Sealed collection system

In a system for handling coins and the like including a storage housing for the coins, a discharge opening defined by the storage housing, a door normally closing the discharge opening, a lock on said door for normally preventing opening of the door and access to the coins therein, and a transfer mechanism for removing the coins from the housing, the improvement wherein said transfer mechanism comprises a plate disposed substantially parallel with said door, a tubular housing reciprocally receiving said plate, said plate substantially completely blocking access to the interior of said tubular housing, a key mounted on said plate, means carried by said transfer mechanism for moving said plate to a position adjacent said door whereby said key enters said lock, means for rotating said plate and key to unlock said lock, means operating responsive to said rotating of said plate for securing said transfer mechanism to said storage housing, means for retracting said plate to move said door away from said storage housing whereby the coins therein are discharged through said discharge opening into said tubular housing, and means for maintaining said transfer mechanism secured to said storage housing during said movement of said door, said tubular housing defining an open end, means defined by said storage housing for seating said tubular housing with said door being received within said open end, said plate being supported on a substantially tubular structure reciprocal within and rotatable within said tubular housing, a guide pin and a grooved track, said pin and track being defined by said tubular housing and tubular structure for controlling the path of reciprocal and rotary movement of the tubular structure relative to the tubular housing.

In a system for handling coins and the like including a storage housing for the coins, a discharge opening defined by the storage housing, a door normally closing the discharge opening, a lock on said door for normally preventing opening of the door and access to the coins therein, and a transfer mechanism for removing the coins from the housing, the improvement wherein said transfer mechanism comprises a plate disposed substantially parallel with said door, a tubular housing reciprocally receiving said plate, said plate substantially completely blocking access to the interior of said tubular housing, a key mounted on said plate, means carried by said transfer mechanism for moving said plate to a position adjacent said door whereby said key enters said lock, means for rotating said plate and key to unlock said lock, means operating responsive to said rotating of said plate for securing said transfer mechanism to said storage housing, means for retracting said plate to move said door away from said storage housing whereby the coins therein are discharged through said discharge opening into said tubular housing, means for maintaining said transfer mechanism secured to said storage housing during said movement of said door, a slide plate mounted in an angular position within said storage housing, coins within said storage housing being disposed on said slide plate, spring means normally forcing said slide plate toward said discharge opening whereby said slide plate moves toward said transfer mechanism when said door is opened, opening of said door resulting in said coins sliding off said plate into said transfer mechanism.

In a system for handling coins and the like including a housing for the coins, a discharge opening defined by the storage housing, a door for said housing normally closing access to the housing, and a lock having a rotatable lock plug mounted on said door, the improvement in means for opening said lock comprising a key, a pin, a common mounting for said key and pin, an opening defined in said door for receiving said pin as said key is inserted in said lock, means for rotating said common mounting, a stop member movably mounted on said door for blocking movement of said lock plug, holding means normally preventing movement of said stop member relative to the door to thereby retain the stop member in a blocking position, release means operatively connected to said lock plug for disengaging said holding means, rotation of said lock plug by said key causing said release means to disengage said holding means, said pin engaging said stop member with the movement of the pin moving said stop member out of blocking position whereby rotation of said lock plug in the absence of said pin retains said stop member in blocking position, said stop member being mounted on a ring, a plunger extending into an opening defined by the ring to prevent movement of the ring, a plate connected to said lock plug, said release means comprising a cam element mounted on said plate for engaging said plunger during movement of the plate to thereby move said plunger out of the opening defined by the ring.