Latching and securing mechanism for bill presenter of a currency dispensing machine

A currency dispensing machine comprising:

• a cabinet including one or more slide rails;
• a bill presenter disposed in the cabinet, the bill presenter including:
• a presenter including:
• two side plates;
• at least one drive gear having a plurality of drive teeth;
• and
• at least one presenter belt in operable communication with the at least one drive belt for urging currency through the dispenser;
• a bill presenter housing including:
• a mounting face;
• two retention plates extending from the mounting face and receivable of the presenter therebetween;
• and
• a longitudinally extending retention hook disposed in each side plate of the two side plates;
• two retaining pins, each retaining pin insertable through one retention hook of the two retention hooks and through one retention plate of the two retention plates;
• and
• two latch arms, each latch arm slidably disposed at one retention plate of the two retention plates and including a latch hook engageable with one retaining pin of the two retaining pins for preventing longitudinal movement of the presenter relative to the bill presenter housing;
• a bill dispenser slidably disposed in the cabinet, the bill dispenser including:
• a plurality of gear teeth engageable with the plurality of drive teeth;
• and
• at least one locking slot-;
• and
• at least one locking pin-, each locking pin insertable into one locking slot of the at least one locking slot for preventing misalignment of the plurality of gear teeth with the plurality of drive teeth.