Cash box
AssigneeHelix Limited
InventorAndrew Charles Peters
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Abstract
FIG. 2 shows a cash box 1 provided with a hinged lid 2. The internal width and length dimensions of the lid 2 are slightly larger than the external length and width dimensions of the base 4 to provide a snug, overhanging fit. Lid 2 has a downwardly depending lip 2a with plain free edge and box 4 has a non-joggled plain free edge 4a with opposed side wall portions 4b and 4c having indented support portion 4e and 4f, to support flange portions 6a and 6b of coin tray 6. The cash box 1 has a key operated locking mechanism with rotatable locking tongue 9 and a push button operated catch means 11 including flat square spring portion 11b mounted on shaft S of the locking mechanism 8.
Claims28
A cash box comprising:
- a deep drawn base having a lip,
- a deep drawn lid having a lip, and
- a locking mechanism releasably locking said lid to said base, said lid having internal width and length dimensions that are substantially identical to or are slightly larger than external width and length dimensions of the base so that the lip of the lid overhangs the lip of the base and forms a tight, snug overhanging fit with the base when the box is in a closed position, the lip of both the lid and base being provided with a non-joggled edge, and in which opposed wall portions of said box near said lip of the base are indented for supporting the flange of a coin tray to be received in the cash box.
A cash box comprising:
- a base,
- a lid,
- a locking mechanism positioned within the interior of the cash box releasably locking said lid to said base, and
- a button operated catch means comprising a press button separate from the locking mechanism, both said locking mechanism and catch means operable to retain the lid to the base in a closed position, to provide a double locking action, the cash box being constructed and arranged such that with the locking mechanism in an open position the lid can be retained to the base by said catch means and said locking mechanism can be operated to lock the cash box while the cash box is in the closed position, said button operated catch means being operable to open the box only while the locking mechanism is in an open position and in which the catch means is connected on the same axis as the locking mechanism.
A cash box comprising:
- a base having a lip,
- a lid having a lip,
- a locking mechanism positioned within the interior of the cash box releasably locking said lid to said base, and
- a button operated catch means comprising a press button, separate from the locking mechanism, both said locking mechanism and catch means operable to retain the lid to the base in a closed position, to provide a double locking action, said lid having internal width and length dimensions that are substantially identical to or are very slightly larger than the external width and length dimensions of the base so that the lip of the lid overhangs the lip of the base and forms a tight, snug overhanging fit with the base when the box is in a closed position, the lip of both the lid and base being provided with a non-joggled edge.
A cash box comprising:
- a base having a lip,
- a lid having a lip,
- a button operated catch means,
- a locking tongue inside the box, and
- a locking mechanism releasably locking said lid to said base,
- wherein said locking mechanism comprises a lock cylinder inserted from the outside of the box through an aperture in said base, and in which said catch means comprises a spring biased catch mounted on said cylinder and having a button protruding through a further aperture in said base, and wherein said locking mechanism and said catch means each are retained in said base by said locking tongue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.