Securable banknote carrier, and a banknote handling apparatus and banknote cassette for use with the securable banknote carrier
First Claim
1. A securable banknote carrier comprising an enclosure of flexible material attached to an articulated bi-fold frame delimiting a banknote aperture, wherein the frame comprises a pair of hingedly coupled opposing jaw members, and wherein the frame is configured such that when moving from a banknote aperture open position to a banknote aperture closed position the opposing jaw members rotate inwardly towards one another from a position in which the jaw members are substantially coplanar to a position in which the jaw members are substantially adjacent and parallel to each other;
- and wherein the articulated bi-fold frame includes locking means for irreversibly locking the opposing jaw members together in the banknote aperture closed position.
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Abstract
A securable banknote carrier comprising an enclosure of flexible material attached to an articulated bi-fold frame delimiting a banknote aperture, wherein the frame comprises a pair of hingedly coupled opposing jaw members, and wherein the frame is configured such that when moving from a banknote aperture open position to a banknote aperture closed position the opposing jaw members rotate inwardly towards one another from a position in which the jaw members are substantially coplanar to a position m which the members are substantial adjacent and parallel to each other.
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1. A securable banknote carrier comprising an enclosure of flexible material attached to an articulated bi-fold frame delimiting a banknote aperture, wherein the frame comprises a pair of hingedly coupled opposing jaw members, and wherein the frame is configured such that when moving from a banknote aperture open position to a banknote aperture closed position the opposing jaw members rotate inwardly towards one another from a position in which the jaw members are substantially coplanar to a position in which the jaw members are substantially adjacent and parallel to each other;
- and wherein the articulated bi-fold frame includes locking means for irreversibly locking the opposing jaw members together in the banknote aperture closed position.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A banknote cassette for removable insertion into a banknote handling apparatus comprising:
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a securable banknote carrier including an enclosure of flexible material attached to an articulated bi-fold frame delimiting a banknote aperture, wherein the frame comprises a pair of hingedly coupled opposing jaw members, and wherein the frame is configured such that when moving from a banknote aperture open position to a banknote aperture closed position the opposing jaw members rotate inwardly towards one another from a position in which the jaw members are substantially coplanar to a position in which the jaw members are substantially adjacent and parallel to each other; a casing defining outer walls and a aperture for receiving the securable banknote carrier; at least one mounting bracket adapted to releasably receive at least one corresponding lug disposed on the securable banknote carrier; and
a resiliently biased stacker plate disposed opposite said aperture. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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