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US 6,719,196 B2Granted
Cashdrawer apparatus
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorShigemitsu Fukuyama
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Abstract
A banknote holder is installed to a cash casing in a cantilever fashion. Some banknotes are stored on the banknote holder while other banknotes are stored beneath the banknote holder. A banknote depressor of the banknote holder depresses the banknotes stacked on the banknote holder.
Claims5
A cashdrawer apparatus comprising a cash casing for staring banknotes, wherein
- a banknote holder is installed to the cash casing in a cantilever fashion,
- said banknote holder includes a holder plate which partitions banknotes stored in said cash easing so that some banknotes can be stored on said holder plate while other banknotes can be stored beneath said holder plate;
- and
- said banknote holder includes a banknote depressor for depressing the banknotes stacked on said holder plate.
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A cashdrawer apparatus comprising:
- a push plate located at a rear end of a drawer;
- a swing lever positioned near said push plate and swingable about a swing shaft when said swing lever is pushed by said push plate;
- an operation lever engageable with an engaging shaft of said swing lever so as to shift in a predetermined direction during a swing motion of said swing lever, said operation lever disengaging from said engaging shaft of said swing lever when said drawer is closed;
- and
- a microswitch operative in response to a shill motion of said operation lever for counting the number of times the drawer is opened or closed, wherein
- said microswitch is depressed by a microswitch lever which is shiftable together with said operation lever, so that said microswitch is depressed only when said operation lever is engaged with said engaging shaft and shifts in said predetermined direction, thereby preventing chattering of said microswitch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.