate the arcuate shape of the closure means in the second position. A similar ex tension can be provided in the booth floor 18 where the latter is not in flush relationship with the floor surround-ing the booth.
Similarly, the foregoing peak is unnecessary where, for example, a hung ceiling is disposed in a like plane about the ceiling 16 of the booth 10. Alternatively, the closure means 22b and 22c, descrlbed hereinafter with res-pect to the embodiment of the in~ention appearing in ~igs.
18 and 1~, can be substituted for the closure means 22a to materially reduce the cross-sectional diameter of the space otherwise required in the entrance 20 for effective opera-tion o~ the closure means 22a. ~-The closure means is otherwise mounted and operated~
and the entrance closed and opened, and secured and unse-cured in the same manner as described elsewhere herein with -respect to the embodiment of the booth shown in Figs. 1 to ~ inclusi~e. The closure means 22a (or 22b and 22c~, 25 howe~er mounted is most desirably, of impact, and particu-larly, bullet-resistant construction.
The secondary enclosures 200 are in apreferred embo-diment adapted for use in cooperation with the closure means 22a of the outer booth 10.
3 The secondary enclosures or modules 200 of the type incorporated within the booth 10 are also utilized to par-ticular advantage in the absence of the booth 10 as shown in Figs. 13 to 15 and described in this context hereinafter.
A representative module 200, with particular refer-ence to the embodiments thereof disposed ~ithin the booth 10, comprise a housing 220, generally cylindrical in confor-mation, although a variety of shapes or combinations of shapes may be employed, composed of a stationary vertical rear wall 222 one or more access means and one or more slidably molmted arcuately rotatable secondary closu:re means, or second closure means 224, (and 225 where an addi-tional i.nner second closure means is present), the lateral margins of which, in the closed position and thus occluding the access means are in registry with the rear wall 222.
15 In the completely open position the second closure means 224 and 225 are preferably disposed respectively within and outside the rear wall 222, the second closure means 224 and 225 moving in a path defining an axis substantially identi-cal to that of the arcuate rear wall 222. The stationary rear wall 222 and secondary closùre means elements 224 and 225, in a preferred embodiment, define semicircles each of about 180 and, as is evident, provide a closed cylinder in the closed state.
The housing 220 composed of its foregoing movable and stationary components may be formed of a variety of materials. Where a computer assembly is to be contained in the enclosures 200 one secondary closure means 22~ is desir-ably formed of a transparent, impact, and normally, a pro-Jectile and bullet-resistant material, and preferably in ; 30 combination with a plurality of concentrically mounted E~ .

secondary closure means 225, formed of a metallic material both fire and impact-resistant.
For convenience of reference ~here t~o concentric housings are used as the closure means the outer one is referred to in this designation by their upper or lower dispos~tion as 224a, the upper outer housing ele~ent; 224b, the lower outer housing element; 225c, the inner upper housing component; and 225d, the inner lower housing com-ponent.
Illustratively, as shown in Figs. 13 to 15 and outer closure means 224, formed of a transparent impact-(e.g.
bullet-or projectile-? resistant material is mounted con-veniently on a track 226a f'ormed on the perlmeter of t;he upper module partition 274 and, additionally or a:Lterna-tively, (shown as 226b) in the perimeter of the module base 284 to enclose or provide access to the housed equip-ment 230. A second access element 225 is disposed within the outer access element 224 and formed of steel or other appropriate protective material. In the closed state these ~P closure means or access elements are in registry at their lateral borders with the stationary wall 222 by means of closure pl~tes 202. The secondary closure means 225 when opaque, as is normally the case, may also be segmented horizontally and the upper component thereof 225c moved to the open state to expose or at least render visible through the outer secondary closure means, 22~ or 224a, the equip-ment face and its operation. The foregoing embodiments can be employed where the module 200 is utilized within the booth 10 as well as where the module is a free standing unit as shown in Figs. 13 to 15 inclusive. Where employed ~22-to house a bank transaction processing device such as automatic paying or receiving machines the movable and stationary portions of the housing 200 must comply with the burglary-resistant material for such machines including the use of 3/8 inch thick nickel stainless steel meeting ASTM Designation A 167-70, or such equivalent materials authorized, or as may otherwise ~e authorized hereinafter from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other appropriate authority.
Where employed to house an automatic banking ma-chine, the vault thereof will ordinarily be disposed under the transactlon race 232 of the machine 230. In this event, as shown in ~l~s. Y, 10 and 12, the outer and inner secon-dary closure means 224 and 225 respectively, which may otherwise be single units, are horizontally segmented to provide two separately rotatable components, an outer upper component 224a (shown in Figs. ~ and 12~ and an outer lower component 224b and an inner upper component 225c and inner lower component 225d of approximately equivalent vertical as well as identical lateral dimensions. ~le upper secon-dary closure means 224a and 225c may ~e permitted to remain open during banking hours, for example, and closed at other times, or adapted to open when the first or other booth closure means 22a passes from the first to the second position.
Alternatively, where access is desired for servicing of the machine or vault positioned under the automatic teller or banking machine face 232, shown schematically, the lower secondary closure means 224b and 225d are rotated . ~ . .

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alone or in conJunction with the upper secondary closure means 224a and 225c and preferably in con~unction, too, with the closure o~ the entrance to the booth exterior by rotation of the closure means 22a to the second position so that khe serviceman, by way of illustration, or other authorized person, can have access to the vault from the protected enclosure of the booth 10.
In the preferred embodiment of the booth as shown, particularly, in Figs. 9, 10 and 11~ a second module, also ' designated 220 may be present, adapted to incorporate accessory electronic data processing equipment 240 necessary to thé operation o~ the banking machine. Its housing may, where required, be formed of similar material to that of the flrst modu].e described hereinabove or ~orrned of an im-pact and ~ire reslstant material. The housing 220 o~ thelatter module is similar in con~ormation and is composed of a stationary rear ~all 222 and one or more access elements with secondary closure means. In this instance, however, the secondary closure means 224 ~and 225 where the inner element is present) are not so dèsirably segmented, ordin-arily, but integral since access is not normally required by dlf~erent classes of personnel for ~hom the illustrative banking machine 230 is provided in the ~irst module. The secondary closure means can, of course, be segmented as well in this instance, if desired. ~urther, at least one movable secondar~y closure means 224 of the second module housing 220 is desirably transparent ror ease of observation of the operative data processing device 240 present therein wlthout disturbing the environment in ~hich it is maintalned, as shown in Figs. 13 through 15. A secondary closure element '7r' !1 or protective shield 225 located internally to the stationary wall 222 and made of an impact and ~ire-resistant material, such as metal, and generally opaque is of`ten pre~erentially present as well with respect to this second module.
~n any case, the module 200, whether the first or second, as described abo~e, ~urther comprises a turntable, plate or plat~orm 224 disposed in independently rotatable relationship with the housing 220 and disposed contiguously within the periphery thereof in a pre~erred embodiment. As 10 will be e~ident in this context, the turntable 244 is essen-tially flat, may have other supplemental turntables 246 and 248 independently superimposed thereon within the housing 220 as shown in the ~ree-standing embodiment o~ Fig. 13 and is round or clrcular in horizontal con~orrnat:ion. The inter-15 nally disposed housing 225 and the sum o~ any horizontallysegmented suDdi~isions thereo~ 225c and 225d, such as seen in ~ig~ 15~ ~ill normally terminate below the periphery of the platform at shown in Fig. 13 at its lower margin and in the outer margin o~ the rotation plate 280 with which it is

2~ in rixed engagement at its upper ènd. Where a banking mach-ine such.as~an automatic paying or recei~ing machine is en-closed within the module the inner closure means or access element 225 will extend pre~erably ~rom the upper partition 274 by means o~ a flange 289 to the base 284 to comply with 25 the requirements of the Federal Reserve Board as expressed, for examp~e, in Regulation P.
The plat~orm provides easy access to the rear or any other aspect o~ the transaction processing machine or elec- -tronic data processing ~pparatus present in the module for 30 servicing or the like at the same site and through the same ~7 .,,; .

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second closure means or access element used for all other purposes; accomplishing an economy of function and utiliza-tion of space unknown heretofore. Its rotation can be inte-grated selecti~ely through a standard control panel (not 5 shown) with opening o~ one or all segments Or the secondary closure means and with closure to the exterior of the closure means 22a.
All o~ the ~unctions thus.~ar described as well as `secur~ng or latching and unlatching of the booth or module lQ are accomplished conveniently by means of con~entioanl elec-trical circuitry ~ell known to one skilled in the art. The control means is similar to that described with respect to the other apparatus and, illustrati~ely, the booth 10 o~ ~ig.
1 to 4.
The turntable is, in any event, con~eniently and independently controlled by operati.on of a drive motor 250 and dri~e shaft ~52 interconnected through a standard system of be~elled gears 254; the dri~e shaft ~eing mounted on the - undersurface of the turntable 244 at its axis of rotation as 2Q illustrated in the ~ree-standing ~odule o~ Fig. 13. Alter-natl~e~y, the rotation o~ the turntable may ~e accomplished 4~ a variety o~ mechanical means ob~ious to those skilled in the art or, indeed, although significantly less preferred, by manual means. The position of the turntable may be fixed by an externall~ operated brake or locking mechanisn on the drl~e s~haft 252 Cn.ot shown~
A similar drive mechanism 270 is mounted atop the upper ~odule partition 274 disposed within the supra module h.ousing 275 as sh.o~n in Fig 13 by means of the rotatable ; :~
30 shaft 276 which extends through said partition 274 in which it is independently ro~atably mounted by means of a bea~ing assembly (not shown~ t~o termInate in the axis of the circular horizontally disposed~upper module or rotation plate 280 which is in fixed engagement with sa~d shaft 276 and rotated 5 thereby. The inner protecti~e closure means 225 of the mod-ule 200 although capable o~ being rnounted upon the turntable 224 is preferably in contiguous contact or registry with the peripher~ o~ the rotatable upper module plate 280, as noted hereinabove, and may be operated manually as well as mechan-10 ically. When inner closure means 225 and divided horizon- ~
tally into 225c and 225d, respectivelyS the support and drive mechanism for 225c shall be identical to that described here-inabove for 225 as a single unit. The support and drive rnechanism for 225d shall cons~st of an arcuate track on the 15 base 284, of generally circular shape with internal drive ring(not sho~n) and, a dri~e motor (not shown~; alternatively, a variety of methods can be employed as is obviolls to one skilled in-the art.~ Of course, manual operation in conjunc-t~on with an electrical control means or as an over-ride 20 method of operation of said closure means in event of failure of said dri~e mechanism is also an alternati~e, but ls less preferred. ~hile described with respect to the inner closure means 225~ it ~ill be e~ident that the outer closure means 224 can be similarly segmented and the modes of operation 25 enunciated hereinabove with respect to the inner closure means or element 225 applied to the outer closure elements as well.
The lateral margins of said access element 225 will be made registrab~e ~ith the stationary ~all 222 in the open state and its lo~er edges w~th the base 284 in a preferred embodi-

3 ment as also described hereinabove. The upper margins may ~-27~
' ' ' also be in re~istry with the supra module partition 274 through the extended closure flange 289, as also earlier described hereinabove. The stationary wall or shield 222 is, in turn, secured within the outer margin of the upper or supra module partition 274 exterior to the outer peri-phery of the plate 280 and extends to the floor or base 284 upon which the unit or module i5 located~ As noted~ the upper end of the rotatable protective secondary closure means 225 is, in a preferred embodiment, in contiguous, slidable and sealed relationship by means of the f'lange 289 with the upper module partition 274 and it is where the '~
module serves to encapsulate a banking machine, particularly, ~' that the lower end thereof is :in l~ke engagement ~ith the base 284 ofthe rnodu:le as also described above. The second-15 ary closure means 224 and 225 may also~be segmented ~erti- ' cally, but this alternative is normally significantly less preferred.
Rotation guide means composed of struts 285 serve to support the platform 244. These guides may be telescoped ---2Q and thus extensible to support the platform o~ turntable 244 at any desired level abo~e the modllle base 284 and, of course, under the partition 274! ~t the saem time, the flange 289 -ser~es to level, in a similar manner, the rotation plate of the inner secondary closure means 225.
- 25 In accordance with the practice of the inventlon the system thus described may also be responsive to an alarm and over~ride control in'the manner generally of that des-cribed elsewhere herein ~ith respect to the booth of ~ig.
1 to 4 so that in response to seismic shock from a physical 3 attack or unauthorized or unprogrammed attempt to gain -27a-access thereto, experienced by, for exampleg the banking machine as the result of attempted burglary or other tam-pering~ the inner secondary closure means 225 or its com-ponents 225(c) or 225(d~ ~ill close while the closure means 5 22(a) will be retained in place securing the miscreant within the booth 10 in one preferred embodiment.
~ ith continued reference to the transaction processing module 220, the more particularly, to the free-standing manifestation or embodiment of ~igs. 13 through 15 it will 10 be seen that the upper or supra module housing~275 is con-tinuous with or defines entry into a hung celling 286, which contains, as shown diagrammatically in ~igs. 13 and 15, the con~entional heat, ventilation and air-conditioning systems as well as electrical and communications lines into which 15 the module may be grafted to provide, ~here electronic data processing units are encapsulated by the module, for example, the controlled environment necessary to its operation The riser duct 290 serves to e~fect transrnission of the foregoing environmental components to the -interior of the module 200 20 in the embodiment of ~ig. 13. Th`e support members 14 shown, for example, in ~lg,~1 where employed in the stationary wall of the second enclosure as well as the outer booth may be in- ~
tegrated ~ith the riser duct 2~0 for the purpose of trans- ;
mitting the flow of gaseous components through the enclosure.
25 To e~fect this transmission, the partition 274 is perforated (not shown). Also perforated (but not shown in the drawings) -are the turntable 244 and upper rotatable module plate 280 to assure access and even distribution of the foregoing atmospheric environmental components wl-thin the module.
30 It is also within the contemplation of this in~ention that -a duct similar to khe foregoing may transmit in like manner from the heat, ventilatlon and air~conditioning system of the floor below that on ~hich the module is located as illustrated simidiagrammatically in Fig~ 15 through the .
module base 284~ lt is also cons~stent with the foregoing description that individual units suita~le for securing the necessar~ atmosp~erlc control be placed within the supra module housing 275 for deli~ery to the module interior or -:
chamber ~here~n the apparatus 230 is located~ Means of f~re detection 224, fire suppression 2~5, and motor control unit 297 and s source of emergency power 2~ for these sys-tems are placed in the supra modular h.ousing as shown dia-grammatlcally .in Fig~ 13 ~ith.out affecting materially the ease of assembly, disassembly or mobility of the module 200 for the enclosure 220~ Th.ese means are also utilized in the transactio.n security booth of Figs, ~ to 12 hereinabove.
Alternatlvelyg these elements may be located on the base 284 or the module 200 or under the floor 18 of the booth l0 and respectivel~, ~elo~ the turntable of said enclosure 200 or under a raised or flooring system in said booth.
A plurallty of free-standing~(that is free-standing in terms Or the absence of any surrounding booth (lO structure) modules integrating for purposes of illustration with a hung - ce~ling above~ or alte~nativelyg one below or a combination thereof are shown in Fig.15. The booths include the supra module housing 275, a stationary wall or housing 220, an ac-cess element and th.e closure means or shield 224 of a trans-parent character so tnat the operator of the computer appara-:
tus 230 incorporated ln the modules 200 3 and shown schemati-cally in Fig. 15, ma~ o~serve their performarlce without-2~-opening the closure means or shields 224 in each instancewhile stationed at the console 2~2~ Ho~ever, a second inner (.or outer~ reinforcing protecti~e closure means 225, as noted here~na~o~e, composed, illustratively, of fire 5 resistant and~impact-resistant material, such as steel or the like, and thus normally opaque may be used to guar~ the ac-cess opening, generall~ remaining open and retracted within the housing as shown, illustrati~ely, in the module 200 (c) of Fig. 15~- The normally ligh.t transparent outer concen-l0.trically disposed.closure means 224, as noted elsewhereherein, serves to protect the environment primarily within.
th.e module 200 wh~le permitting observation o~ the housed equipment durlng use. The normally heavier opaque closure means 225 may be closed when the data processing equipment 15 i5 not in operation or may ~e automatically closed in the e~ent of fire, flood, or attempted vandalism or inappropriate use o~ the ~.oused equipment.
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th.e transparent s~h.ield 224 is closed to maintain a controlled 20 environment in the module. ~n module 200~b~.of Fig. 15 the outer transparent closure means 224 as well as the internal protective closure means 225, are shown in the open state with th.e rear of the data processing equipment 240 exposed, having been rotated on the turntable 244 for servicing. Mod-25 ule 200(c~ of th.is same drawing is identical in the operativestate it presents to that of the.module 200(a~ Module 200 ~d~ is shown with ~oth the external and interval closure means and th.eir segmented components, 224a, 224~,225c and 225d in the closed state~

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A particular advantage o~ the present :in~enkion is apparent from the embodiment o~ Fig. 15 in that, as shown, the entire environment of the room in which the modules are disposed need not be subject to the rigorous controlled con-ditions required t~ithin the~modules where electronic dataprocessing e~uipment is housed, Ingress and egress from the computer-contain~ng room can take place freely and yek each module is also protected againsk vandalism, each access shield or panel 224 being subJect to latching in the manner of the booth 10 as described elsewhere herein. At the same time any desired piece of electronic daka processing equip- -ment can be readily removed ~rom its indicated location with its module and installed immediately, and normally, elsewhere by "plugglng" into existing heat, ventilat~on and air condi-tioning lines~
~n extensible ramp may be supplied for installakion and removal o~ any data or transaction processing equipment from a ~odule or boot~ ~here the turntable upon which the equipment is placed is above the level o~ khe ~loor.
Figs~ 16 and lq of the draw~ng show a protective housing 300 ~or use ~ith more diminutive apparatus than that contemplated hereinabo~e Illustrative O:r such equipment - ~ould be a table-top computer terminal or microcomputer 304 indicated diagrammatically in the a~oresaid Figs. 16 and 17.
The housing is composed of a pro~ective stationary housing 305, a closure means 3Q6 (shown in t~e closed state o~ Fig.
- 16 and in the open state in Fig. 17~ pre~erably an opaque metallic protective shield rotatable a~out a common vertical axis ~ith that Or the stationary housing 305, The rotatable . ~ .

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closure means or access element 306 is slida~ly mo~able about the ~oregoing axis and is mounted for such mo~ement in the manner described with respect to the access element 225 of the module 200 discussed hereinabo~e. Similarly, the housed e~uipment 304 is mounted on a turntable 310~ Further, means of ~entilation, such as a blower assembly, a fire detection element, a~fire suppression device and devices (not shown~ designed to.detect .any attempted damage or misuse of the enclosed equipment-may also be present within the 10 housing or enclosure 300 and provided in a manner described `
with respect to Figs, 13 to 15 alth.ough lines into the hous- -ing, for this~purpose, are most practical usually.
Th.e closure means 2Q6 may be mounted so as to revolve about a horizontal or intermediate axis between the horizon-tal and ~ertical planes as well. The general shape of theenclosure is sho~n:to be spher~cal in the preferred embodi-ment of Figs. ~6 and 17 It is appreciated, in any e~ent, .
that a ~ariety of shapes can be utilized in defining the configuration of the enclosure 300 and that the configuration 2~ of the stationary shield 305, e.g spherical and the closuremeans 306, e.g. h.emi.spherical, ~ill depend in large measure on the shape of the computer terminal or micro-computer 304 enclosed. The drive element of the protective shield or ac-cess element 306 can contain a slip clutch to stop arcuate motion of the closure means or sh~ield 306 when its path is obstructed Detection elements may also be placed along the margins of the closure means of shield 306 to operate so that obJects disposed in the patch of movement of the shield 306 wlll cause a temporar~ cessation in mo~ement of the closure 0 means until remo~al of the un~anted o~jects is effected~
-32_ Advantageously~ the enclosure 300 may be mounted on a counter or desk top or at any other adJustable heigh-t supporting surface.
Reference is not made to ~igs. 18 and l~, the opera-tion of which utilizes closure means 22b and 22c which serve as an alternative ~or use in the booth 1() alone or in con-junction with the module 200 or the other embodiments of the invention disclosed herein~ As shown in ~ig. 18 and l~
this apparatus may ser~e as a personnel entry interface unit 340 for controlled entry of persons into areas requiring, ~or example, a security check or clearance and as rneans to ~
protect'the secured area from dlrect exposure to the external environment.
Th.e assembly as so constructed~ and shown in ~igs.
18 and l~, comprise a closure means composed of two arcuate shields 22b and 22c which are operative independently, but relative to one another, moving'in a circular path about a common axis. While concentrically disposed, the lateràl rnargin of one shield ~-lll be in registry with, and abut, the other, when they occupy complementary portions of the cylin-drical path about ~hich they travel. While both vertical shields may be semicircular in horizontal section; in a pre~erred embodiment the two will differ in the event of the c~lindrical perimeter they occupy-. Thus, the inner primary :~
25 shield 22c will define an arc o~ about or precisely 180C~ .
The outer or secondary or revolving shield will encornpass ~.
an arc of from in excess of ~0 to 180~ The smaller end of this latter range is generally preferred since a secondary shield 22b of this dimension while accomplishing the ob~ec-tives for..which it is utilize~ permits those objectives such 1~ .

as surveillance and security clearance, and protection of the secured area to be accomplished employing, surprisingly~ a significantly smaller cross-sectional ~rea khan ~ere~ for example, a single shield of 270~ is utilized. The inner shield 22c is mounted in ~ixed engagement at its upper end with -the rotation plate 280, The rotation plate 280 is ..
a~fixed at its axis to the ~ertically disposed rotatable support and drive s~haft 2.76 ~h~ch is connected in turn to the motor and drive assembl~J 350 and is secured to the support lQ plate 352 by a con~entional bearing assembly (not shown?. The outer or primary shield or access element 225b de~lning an arc of ~Q to 180, as noted, is mounted for cooperation b~t independent movement in a conventional drive ring assembly slidably mounted about the per.-Lphery of the rotation plate and is drlven in turn, and separately from the dri~e assembly 350, by a second drive assernbly 354 which, while energized electricall~ in a preferred embodiment may be mechanical, -: .
pheumatic-piston, electrical or the like This latter drive assembly 354 is mounted eccentrically on the rotation plate 20. 280 in cooperation with the drive~shaft 276. Control of the . :
second drive assembly or mechanism 354 is through a detection mechanism 356 on one of the two support girders 358 of the -assembl~ and the drive assembly 354 and unit 356 are connected for interaction as described by conventional electrical con- .
25 trol mea~s. The support girders 358 maintain the stability of the assembly py engaging the lateral margin of the support plate 354 and by means of the struts 360 extending from each of the support girders 358 to the opposite margins of the aforesa~d plate 36~, .
The closure means 22b and 22c in operation move between three primary positions, returning to the first of ?~6 these posi.tions upon completion of a cycle. Thus, one seeking access to a booth (or a computer room such as shown in Fig, 15 or indeed along a corridor, using the unIt 340, will find the passage occluded and enter, for e~ample~ i.nto the perimeter 5 o~ the uni~t defined ~y the pat~ of rotation of the shields 22b and 22c where~n or in proximity thereto pro~ision is made for identification such as by use o~ a personnel identification card, or alternatively or ln~add~tion., by stepping on a pres-sure sensitive mat 400 normally responsive to only a single 10 identified person, or emplo~ing other conventional means of activation common to security clearance. However effected, the patron or occupant of the foregoing perimeter will be faclng the inner 180 arcuate shield 22c which will define a concavity to the booth occupant. A.rrayed concentrically be-15 hind lt is the preferably smaller outer shield 22b. This is ~.
the first position referred to abo~e~ Activation of the unit 31l0 once accomplished as, for example, through the detector .
control mechanism 356 causes the inner shield 22c to ro~ate in a direction ~hich is opposite to that of the outer shield 22b.
20 The relative directions as shown in-Fig 1~ are counterclock-wise for the inner shield 22c and clock~ise for the outer shield ~t wlll be o~vious that these directions may be re-versed within the contemplation of the invention and that the 25 relati~e inner and outer disposition of the shields can also ~ be altered, although the relationship de~ined, for example, in Fig. 1~. is a preferred em~odiment.
~ nitially~ in achieving th.e second position referred to hereinabove ~y virtue of its disposition in ring drive as-sembly to t~e rotation plate 280 the outer shield 22b may be ~ -30 said to mo~e in a clock~ise manner although it simply stays in place ~hile the inner shield 22c moves in a counterclockwise manner driven by the rotating plate 280 and its motor drive assembly to that point at which one lateral margin of each of the two shields is in registry ~it~ the other and the perimeter occupied b~ the shields is the sum of the arc de-5 fined by the two shields individually. In this positionentry into the interior of the bootH 10 or the room appear-ing in Flg, 15 or other passage means or secondary enclosure or module 200 remains impeded and egree into the area from which. entr.y into the perimeter was secured is materially de-creased or eliminated depending upon the arc defined by theouter shield 22~. The sh.iëlds then conti.nue, in effect, their clockwise and counterclockwise advance to the third.
and final position in the se~uence in which the two shields .
are aga:Ln arrayed concentrically, but this time across that portlon of the perimeter :~rom ~hich entry was i.nitially made;
the shield 22c completely occluding this portion of the peri-meter with the outer shield disposed behind it. The oppo-..
site side of the perimeter is in the third position open and unimpeded to the occupant of the interior of said perimeter . ~ ~
20 and ~hen h.e h.as moved forl~ard out of the perimeter the detec- ..
tor..means 356 will cause the shields to reverse direction and return to their first position. The passage through the t`hree foregoing positions is a continuous one which abets significantly th.e use of an outer shield o~ reduced arcuate scope in the practice of the in~ention. Although it is unlikely that a miscreant or van~dal.could gain access to the enclosure as defined by-the elements 22b and 22c in their unlapped state resulting from their arcuate motion in oppo-site direct,ions, including that of th.e inner shield 22c 3n alone~ it would be possible for an individual~ for example, to discharge a firearm or discharge a bomb or incendiary 11~: . .

device into the enclosure ~hen occupied by another if the outer or security shield does not descri~e an arc of greater than ~0 as provided by th~s in~ention. To prevent in~ury to an authorized user of a booth or enclosure pro-tected by the enclosure means 22b and 22c, the drive motorsmay be equipped ~ith s~lip clutcAes to temporarily suspend motion of said closure means i~ their pat~ways are blocked in ~hich e~ent the control means most desirably ~ill return the shi,elds to the foregoing first position, Similarly, lQ slidable detection elements may be mounted at the edges of the s~ields 22b and 22c on tracks placed on slide closure means to electrically communicate with the control means, 356, so that if deflected by an ob~ect in their path, the motion of the closure means may be temporarily halted until such obstruct:Lon Ls rernoved or preferably reversed.
Securlng of the entrance or interface and release of the interface or entry, respectively~ in the booth of Flgs~. l to 5 is effected according to the invention, most desirably and uniquely, by means of an electrical circuit. ._ ~egardless~ of the particular apparatus employed; whether the booths are those embodied, for example, in the foregoing Figs.
1 to 4 or in Fi,gs. 6 and 7 or thak employed with a banking machine as in F~g, 5 or that exemp:Lifted in Figs. 9 to 12, lk will be evident, in this context, that the circultry re~uired ~ith partlcular reference to Figs~ 6 and 7 will be of reduced complexity where control of the closure means 22 effects closure and release of both the transaction inter-` ~ace and entrance simultaneously and an assembly such as shown in Fig. 8 or the secondary enclosures of Figs. ~ to 3Q 12 are omitted. This omission results however~ in a substantial disadvantage in that ~oth the interface and entry ' :.

c~nnot bc secured in the closed pos~it~on simultaneously when the alarm over-rise is exercised as descri~ed herein-after~
~ig~ 20 is~ a simplified schematic diagram of normal electrical control circuit means ~or securing and releasing the door in cooperation ~ikh the transactional interface.
~lso included is an electrical circuit means for addition-ally over-riding said normal securing ancl release means o~
the closure means or elements of ~he transactional inter~ace lQ and entrance in accordance with the invention as embodied, `
illustratively~ in Figs. 1 to 8.
The system thus includes a door control mechanism for a booth 10 for normal operation with an over-ride control which ma~ be used, for example, at the discretion of the teller or other human custodial agency within the bank. 'rhe over-ride conkrol and alarm means, when triggered, prevents the door or closure means 22 from opening. Authorities, remote ~ro~ the booth, may also ~e alerted by an audible alarm or light on the outside of the booth and integrated into t~e over ride circuit. The invention has the pecu]iar advantage, inithis respect, o~ permitting apprehension of the ~elon at the immediate s~te of his crinimal endeavor, a un-~quely desirable posture from the point of view o~ the putative victim and prosecuting authority. The power source 5Q is connected through the normally closed contacts 7Q of the alarm relay 68 and the close door switch 72 to the re-versing motor controller 62. When this switch 72 is closed, ~`
it causes the closure means 22 to close and ~ecome secured 3~ either inherently by the use o~ a worm gear drive (not shown)discussed hereinabove or else ~y an independent latch (not shown~ ~hen the closure means 22 is closed it causes the ~æ
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door closed swith 54 to close thus energizing the trans-action initiate solenoid 56 This solenoid unlocks the transaction inter~ace 113, or i~ des~red, opens it ~hen the transaction across the :interface is com-5 pletea ~y the customer in cooperat~on with a transactionprocessing machine or a teller, ror example, the transaction complete s~itch 58 is activated by the teller closing the interface 13. Where a banking machine 38 is substituted for the teller, the switch 58 is activated by the banking 10 machine enabling the door open switch 60 to unsecure the closure means 22 and, simultaneously, open the door closed switch 54, thus deactivating the transaction initiate sole-noid and securing the interface 13 by a spring return on the solenoid~ It ~ill be evident one skilled in the art that 15 any action rererred to as belng taken by a teller in this description can be affected by a transaction processing ma-chine or apparatus acting in concert therewith. The cycle can be so adjusted too that there is, if desired, a time lag of variable duration bet~een securing o~ the inter~ace and ~_ 20 unsecuring of the door or closure means 22.
The securing and release means may be over-ridden by the alarm prov~sion also contained in the circuit. When the alarm relay 6~ is activated the normally closed contacts 70 of that relay open, causing the door open and close func-25tions to be disabled. Although~ as shown, the door 22 willeither stop moving and simply rema~n in one position when the alarm is energized, provision may also be included to cause the door to close from ~hate~er position it is in ~hen the alarm is activated. The alarm relay 68 is activated by the 3 closing of switch 64, ~ontacts 80 on the alarm rela~ are 3~-, :::

in turn closed whiGh maintains the alarm condition until the switch 82 is pressed ana the curcuit is opened, Fig. 20 may be modified to embody an alternative and less preferred form oP the present invention~ This lat-5 ter modi~ication involves the remo~al of the switch 54, thesolenold 56, and their interconnecting ~:ire. As changed, the circu~t retains the door open and door close funckions along with the alarm o~er-ride~ The customer's ability to lea~e is temporarily disa~led during transactions b~ means 1~ of teller or automatic operation of the transaction complete s~itGh 58~ - .
Bas.~c, in any e~ent, to the preferred embodiment of the in~ention is cooperation ~etween the door 22 and closure means and. th.e transactional inter~ace ~3. The transactional 15 inter~ace is normally secured wh.en it is in the closed posi-tion. lt is~ unsecured by the condltion of the door 22 being completely closed. ~hen the door is released or opened, if desired, b~ any means the transactional interface is secured. .
Also, the teller controls ~hlch are normally used to unsecure, :20 or open, the door are not operative unless the transactional inter~ace ~s-secured This is achieved by embodyin-g the transaction -initiàte.s~itch in a form which registers the condltion of the transactional interface 13, When the inter-- face i5` closed the switch 58 is closed thus enabling the door 25 controls. When the interface is open so is the switch 58 and the controls are disabled.
The foregoing operation is described generally in ~:
terms o~ a teller.operated booth, aut it will be obvious as indicated in the description appearing ~ereinabove to one . ~

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skilled in the art that the security sys~tem described ma~
function equally well where a bank transaction machine is substituted. Tn the latter e~ent, the control means can activate the transaction machine only when the door 22 is closed and secured, as noted aboveg replacing optionally the unsecurIng, and if desired, elevation, of the shield 32 in one embod~ment of the teller-operated interface.
A further and more detailed embodiment of the cir-cuitry used to effect the foregoing9 and other and addition-al objectives and advantages in accordance with the practicedescr~bed herein is illustrated by the following description taken in con~unction with the wiring diagram of ~ig. 21 wherein the con~7roll system, connected to a standard conven-t:lonal direct current power supply 100, is placed in service, illustratl~ely, by the teller, similar custodial agent or other agency actt~ating the mode s~itch 110 to the "on"
position. This step serves to energize the door control system and cause the booth "onr' indicakor 111 to light.
Depending on the posltion of the closure means or door 22 at this point, either or both of the open door and close door indicatoræ, 131 and ll6, respectively, will also be lit. If not ~ully open, for example, the teller or other agency may cause the door or closure means to be open by depressing the teller~s open door push button 120 which will energize the open door relay 1~5 and the door drive motor 63 Csho~n diagrammatically in Fig. 202o l~hen the door is full~ open the booth is available for entry by the customer and the close door indicator 116 ~ill be lit.

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Upon entering the booth ~he customer shal:L, wnere a control panel is disposed ~ithin the ~ooth as shown, for example, in Figs~ 1 to 8, depress the customer's close door push ~utton 152 energiz~ng the close relay 113 and the door or closure means dri~e motor 63 initiating the movement of the door or closure means 22 o~ ~igs. 1 to 8, for example, along the track (not shown~ to th.e closed position. At this point, the open door indicator 131 ~ill light providing the cus~tomer ~ith noti~ce o~ the inc~pient door closure.
The customer can reverse the action of the closure means 22 by depressing th.e customer open door push.button 119, if he elects not to sta~ in the ~ooth and ~mdertake any trans-action across~th.e interface 13. When the door is fully closed, close l~mlt switch.llLI ~ill be activated energizing the pass-through.solenoid 117 and permitting the shield 32 for exa~ple, o~ the transaction interface 13 to be opened, and i~ des~ired, acti~ated to an open position. When the interface is open the inter~ace limit swltch 127 will be operated causing the open door indicator 131 to be extin 2Q gu~shed and the open door push buttons 11~ and 120 to be di:sabled At thls point a transact~on can be effected across th.e inter~ace.
Upon co~pletlon o~ the transaction and the closure o~ the inte~face.the interface and pass~through limit switch 25 12.7 W~ e closed illuminating the open door indicators 131 and enabling the open door push.buttons 119 and 120.
The teller, customer or other agency can at this point in time initiate the open door function ~y depressing one of the open door huttons 119 or 12~, ~hich will serve to ener~
0 gize the open door rela~ 125 and th.e door drive motor 63 .--causing, in turn/ the initiation in opening of the closuremeans 22. Opening of the door or closure means will not actually occur until the close limit switch 114 operates, to de-energize the transaction interface solenoi~ 117 latch-ing the inter~ace in the closed position, in the embodimentof Fig. :l0. The close door indicator 116 is not lit and the customer may re~erse the direction of the door by de-pressing the close door push button 152, if once again, he should change his mind and elect to undertake a further -transaction across the interface. Contacts 136 and 156 areholding contacts on door open relay 125 and door close relay --113 which ser~e to ~eep the relays energized after the door open push buttons 112 and 120, and door closed push button 152, are released. Switch 12~ serves to extinguish door open indicator 131 when the door is in the fully open posi-tion. Contacts 115 and 129 serve to extinguish the door close and door open indicators 116 and 131, respectlvely, while the door drive motor 63 is in operation.
The teller may over ride the customer's close door pllsh button 152 by depressing and holding depressed the teller's open door push button 120. The teller can also disable the door in any position at any time by switching the mode switch 110 to the "off" position 167. Further~
the teller may elect to over-ride the customer controls and close the entrance by means of the door or closure means 22 by activation of the mode switch 110 to ~he "close"
position. The booth is also remo~ed, i~ desired, from normal service by mo~ing the mode switch 110 to the l'off~

position 167 Which will extinguish the indicators and disable 3o the controls.
_113-~ 6 Upon the advent of an alert signal from any source, for example, t~e teller~s alert push button 138, the alert indicator 141 and the alert rela~ 130 will be energized and latc~ed by the holding contact 146. Energizing the alert relay 130 will open the normally closed contacts 126 which ~ill cause the open door indicator 131 and the open door push buttons 11~ and 120 to be dîsabled preventing the door from~being opened by the dri~e motor.
Simultaneousl-y, but optionally and indeed pre~erably, a switching system, for example, a stepping relay, (not shown) may be incorporated in the system to connect a tape recorder to th.e booth, which is~the source of the alert sig-nal Durlng an alert condlt:~on the close door and interface function.s are not disabled~ The alert condition may be cleared by depressing either t'~e reset alert or master reset push buktons 14~ and 147, respecti~ely~
Upon the ad~ent o~ an alarm signal from any source :~
~such. as one of the alarm push buttons 164~ the alarm relay :
137 and'the alarm indicator 15.5 will be energized and '' '.
2.Q latched by the holding contact 17'0. At th.is time, a signal will be provlded through the alarm bus 15~ to energize the al.ert rela~ 130 and alert indicator 141 of the booth, and w~ere a plurality of booths are present in the trans-" action area, the foregoing relays 130 and indicators 141 2.5 Of all. o~ these booths simultaneously. Diodes 157 and 158 shown in Fig 21 serve to isolate the alert system, alarm system and the alarm bus 15~ to prevent interference between these portions o~ the circuitr~.

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~ ne~gizing the alarm relay 137 wi~l open the normally closed contacts 112 disabling the open door and close door indicators 116 and 131, the open and close door pus~ but~ons 11~, 120 and 152 and the ~nterface or pass-through solenoid 117, thus securing the entrance o~
the booth which is~ the source o~ the alarm.
The alarm transmit loop contacts 161, normally closed, will open and transmit an alarm to a remotely posi-tioned supportive security unit outside the transaction area, such as the police. Further, the alert condition at all the booths, initiated as described hereinabove~ by the -alarm bus 152 will d:Lsable the door opening function at all the remaining booths. The alarm condition also acti-vates the sw:Ltching system (not shown), in a pre~erred ernbodiment, to connect the tape recorder and the tape player to the booth which is the source of the alarm.
during an alarm condition or state the alert relays 130 cannot be reset. The alarm condltion is cleared by depres - sing the reset alarm push button-172. The alert condition w~ll, howeYer, persist until reset. Operation o~ the master reset push button 147 ~ill clear the alarm relay 137 and alert relay 130 o~ each o~ the booths involved simul-taneously. The alert and alarm reset controls are located on a master control panel (not expressly shown in Fig. 21) positioned in a protected area remote from, and unavailable to, the teller at the booth interface.
~ t any time, the door or closure means can be opened by operation o~ the emergency open door switch 13 located on the ~oregoing master control panel. Also ~ , $~

located on this master control panel is tne key s~itch enable s~itch 153 ~hich enables the so-called police key switch 154, allo~ing the closure means to be opened or closed at any time under supervision of the appropriate authorities. Diodes 143 and 145 serve to isolate portiorls of the circuitry to pre~ent interference between the emergency door open s~itch 1`3~, the normal door open control and the alert system Switches 122, 123, 134 and 135 are desirably incorporated for protection o~ the motor con-troller 62 (shown diagrammatically in Fig. 20, as noted hereinabove) and th.e motor 63 (also shown diagrammatically -in Fi.g 20~, Sa~ety switches 121 and 133 provided on the door edges 23 stop.the door ~n case a body is between the door edge and booth. rrame 14.
It will be obvious to one skilled in the art to which th.is inVent~on pertains that duplication o~ certain of the components in a num~er o~ locations described in the foregoing detailed application of the present inven-tion is appropriate~ By ~ay of illustration, indicators 20. are desirably duplicated on the customer's control panel within the b`ooth, and the teller's and master control panels.
In like manner, the àlarm push.button 164 or similarly convenient control means may be incorporated in the teller~s station and.-in the master panel ~5 It ~ill be evident that in the detailed control system of Fig. 21 th.e interface or pass-through 13 must be secured in the closed position before the closure means 22 can be uns~ecured or opened~ ~or th~s purpose the limit switch 127 ~ill be closed by the closure of the inter~ace 3Q or deacti~at~on of the banking machine exchange unit to ,, enable the door open controls. The transaction interface or pass-through solenoid 117 must ln turn ~e energized to unsecure, and if desired, open the interface 13 or acti-vate the bank mac~ine 38. The ~oregoing solenoid 117 can, in addition, only be energized ~hen the closure means is fully closed~ Thls is ef~ected By t~Le limit switch 114 ~hich is operated only ~hen t~e door or closure means is fully closed to enable the interface to be unsecured.
Alt.hough. the control of the security system is 10 achieved t~rough.electrical circuitr~ such as described hereinabove, the control system-may at least partly utilize mechanical, optical, hydraulic, pneumatic or other flulds .
or equivalent means to effect movement of a member such as the door 22, or pass-through closure 32.
It ~ill be e~ident that the term "transaction securi~ty sys~tem" or its equi~alents as employed herein contemplate not-only exchange units in which physical passage of money, tickets or other items occurs, but deli- .
very of information from a data processing apparatus or 20 visual observation of such apparàtus, for example, occurs.
It ~ill be e~dent, too, that the terms and expression.s ~h.ich have been employed are used as terms of descrlption and not ~f limitation. Th.ere is no intention in the use of such terms and expressions of excluding equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof and it is recognized that various modifications are possible ~ithin the scope of the invention claimed. .

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Claims (17)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A transaction processing enclosure for housing of electronic data processing equipment and the like comprising, in combination, at least one access means to the interior of said enclosure; closure means having outer surface conformance in size and shape with and registrable with said access means, said closure means being slidably mounted and movable with respect to said access means to effect the opening and closing thereof;
turntable means mounted independently with respect to said closure means, within said enclosure and capable of supporting said equipment thereon so that the entire periphery of said turntable means and supported equipment is accessible through said access means; means for providing controlled environmental conditions for operation, maintenance and security of electronic data processing equipment within the interior or said enclosure, and control means interacting with said closure means to alter-natively provide access or non-accessibility to the equipment disposed within said enclosure from the exterior of said en-closure; and for activating said closure means to effect access or non-accessibility to said equipment within said enclosure in response to said environmental conditions of operation, mainten-ance or security.

2. A transaction processing enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said closure means is segmented horizontally to form a plurality of independently movable closure means providing selective access to upper and lower portions of said enclosure.

3. A transaction processing enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said enclosure comprises at least two vertically disposed compartments including a transaction exchange unit and a vault; said closure means being segmented horizontally to provide upper and lower independently movable closure elements adapted to provide nonaccessibility and access to each of said transaction exchange unit and said vault.

4. A transaction processing enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control means is electrical.

5. A transaction processing enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said closure means is composed of two independ-ently movable concentrically mounted closure elements.

6. A transaction processing enclosure as claimed in claim 5, wherein said concentrically mounted closure elements comprise an outer transparent enclosure shield adapted to preserve a controlled environment within said enclosure while permitting observation of electronic data processing equip-ment disposed therein; and an inner fire and impact resistant enclosure shield.

7. A secured transaction processing system comprising in combination; an outer security booth having an outer booth housing enclosing an interior and entrance means thereinto, primary closure means to cooperate with said entrance means and mounted and movable from one position to another with respect to said entrance means to permit occupant entry into said booth, and control means associated with said booth, interacting between said outer housing and said primary closure means and adapted to admit occupancy to the interior of said booth and to provide accessibility to at least one transact-ion processing enclosure positioned in the interior of said booth; said transaction processing enclosure having at least one access means to the interior of said enclosure, secondary closure means having outer surface conformance in size and shape with and registrable with said access means, said secondary closure means being slidably mounted and movable with respect to said access means to effect the opening and closing thereof;
turntable means mounted independently with respect to said secondary closure means, within said enclosure and capable of supporting equipment thereon so that the entire periphery of said turntable means and supported equipment is accessible through said access means; control means interacting with said secondary closure means to alternatively provide access or non-accessibility to the equipment disposed within said enclosure from the exterior of said enclosure; and means associated with said enclosure for providing controlled environmental conditions within the interior of said enclosure.

8. A secured transaction processing booth comprising, in combination:
an outer security booth composed of a booth housing having an interior within said housing, entrance means there-through, internally positioned transaction interface means and closure means positioned substantially within said booth to cooperate with said entrance means and slidably mounted and arcuately movable with respect to said entrance means to effect the opening and closing of said booth; and control means inter-acting between said booth and said closure means and adapted to secure said entrance means while simul-taneously providing access to said transaction interface means in one position and, alternatively, in another posi-tion, to open said entrance means and simultaneously provide for non-accessibility to said transaction interface means;
and, in the interior thereof, at least one transaction pro-cessing enclosure for the housing of electronic data pro-cessing equipment and the like comprising, in combination, at least one access means to the interior of said enclosure;
secondary closure means having outer surface conformance in size and shape with and registrable with said access means, said secondary closure means being slidably mounted and mov-able with respect to said access means to effect the opening and closing thereof; turntable means mounted independently with respect to said secondary closure means within said enclosure and capable of supporting said equipment thereon so that the entire periphery of said turntable means and supported equipment is accessible through said access means;
control means interacting with said secondary closure means to alternatively provide access or non-accessibility to the equipment disposed within said enclosure from the exterior of said enclosure; and means associated with said enclosure for providing controlled environmental conditions within the interior of said enclosure.

9. A secured transaction processing system comprising, in combination:
an outer security enclosure, a booth housing, an interior within said housing, entrance means thereto, inter-nally positioned transaction interface means and closure means positioned substantially within said booth housing to (claim 9 continued) cooperate with said entrance means and providing a closed security enclosure having occupancy entrance capability, said closure means, being generally arcuate in shape, of diameter smaller than the width of said booth housing, and being slidably mounted and arcuately movable from one to another position with respect to said entrance means, orien-tation in one position of said closure means providing an occupancy entrance to said booth housing and orientation in another position closing said occupancy entrance with said closure means while providing accessibility to said trans-action interface means positioned in said security booth housing; and control means interacting between said security booth and said closure means and adapted to move said closure means from said one position to another position to provide such occupancy entrance and transaction interface accessibil-ity within said closed security booth; and encapsulated within the interior thereof at least one transaction proces-sing enclosure for the housing of electronic data processing equipment and the like comprising, in combination, at least one access means to the interior of said enclosure; secondary closure means having outer surface conformance in size and shape with and registrable with said access means, said secondary closure means being slidably mounted and movable with respect to said access means to effect the opening and closing thereof; turntable means mounted independently with respect to said secondary closure means within said enclosure and capable of supporting said equipment thereon so that the entire periphery of said turntable means and supported equipment is accessible through said access means, control means interacting with said secondary closure means to alter-natively provide access or non-accessibility to the equipment disposed within said enclosure from the exterior of said enclosure; and means associated with said enclosure for providing controlled environmental conditions within the interior of said enclosure.

10. A transaction security booth comprising in combination:
a booth housing;
an interior within said housing;
entrance means thereto;
closure means positioned, in cooperation with said booth housing, having occupancy entrance capability and interacting with said entrance means to provide a closed security enclosure positioned within said housing and inac-cessible directly to the exterior of said housing through said closure means;
said closed security enclosure having internally positioned transaction interface means;
said closure means being generally arcuate in shape, of diameter smaller than that of said booth housing, and rotatably mounted on an axis substantially parallel to that of said booth; and arcuately movable from one to another position with respect to said entrance means; orientation in one position of said closure means providing entrance solely to said occupancy entrance capability and orientation of said closure means in another position closing said occupancy entrance capability from accessibility to the exterior of said booth. housing through said entrance means while providing access to said closed security enclosure; and control means adapted to move said closure means from said one position to another position and disposed within said closed security enclosure at least one transaction processing enclosure for the housing of electronic data processing equipment and the like comprising, in combination, at least one access means to the interior of said equipment enclosure; secondary closure means having outer surface conformance in size and shape with and registrable with said access means, said secondary closure means being slidably mounted and movable with respect to said access means to effect the opening and closing thereof; turntable means mounted inde-pendently with respect to said secondary closure means within said equipment enclosure and capable of supporting said equip-ment thereon so that the entire periphery of said turntable means and supported equipment is accessible through said access means, control means interacting with said secondary closure means to alternatively provide access or non-accessibility to the equipment disposed within said equipment enclosure from the exterior of said enclosure; and means associated with said enclosure for providing controlled environmental conditions within the interior of said enclosure.

11. A transaction security booth as claimed in claim 9, wherein said closure means comprises a plurality of independent-ly movably arcuate shields having a common axis and adapted for slidable arcuate movement about said axis to provide sequent-ially for prevention of passage through the perimeter defined by the path of rotation of said shields in one direction;
inhibit passage in any direction from said perimeter; and permit passage in said direction in which passage was initially prevented.

12. A transaction security booth as claimed in claim 9, wherein said closure means and booth housing are transparent to preserve a controlled atmosphere therein and provide visual access to said booth interior.

13. A transaction security booth as claimed in claim 9, wherein said control means are electrical.

14. A transaction security booth comprising in combination:
a booth housing; an interior within said housing; entrance means thereto; closure means positioned in cooperation with said booth housing, having occupancy entrance capability and interacting with said entrance means to provide a closed security enclosure positioned within said housing and inaccessible directly to the exterior of said housing through said closure means; said closed security enclosure having internally position-ed transaction interface means; said closure means being general-ly arcuate in shape, of diameter smaller than that of said booth housing, and rotatably mounted on an axis substantially parallel to that of said booth; and arcuately movable from one to another position with respect to said entrance means;
orientation in one position of said closure means providing entrance solely to said occupancy entrance capability and orientation of said closure means in another position closing said occupancy entrance capability from accessibility to the exterior of said booth housing through said entrance means while providing access to said closed security enclosure;
and control means adapted to move said closure means from said one position to another position; and disposed within said closed security enclosure at least one transaction processing enclosure for the housing of electronic data processing equipment and the like comprising, in combination, at least one access means to the interior of said equipment enclosure; secondary closure means having outer surface conformance in size and shape with and registrable with said access means, said secondary closure means being slidable mounted and arcuately movable with respect to said access means to effect the opening and closing thereof;
turntable means mounted independently with respect to said secondary closure means, rotatably secured within said equip-ment enclosure and capable of supporting said equipment thereon so that the entire periphery of said turntable means and supported equipment is accessible through said access means, control means interacting with said secondary closure means to alternatively provide access or non-accessibility to the equip-ment disposed within said equipment enclosure from the exterior of said enclosure; and means associated with said enclosure for providing controlled environmental conditions within the inter-ior of said enclosure.

15. A secured transaction processing system as claimed in claim 7 wherein said primary closure means comprises two arcuate shields, mounted for rotation concentrically about a common axis to provide sequentially for movement between first, second and third primary positions relative to each other and about an object passing through the perimeter defined by the path of rotation of said shields; said shields being adapted to provide a concentric arc in said first position while occluding the passage spanned by and behind said shields, barring accesss thereto to the object within said perimeter; one of said shields being adapted to rotate to said second position,where, in said latter position, one lateral border of each of said shields is in registry with the other of said shields defining a closed area about said perimeter that is equal to a sum up to the sum of the arcs defined by both of said shields; said shields in this latter position continuing to occlude the passage spanned thereby in said first position and occluding as well a portion of the remainder of said perimeter; said shields being adapted further to rotate to said third position in which said shields are arrayed concentrically on the side of said perimeter opposite to that of said first position while providing, by movement of both of said shields in arcuate paths about said perimeter unimpeded passage into the space occluded by said shields in said first and second positions; and completely occluding the previously unoccluded space about said perimeter in said third position.

16. A secured transaction processing system as claimed in claim 15 wherein one of said shields defines an arc of about 180° and the second of said shields defines an arc of 90° to 180°.

17. A secured transaction processing system as claimed in claim 16 wherein said second shield defines an arc of 90°
or slightly in excess thereof.