Container for receiving currency bills
First Claim
1. Apparatus for selectively accessing any of a plurality of receptacles within a normally closed housing comprising:
- a housing;
means within said housing defining a plurality of substantially similar, open receptacles, said receptacles being arranged in side-by-side parallel relationship with the openings similarly oriented;
a plurality of plate elements substantially overlying the openings of said receptacles and in side-by-side parallel relationship so as to normally prevent access to said receptacles;
support means for permitting said plate elements to translate relative to said housing by a distance substantially equal to the width of a receptacle opening;
a plurality of releasable union means interlocking each plate element within an adjacent plate element when said plate elements overlie said receptacles;
selectively operable means disposed within said housing for releasing one of said union means to permit at least the plate elements on one side of said one union means to be displaced relative to the plate elements on the other side of said union means to provide an access opening between plate elements to a given receptacle; and
a drive mechanism disposed within said housing for displacing said plate elements on said one side of said one union means to provide said access opening, said drive mechanism being connected with and acting on an end one of said plate elements on said one side of said union means.
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Abstract
A container for receiving currency bills or the like includes a plurality of adjacent compartments (22) and a housing (12) enclosing these with a closure unit (18) which is designed for selectively unblocking a predetermined compartment opening. The compartments are made up of individual compartment receptacles (22) which are arranged to be movable in the housing (12) parallel to the direction in which the compartment opening points and to which a positioning device (136) is assigned, through which respectively one compartment receptacle (22) can be moved between a waiting position, in which it is completely inside the housing (12), and an access position in which it partially protrudes out of the opening which is unblocked by the closure unit and substantially corresponds to the cross section of the compartment receptacle (22).
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16 Claims
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1. Apparatus for selectively accessing any of a plurality of receptacles within a normally closed housing comprising:
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a housing; means within said housing defining a plurality of substantially similar, open receptacles, said receptacles being arranged in side-by-side parallel relationship with the openings similarly oriented; a plurality of plate elements substantially overlying the openings of said receptacles and in side-by-side parallel relationship so as to normally prevent access to said receptacles; support means for permitting said plate elements to translate relative to said housing by a distance substantially equal to the width of a receptacle opening; a plurality of releasable union means interlocking each plate element within an adjacent plate element when said plate elements overlie said receptacles; selectively operable means disposed within said housing for releasing one of said union means to permit at least the plate elements on one side of said one union means to be displaced relative to the plate elements on the other side of said union means to provide an access opening between plate elements to a given receptacle; and a drive mechanism disposed within said housing for displacing said plate elements on said one side of said one union means to provide said access opening, said drive mechanism being connected with and acting on an end one of said plate elements on said one side of said union means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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