Bill acceptor with improved bezel

A bill validator for a vending machine comprising:

• a bill validator housing having a pair of wing deflectors slidingly attached to the bill validator;
• a bezel having at least two indicator apertures in a faceplate portion thereof and further comprising a pair of opposing mounting wings that extend outwardly from a body of the bezel in the direction of the bill validator, the mounting wings comprising retainer portions, the retainer portions comprising ramped surfaces and retainer surfaces on inner surfaces of the wings;
• wherein the retainer portions cooperate with bezel mount apertures formed in the bill validator housing to retain the bezel upon the bill validator housing;
• wherein the wing deflectors comprise tapered surfaces at an end adjacent to the mounting wings, the tapered surfaces of the wing deflectors, when brought into contact with the mounting wings, resiliently force the mounting wings of the bezel outwardly away from one another to disengage the retainer portions from the bezel mount apertures to allow disassociation of the bezel from the bill validator housing.