Coin cassette
AssigneeEdmund Amzallag
InventorMax Jaffee
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Abstract
A coin cassette (10) formed by a channeled sleeve (11) in which a cartridge (12) is slidably mounted between the two open ends (25, 26) of the sleeve (11). The cartridge (12) includes variously-sized slotted formations (43) for coins (55). Ribs (31, 32) on the cartridge (12) mate with corresponding grooves (21, 22) in the sleeve's panels (13, 14) to provide direction of sliding motion of the cartridge (12) out of the sleeve (11). Stop members (33, 34) are mounted on the top edges (17, 18) of the panels (13, 14), for engagement with ears (35, 36) on the sides (46, 48) of the cartridge (12) to restrict its extent of sliding motion, preventing it from being separated from its sleeve (11). A serrated thumb pad (19) on a sleeve panel (13) provides for gripping the sleeve (11) in the casette's operation.
Claims45
A coin cassette comprising
- a sleeve having spaced panels joined together by a spacer member at a bottom of the sleeve, said panels having edges forming an open top and at least one set of side edges forming at least one extending from the open top towards the spacer member,
- a cartridge including at least one slotted formation for coins and being slidably mounted within said spaced panels, and
- means for maintaining the relative sliding between said sleeve and said cartridges in a direction towards and through said one open end.
An assembled coin cassette comprising
- a sleeve having spaced panels and a cartridge slidably mounted between said spaced panels,
- said cartridge having sides, a top edge, and a plurality of slotted formations for coins,
- said sleeve including edges forming an open top and opposing open ends, and including aligned grooves in its panels extending between its open ends,
- stop means mounted on each of said edges of said sleeve,
- said cartridge including ribs slidably engaging said grooves,
- means mounted on the top edge of said cartridge for actuating in either direction of the open ends the sliding motion of the cartridge, and
- means mounted on said cartridge for engaging each of said stop means to restrict the extent of the sliding motion of the cartridge towards either of the open ends.
A coin cassette comprising
- a sleeve,
- a cartridge having a top edge and at least one slotted formation for a coin,
- said sleeve having spaced panels and including an open top and at least one set of side edges forming an open end extending to the open top,
- said cartridge slidably mounted between said panels,
- means for preventing the cartridge from sliding in a skewed direction and stabilizing the cartridge's sliding position,
- said sleeve including at least one stop on one of its panels at its open top, and
- means fixedly mounted on said cartridge for engaging one said stop to limit the extent of sliding motion of the cartridge in the sleeve as said cartridge slides towards said open end in a direction for such engagement by said engaging means with said stop.
The cassette of claim 25 including
- means for actuating the sliding motion of the cartridge.
A coin cassette comprising
- a sleeve,
- a cartridge having at least one slotted formation for a coin or plurality of coins,
- said sleeve having spaced panels and an open top and having at least one set of side edges on said panels forming an open end extending to the open top and further including at least one groove in one of its panels,
- said cartridge slidably mounted between said panels and extendable out of said open end and including a rib slidably engaging one said groove,
- said sleeve further including at least one stop in one of its panels at its open top, and
- means fixedly mounted on said cartridge for engaging one said stop to restrict the sliding motion of the cartridge when it slides towards said open end in a direction providing for such engagement by said engaging means with said stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.