Device for operating a cashbox closure mechanism
AssigneeCurrency Systems International
InventorsArmando Neri, Paul Gray
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Abstract
Boxes containing banknotes are secured by a mechanism utilizing a latch plate that can be removed and replaced automatically by a device of which the parts include a top slide equipped with a pivoting arm and a pusher designed to hold the latch plate steady and in tension from two points of contact; the device is also equipped with a bottom slide carrying a gripper of which the two jaws operate in concert one with another and with the pusher and the arm to release the latch plate from the position in which it secures the box.
Claims14
A device for operating the closure mechanism of a box containing groups of sheets, wherein the box comprises a container and a lid fastenable in a position by which the container is secured through the agency of a closure mechanism including at least one latch element by which a portion of the lid is connected to a retaining and locking element integral with the container and combining with the latch element to create a catch mechanism, wherein the device comprises:
- means of releasing the latch element, by which the latch element is disengaged from the container and from the lid;
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- restraining means acting on the latch element in such a way as to distance the latch element from the lid, wherein the restraining means comprise an arm acting on the latch element in such a way as to engage the selfsame latch element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.