发明名称 Method and apparatus of reducing heat loss and cooling loss from a bank building caused by automatic teller machines, night drop vaults, and cash deal drawers
摘要 A method and apparatus of reducing heat loss and cooling loss from a bank building caused by automatic teller machines, night drop vaults, and cash deal drawers.
申请公布号 US8757480(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.06.24
申请号 US201213592038 申请日期 2012.08.22
申请人 发明人 Conrath Dale B.
分类号 G06F17/00 主分类号 G06F17/00
代理机构 Nils H. Ljungman & Associates 代理人 Nils H. Ljungman & Associates
主权项 1. A method of reducing drafts on personnel in a bank building and reducing cold drafts on employees, personnel and other persons in said bank building while reducing heating costs in said bank building during cold weather and reducing unpleasant heat on employees, personnel and other persons in said bank building and reducing cooling costs in said bank building during hot weather and providing a comfortable environment for employees, personnel and other persons in said bank building and improving the health of employees, personnel and other persons in said bank building by covering an automatic teller machine with a cover arrangement, said method comprising: disposing said cover arrangement comprising an insulated front portion, an insulated top portion and at least one insulated side portion about said automatic teller machine inside said bank building, with said insulated front portion being configured and disposed for covering the front of said automatic teller machine inside said bank building, said insulated top portion of said cover being configured and disposed for covering the top of said automatic teller machine, said at least one insulated side portion being configured and disposed for covering at least one side of said automatic teller machine, with said front portion comprising a window structure configured for permitting air to flow through a ventilation opening of said machine and configured for providing access visually to a portion of said front portion of said machine, with said window structure being configured and disposed for permitting the viewing of a video screen of said automatic teller machine inside said bank, said cover arrangement further comprising a fastening arrangement being configured and disposed for substantially sealing said cover arrangement about said automatic teller machine, with said insulated front portion being further configured and disposed for permitting an employee to lift said insulated front portion away from said front of said automatic teller machine inside said bank building to allow access to at least one of: a keypad, a handle on automatic teller machine, and/or a safe portion of said automatic teller machine; disposing said front portion of said insulating cover arrangement, such that, said window structure is disposed around said ventilation opening and also providing visual access to a portion of said front portion of said machine; lifting said front portion away from said front of said automatic teller machine inside said bank building to allow access to at least one of: a keypad on said front of said automatic teller machine, a handle on said front of said automatic teller machine, a safe portion on said front of said automatic teller machine, and/or other area of said front of said automatic teller machine; placing said insulated front portion of said cover arrangement on said insulated top portion of said cover arrangement on said top of said automatic teller machine in a position permitting access to said at least one of: said keypad, said handle, said safe portion, and/or said other area of said front of said automatic teller machine; accessing said at least one of: said keypad, said handle, said safe portion, and/or said other area of said front of said automatic teller machine; and placing said insulated front portion of said cover arrangement on said front of said automatic teller machine in a position covering said at least one of: said keypad, said handle, said safe portion, and/or said other area of said front of said automatic teller machine.
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