US Patent Issued to NCR Atleos on Aug. 25 for "Pressurized security enclosures for media terminals" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,646, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NCR Atleos Corp. (Atlanta).

"Pressurized security enclosures for media terminals" was invented by Steven James Birnie (Dundee, Great Britain) and Ian McFarlane Denny (Perth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Air is pressurized in a pressurized security apparatus which surrounds a housing for a safe of a media recycler/dispenser or a housing for the media recycler/dispenser. Air pressure is monitored for the pressurized security apparatus. Air pressure that drops below a configured amount causes a security event to be sent to a security system as an indication that the safe and/or rec...