초록 ▼

A rotating bill acceptor mounted inside a currency accepting machine is disclosed herein. The bill acceptor includes a bill validator which accepts (or rejects) cash inserted by users of the machine and a secure cash box which stores the bills out of the machine users\reach. The entire bill acceptor

A rotating bill acceptor mounted inside a currency accepting machine is disclosed herein. The bill acceptor includes a bill validator which accepts (or rejects) cash inserted by users of the machine and a secure cash box which stores the bills out of the machine users\reach. The entire bill acceptor is pivotally mounted on a bracket in the machine interior. During normal operation, the bill acceptor is positioned such that its bill validator portion extends through an opening in a locked door on the machine\s housing. Thus, the bill validator is available to accept cash while the cash box is protected within the machine interior. When it becomes necessary to remove the cash collected by the bill acceptor, a collection worker unlocks the door on the machine\s housing, thereby accessing a mechanism which allows the bill acceptor to rotate out of its normal position and into a position in which the cash box is accessible through the unlocked door. The collection worker may then replace the full cash box with an empty cash box.

대표청구항 ▼

A method of accessing a cash collection region of a bill acceptor rotatably mounted in a currency accepting machine having an external surface, the method comprising the following steps: rotating the bill acceptor from a bill insertion position in which a bill validator is accessible through the mac

A method of accessing a cash collection region of a bill acceptor rotatably mounted in a currency accepting machine having an external surface, the method comprising the following steps: rotating the bill acceptor from a bill insertion position in which a bill validator is accessible through the machine housing external surface while the cash collection region is blocked from access by the external surface, to a cash removal position in which the cash collection region is accessible through the machine housing external surface while the bill validator is blocked from access by the external surface; and accessing the cash collection region.