US1609360A - Trough for bank windows - Google Patents

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J. G. ICKIS TROUGH Fox BANK WINDOWS Filed April 9. 1926 7idatented Dec, 1926,

JOHN e. IoKis, oF ADENA, oHIo.

TROUGI-I FOR BANK WINDOWS.

Application led April 9,

rlChis invention relates to metallic deal troughs for bank windows, and more particularly to a trough of the character einployed in association with the safety windows of cashiers and tellers cages.

The primary object of the invention is to provide, in association with a window having its lower sash or pane of bullet-proof glass disposed with its lower edge in or adjacent to the level of the deal plate or counter, a sunken metallic trough through which money, pass books. and the like may be passed beneath said pane, and which is so shaped that it affords to persons behind the window adequate protection against bullets fired into the trough passage. n

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a cross section of the invention,

illustrating its application; and- Figure 2 is a top plan view of the trough mounted in position. Y

Referring to said drawings, l indicates one of the pilasters provided at opposite sides of a window opening formed in the front wall or partition behind which the cashiers, tellers and other employes of a bank ordin` arily perform their respective duties, and 2 and 3 desiffnate the upper and lower bullet proof glass panes of a window which constitutes a safety closure for said opening. The lower pane 3 is normally disposed with its lower edge in the plane of the top of the usual deal table or counter Il, thereby to effectually obstruct, the direct passage through the window opening of bullets fired from without the cage or enclosure.

Suitably countersunk in a channel provided therefor in the deal table l beneath thex window opening is a transversely disposed metallic trough 5, of which the concave portion provides beneath the window pane 3 a passageway through which money, pass books and papers may be readily passed or 1926. Serial No. 100,829.

transferred between the cashier and the hanks customers. The portion of the concave surface of the trough located outward of the window pane 3 presents a gradual ineline, as shown, at 5a, while the surface portion 5b located inward of said pane is inuch more sharply inclined, possessing an arcuate curvature struck on alrelative short radius and having a substantially vertical termina tion at the level of the table surface. Sc constructed, bullets fired inward through the passageway afforded by the trough and striking against said portion 5b will thereby be. deflected in an approximately vertical direction and thus be prevented from glancing at such an angle as would ordinarily endanger thel persons of employes standing behind the cashiers deal plate 6.

Manifestly, the trough is readily accessible from both sides for the convenient removal of money or articles passed therethrough.

That is claimed is- A safety device for bank windows including tellers and customers deal tables occupying` a common plane and having a lower pane disposed with its lower edge normally occupying' a position in the plane of the surface of said deal tables, a trough comprising' a single depression substantially the width of the window forming a concave passageway beneath said pane and occupying a position in. countersunk relation to said tabley surfaces` said trough having the inwardlv disposed portion of its concave surface prosenting a substantially arcuate curvature tra minating' substantially vertically of the tabl.n surface and having` itsy outwardly disposed iortion gradually inclined upward to said surface, the angle formed. by the inner surface of the trough and cle-al table heine; o if substantially greater degree than the angle of the outersurfacef the trough and deal table.

ln testimony whereof. I afhx n'iy sianature.

JOHN s. fours.

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