Detachable Rear Cover for Bill-Receiving Apparatus

Abstract

A bill-receiving apparatus includes a shell, a front cover, a sensor assembly, a bill-feeding mechanism and a detachable rear cover unit. The shell includes two lateral walls each including a cutout defined in a rear edge. The cutout includes a narrowed mouth. The front cover is attached to a front side of the shell. The front cover includes a slot through a bill can be inserted. The sensor assembly is arranged behind the front cover and used to detect the bill. The bill-feeding mechanism feeds the bill under the control of the sensor assembly. The detachable rear cover unit includes two flank walls and two detents elastically attached to the flank walls. Each detent includes a rod for trapping in a related one of the cutouts and a tip for moving from a related one of the cutouts through the mouth.

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