UL 771 Night Depositories

standard by Underwriters Laboratories, 11/23/1998

Full Description

These requirements cover the construction and security of night depository entrances. The units are intended to permit the deposit of cash, checks, and the like, fromoutside a building into a chute connected to a depository within the building.

A night depository is intended primarily for protection against theft of deposits by:

--a) Fishing the deposits from the depository;

--b) Trappi ng the deposits by preventing them from entering the depository, and then extracting the deposits; and

--c) Entering the night depository by force with the aid of common burglary tools.

The term "product" as used in this standard refers to all night depositories or any part thereof covered by this standard unless specifically noted otherwise.

A product that contains features, characteristics, components, materials, or systems new or different from those in use when the Standard was developed, and thatinvolves a risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons, shall be evaluated using the appropriate additional component and end-product requirements as determinednecessary to mai ntain the level of safety for the user of the product as originally anticipated by the intent of this Standard.