Cashbox with latch arrangement
AssigneeCrane Canada Co.
InventorsOleksandr Onipchenko, Pavel Rabinovich
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Abstract
A cashbox is provided with a movable latch that is driven by a banknote to a blocking position if an attempt to ‘phish’ a stacked banknote from the cashbox occurs. The latch arrangement is easily pivoted in one direction from a neutral position to a clear position during stacking of a banknote. If an attempt is made to ‘phish’ a stacked banknote, the banknote being “phished” causes rotation of the latch arrangement from the neutral position to a banknote inlet blocking position retaining the banknote in the cashbox.
Claims19
A cashbox for use with a banknote validator comprising:
- a generally closed box with a banknote inlet slot configured to allow banknotes to enter the cashbox;
- a banknote stacker mechanism interior configured to displace a received banknote, that is received through the banknote inlet slot, to a banknote receiving channel, wherein the banknote stacker mechanism, when actuated, is configured to move from an initial position to one side of the banknote receiving channel through the banknote receiving channel, retaining a banknote in the banknote receiving channel and displacing the banknote into a banknote storage chamber;
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- a banknote latch arrangement including a pivoted blocking arm positioned adjacent to the banknote inlet slot and between the banknote inlet slot and the banknote storage chamber,
- wherein the pivoted blocking arm is configured to bias to a neutral position out of contact with a banknote being received in the banknote receiving channel and configured to move to a clear position at an end of the banknote stacker mechanism during displacement of the banknote into the banknote storage chamber, and
- wherein the pivoted blocking arm, upon return of the banknote stacker mechanism to the initial position, is configured to return to the neutral position, the pivoted blocking arm being positioned to be between banknotes stacked in the banknote storage chamber and the banknote inlet slot and configured to move against the bias by a previously stacked banknote to a blocking position closing the banknote inlet slot when an attempt is made to retrieve the previously stacked banknote through the banknote inlet slot.
A method implemented using a cash box, the method comprising:
- receiving, via an inlet slot of the cash box, a banknote;
- moving, through a receiving channel of the cash box, the banknote from the inlet slot to a banknote storage chamber;
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- in response to the banknote storage chamber receiving the banknote, moving a blocking arm into a receiving channel obstructing position to at least partially obstruct the receiving channel, wherein the blocking arm includes two projecting members that extend into recessed portions of a pusher plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.