Antiretrieval device for currency validators
AssigneeDixie-Jarco, Inc.
InventorsJohn H. McGinley, William D. Bruch, Vladimir Suris, John T. Lynch
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Abstract
An antiretrieval device for a currency validator of the slot acceptor type. A set of teeth is interposed between the cash box and the note path and in operative engagement with a punch plate. The punch plate and teeth define a shear to cut any string or tape which might be attached to a piece of currency tendered for validation. The teeth are maintained at the end of a spring-biased portion of a plate which is clamped and otherwise secured to a portion of the housing of the currency validator.
Claims14
A currency validator, comprising:
- a note path having a first portion substantially orthogonal to a second portion;
- a cash box adjacent said second portion of said note path;
- a punch plate opposite said cash box, said punch plate adapted for reciprocating movement across said second portion of said note path;
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- means interposed between said note path and said cash box for inhibiting retrieval of paper currency from said cash box and through said note path, said means comprising an array of teeth maintained at a first end of a plate, said plate being secured to a housing defining a portion of said note path, said plate having a pair of flanges extending from a second end thereof opposite said first end, said flanges securing said plate over an edge of said housing.
In a currency validator having a note path comprising a horizontal portion interconnecting a vertical portion, a cash box opposite the vertical portion, and a punch plate in reciprocating communication with the cash box across the vertical portion, the improvement of an antiretrieval device, comprising:
- a set of teeth interposed at an end of the vertical portion of the note path and between the cash box and the note path, said set of teeth traversing an end of a plate secured to a casing of the currency validator, said end of said plate being spring biased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.