Expandable cash box
AssigneeCoin Acceptors, Inc.
InventorJoel Wiesner
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Abstract
An expandable cash box system for storing bills including a chassis housing attachable to a bill validator and having an open end adapted to receive bills from the validator and a sliding enclosure housing disposed in telescopic relation to the chassis housing. A spring-loaded compressor plate is provided within the two housings and a control system between the two telescoping housing determines the expansion as bills are received by the cash box. The control system may include interengaging resilient members and a set of grooves receiving the resilient members and a guidance system facilitates the alignment of the two housings.
Claims24
An expandable cash box for storing bills comprising:
- a first housing portion having an open end adapted to receive a bill from a bill validator;
- a second housing portion disposed in telescopic sliding relation to the first housing portion;
- a spring-loaded compressor plate disposed within said housing portions and adapted to stack and store bills within said housing portions;
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- means for controlling the sliding telescopic relation between said housing portion and thereby the capacity of the cash box.
An expandable cash box for storing bills comprising:
- a first hour portion having an open end adapted to receive a bill from a bill validator;
- a second housing portion disposed in telescopic sliding relation to the first housing portion;
- a spring-loaded compressor plate disposed within said housing portions and adapted to stack and store bills within said housing porions;
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- means for guiding the housing portions during relative telescopic movement to maintain alignment therebetween.
An expandable cash box system for storing bills comprising:
- a first housing portion having an open end adapted to receive a bill from a bill validator;
- a second housing portion disposed in telescopic sliding relation to the first housing portion;
- means for stacking and stoning bills within said housing portions;
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- means for controlling the sliding telescopic relation between said housing portions and thereby the capacity of the cash box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.