SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES

**Definition:** This place covers:

Portable or fixed safes and strong-rooms for keeping valuables including details such as wall structure, alarms and repellent or fire-extinguishing material releasing devices for such safes and strong-rooms.

Also covered are bank protection devices, such as entrance control or trapping mechanisms, and safety transaction partitions such as barriers for bank teller windows.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Bank buildings in general -> E04H1/06 - Buildings resistant to earthquake or war-like action -> E04H9/00

**Glossary:** - Bank: A building or portion of a building devoted to the safekeeping or exchange of valuables between the "bank" and its customers - Bank protection device: A mechanism in or on a bank for protecting the valuables or repelling attacks by stealth or force