Cashbox with latch arrangement

A cashbox for use with a banknote validator comprising:

• a generally closed box with a banknote inlet slot configured to allow banknotes to enter the cashbox;
• a banknote stacker mechanism interior configured to displace a received banknote, that is received through the banknote inlet, to a banknote receiving channel, wherein the banknote stacker mechanism, when actuated, is configured to move from an initial position to one side of the receiving channel through the receiving channel, retaining a banknote in the receiving channel and displacing the banknote into a banknote storage chamber;
• and
• a banknote latch arrangement including a pivoted blocking arm positioned adjacent to the banknote inlet and between the banknote inlet and the banknote storage chamber,
• wherein the pivoted blocking arm is configured to bias to a neutral position out of contact with a banknote being received in the receiving channel and configured to move to a clear position at an end of the banknote stacker mechanism during displacement of the banknote into the storage chamber, and
• wherein the blocking arm, upon return of the stacker mechanism to the initial position, is configured to return to the neutral position, the blocking arm being positioned to be between banknotes stacked in the storage chamber and the banknote inlet and configured to move against the bias by a previously stacked banknote to a blocking position closing the banknote inlet when an attempt is made to retrieve the previously stacked banknote through the banknote inlet.