Cash drawer assembly

A cash drawer assembly comprising

• a housing defining an interior region,
• a catch cam rotatably mounted to the housing for movement between a catch position and a release position,
• a cash drawer coupled to the housing and movable relative to the housing between an open position extending from the housing and a closed position received in the interior region of the housing,
• a tongue mounted to the cash drawer, the tongue engaging the catch cam when the drawer is in the closed position,
• a drawer spring engaging the drawer and engaging the housing to yieldably bias the cash drawer and the tongue away from the housing and the catch cam, the drawer spring acting through the drawer and the tongue to bias the catch cam in a first direction toward the release position when the drawer is in the closed position and the catch cam is in the catch position, and
• a cam spring having a first end connected to the housing and a second end connected to the catch cam to yieldably bias the catch cam in a second direction away from the release position when the catch cam is in the catch position to at least partially offset the force applied to the catch cam by the drawer spring.

A cash drawer assembly comprising

• a housing defining an interior region and having a front wall, a rear wall spaced apart from the front wall and positioned to lie behind the front wall, and spaced-apart first and second side walls connecting the front and rear walls,
• a cash drawer slidably mounted to the housing for movement between an open position extending in front of the housing and a closed position in the interior region of the housing,
• a compression spring attached to the rear wall and extending forwardly therefrom, the spring being spaced apart from the first side wall by a first distance and from the second side wall by a second distance, the first distance being generally equal to the second distance,
• a tongue attached to the cash drawer and extending rearwardly therefrom, the tongue being spaced apart from the first side wall by the first distance and from the second side wall by the second distance, the compression spring being a cylindrically-shaped spring defining a cylindrically-shaped interior region and the tongue moving axially through the interior region of the spring when the cash drawer moves to the closed position.

A cash drawer assembly comprising

• a housing defining an interior region and having a front wall, a rear wall spaced apart from the front wall and positioned to lie behind the front wall, and spaced-apart first and second side walls connecting the front and rear walls,
• a cash drawer slidably mounted to the housing for movement between an open position extending in front of the housing and a closed position in the interior region of the housing,
• a compression spring attached to the rear wall and extending forwardly therefrom, the spring being spaced apart from the first side wall by a first distance and from the second side wall by a second distance, the first distance being generally equal to the second distance,
• a tongue attached to the cash drawer and extending rearwardly therefrom, the tongue being spaced apart from the first side wall by the first distance and from the second side wall by the second distance,
• a latching mechanism movable between a locked position holding the cash drawer in the closed position and a release position allowing movement of the cash drawer relative to the housing, the latching mechanism including a tongue attached to the cash drawer and extending rearwardly therefrom through an interior region defined by the spring when the cash drawer is in the closed position.

A cash drawer assembly comprising

• a housing defining an interior region and having a front wall, a rear wall spaced apart from the front wall and positioned to lie behind the front wall, and spaced-apart first and second side walls connecting the front and rear walls,
• a cash drawer slidably mounted to the housing for movement between an open position extending in front of the housing and a closed position in the interior region of the housing,
• a compression spring attached to the rear wall and extending forwardly therefrom, the spring being spaced apart from the first side wall by a first distance and from the second side wall by a second distance, the first distance being generally equal to the second distance, the cash drawer including first and second spaced-apart side panels,
• a first slide having an outer track mounted to the first side wall and an inner track mounted to the first side panel and
• a second slide having an outer track mounted to the second side wall and an inner track mounted to the second side panel, the first and second slides cooperating to mount the cash drawer to the housing, the inner track of the first side panel being received by the outer track of the first side wall and the inner track of the second side panel being received by the outer track of the second side wall when the housing is oriented for mounting to an upwardly facing surface and the inner track of the first side panel being received by the outer track of the second side wall and the inner track of the second side panels being received by the outer track of the first side wall when the housing is oriented for mounting to a downwardly-facing surface.

A cash drawer assembly comprising

• a housing defining an interior region and having a front wall, a rear wall spaced apart from the front wall and positioned to lie behind the front wall, and spaced-apart first and second side walls connecting the front and rear walls,
• a cash drawer slidably mounted to the housing for movement between an open position extending in front of the housing and a closed position in the interior region of the housing,
• a compression spring attached to the rear wall and extending forwardly therefrom, the spring being spaced apart from the first side wall by a first distance and from the second side wall by a second distance, the first distance being generally equal to the second distance,
• a tongue attached to the cash drawer and extending rearwardly therefrom, the tonic being spaced apart from the first side wall by the first distance and from the second side wall by the second distance, the rear wall including an edge defining an opening spaced apart from the first side wall by the first distance and from the second side wall by the second distance, the tongue being received by the opening when the cash drawer is in the closed position.