Cash box with a partially plate-shaped closing unit and device for handling notes of value

A cash box comprising:

• a housing with an opening for supplying notes of value to a storing compartment for storing notes of value and/or for removing notes of value from the storing compartment, and
• a closing unit which closes the opening, when it is arranged in a closing position, and which grants access to the notes of value stored in the storing compartment, when it is arranged in an open position, wherein the closing unit is slidable between the open position and the closing position along a predetermined path,
• wherein the closing unit includes a jalousie part and a plate-shaped part connected with the jalousie part, and
• wherein the plate-shaped part includes a first engaging element which is shaped and arranged in such a manner that, when the cash box is being inserted in a device for handling notes of value, the first engaging element engages with a second engaging element of the device for handling notes of value so that the closing unit is moved from the closing position to the open position due to the engagement of the first engaging element and the second engaging element while inserting the cash box;
• wherein the closing unit comprises a third engaging element which is pivotably mounted on the slate-shared part and which is shaped in such a manner that it engages with the second engaging element of the device for handling notes of value when the cash box is being removed from the device for handling notes of value so that the closing unit is moved from the open position to the closing position due to the engagement of the third engaging element and the second engaging element while removing the cash box;
• and
• wherein the third engaging element pivotable between an engaging position in which it engages with the second engaging element and an inserting position in which the third engaging element is arranged in such a manner that the second engaging element can be arranged in an area between the first engaging element and the third engaging element when the cash box is inserted in the device for handling notes of value.