Cash box system for a vending machine
AssigneeRTB GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsÈrwin Braukmann, Sime Jovic
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Abstract
A cash box system with a cash container for receiving cash is described. The cash container has an inlet opening which can be closed by a cover and a locking mechanism having a locked state in which the cover is locked in a position closing the inlet opening, and a release state in which the cover is unlocked and can be brought in a position to release the inlet opening. The locking mechanism is configured such that it is forcibly transferred from the locked state to the release state when the cash container is emptied. The cash box system is preferably for a vending machine in which the cash container is inserted.
Claims10
A cash container for receiving cash, comprising:
- a top wall and a bottom wall, wherein the cash container is box-shaped;
- an inlet opening closable by a cover, wherein the inlet opening is arranged on the top wall of the cash container;
- an emptying opening for emptying the cash container, wherein the bottom wall comprises the emptying opening;
- a sliding door for opening or closing the emptying opening;
- a locking mechanism having a locked state in which the cover is locked in a position closing the inlet opening, and a release state in which the cover is unlocked in a position uncovering the inlet opening,
- a positioning element coupled to the sliding door,
- wherein the cover automatically closes the inlet opening when the cash container is removed from a vending machine,
- wherein the locking mechanism comprises the positioning element, and the positioning element comprises a lever mechanism, wherein by opening the sliding door, the lever mechanism forcibly transfers the locking mechanism from the locked state to the release state automatically and unlocks the cover to a position uncovering the inlet opening,
- wherein the sliding door only forcibly actuates the positioning element when the door has almost reached an open end position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.