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Locking currency stacker apparatus and method

US5161736A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 1991
Grant dateNov 10, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07D11/125
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A locking currency stacker apparatus for use in conjunction with currency validation apparatus having a plunger for transferring currency through a passage into a currency receptacle and either having or adaptable to having pivot means adjacent to one end of the transfer passage which comprises (a) an open currency receptacle having a slideway for a cover adjacent the opening; (b) a separate cover for said receptacle; (c) means for locking said cover on said receptacle and for unlocking same therefrom; (d) means for removably attaching said receptacle to the currency validation apparatus which comprise (1) hook means on said receptacle for engaging pivot means on said validation apparatus and (2) latching means on said receptacle; and (e) an adapter bracket unit which includes cooperating strike means for said latching means and which is attached to the currency validation apparatus; whereby the step of closing said receptacle by seating said cover in the slideways of said receptacle simultaneously locks said cover on the receptacle and unlatches one end of the locked currency stacker receptacle from the currency validation apparatus so that said locked currency receptacle may be r…

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