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US 10,134,216 B2Granted
Bill magazine with an anti-string feature for use with a vending machine
OwnerDavid Fryeinventor
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Abstract
A bill magazine for a vending machine that is configured to prevent bills from being removed from the magazine. The magazine includes an interior space sized to hold the bills. Blades are positioned along the magazine. The blades contact against the top-most bill in the magazine. The blades include teeth that engage with the bill in the event there is an attempt to remove it from the magazine.
Claims20
A magazine to hold bills in a vending machine, the magazine comprising:
- a body with an interior space sized to hold the bills, the body including a floor and side walls that extend upward from the floor around the interior space, the side walls comprising an inlet side wall and a second side wall on opposing ends of the body and opposing lateral side walls that extend between the inlet side wall and the second side wall;
- blades that extend along the lateral side walls and include teeth that extend into the interior space, each of the teeth includes opposing first and second sides that intersect at a tip, the blades extending downward into the interior space;
- the floor positioned below the blades and being movable and biased upwards towards a top of the interior space to maintain a top-most one of the bills in contact against the teeth.
A magazine to hold bills in a vending machine, the magazine comprising:
- a body with an interior space sized to hold the bills, the body including a floor and side walls that extend from the floor around the interior space, the side walls comprising first and second side walls at opposing ends of the body and opposing first and second lateral side walls that extend between the first and second side walls;
- a first blade on the first lateral side wall and a second blade on the second lateral side wall, each of the blades including a base with a length that extends between a first end and a second end and teeth that extend outward from the base towards the interior space, each of the teeth including opposing first and second sides that intersect at a tip with the tip facing away from the first side wall of the body;
- the floor positioned below the blades and being movable and biased upwards towards a top of the interior space to maintain a top-most one of the bills in contact against the teeth.
A magazine to hold bills in a vending machine, the magazine comprising:
- a body with an interior space sized to hold the bills, the body including a floor and side walls that extend from the floor around the interior space, the side walls comprising first and second side walls at opposing ends of the body and opposing first and second lateral side walls that extend between the first and second side walls;
- the first and second side walls at the opposing ends of the body being shorter than the first and second lateral side walls;
- at least one blade on one of the first and second lateral side walls, the blade comprising a base with a length that extends between a first end and a second end and teeth that extend outward from the base towards the interior space, each of the teeth including opposing first and second sides that intersect at a tip with the tip facing away from one of the first and second side walls;
- the floor positioned below the at least one blade and being movable and biased upwards towards a top of the interior space to maintain a top-most one of the bills in contact against the teeth.
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