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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6968787 | Gaming table validator assembly A bill acceptor assembly for accepting bills, vouchers, scrip, tickets and/or currency at a gaming table. The bill acceptor assembly includes a validator assembly capable of accepting a stack of individual notes in a receiving slot mounted to the gaming table, proce... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6871601 | Depository cabinet A low profile depository cabinet-safe combination including a safe forming a hollow safe interior therein accessible through a lockable door, a depository cabinet set atop and locked to the safe, forming an enclosed cabinet interior accessible through a pivotally mo... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6109523 | Electronic money coffer An electronic money coffer with an improved safety relative to an abnormal state such as fire. The electronic money coffer is provided with a depository unit having a structure resistant to an abnormal state. The depository unit accommodates the optional ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5984171 | Lockable cash box for a vender A bulk vender having a lockable cash box which has a coin aperture into which coins fall as they are ejected from the coin mechanism. During removal of the cash box from the vender a blocking mechanism automatically blocks the coin aperture, rendering the... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5890439 | Safe deposit box assembly An improved safe deposit assembly including an outer housing, a removable inner container, and one or more lock devices which may be in signal communication with a time-delay device for securing valuables within. To unlock and remove the inner container f... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5857417 | Coin vault for air machines A coin vault assembly for a self service air machine for gasoline stations. The coin vault assembly is part of a vertical base of the air machine. There is a recess in the vertical base which houses the coin vault assembly at a depth which can not be acti... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5758819 | Secured waste container assembly A secured waste container assembly designed with the appearance of a standard four drawer file cabinet is provided with a slideable movable drawer at the location of the top most drawer and a pivotally attached three-sectional door therebeneath. The slide... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5722332 | Apparatus and process for conducting deposit and drawing operations of banknotes and valuables An apparatus comprising a protective envelope (2) having one aperture (3), casings (4) for banknotes and valuables (5), support and movement members (6) engaging the casings (4) and adapted to impose a first movement along a selection path to said casings... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5488913 | Apparatus for automatically receiving and dispensing banknotes and valuables Apparatus for automatically receiving and dispensing banknotes and valuables comprising a protection casing (2) provided with access openings (3, 4), compartments (7) adapted to contain banknotes and valuables and movable along a loop-shaped movement path... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5427036 | Secure currency deposit units with removable security box A cashier's console includes in a vertically stacked arrangement a safe or secure deposit base, a security box and a cash drawer. The security box includes a number of currency bill insertion slots which are arranged parallel to an upper front edge of the... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5301618 | Guide means for conveying sheet-shaped media A guide is shown for connecting two separately arranged transfer units, in particular currency transfer units in banking machines, which are shiftable relative to each other. The guide comprises a non-resilient and a resilient guide element, both of which... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5216965 | Relocatable explosives storage magazine A relocatable storage magazine is provided for containing the shockwave, flagration and flying debris of an accidental explosion of stored explosives, ordnance or the like and includes a container; a debris trap attached to the container for receiving th... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5016546 | Device for the insertion, storage, and removal of objects to be stored in strongboxes and of sheet-like material The device, fashioned, for example, as a cashier's safe (3), has two openings (12) for the issuance of paper currency (2) and valuable objects, stored in strongboxes (1), from the interior (4) of the safe. A pivotable member equipped with conveying means ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4942954 | Vending machine A vending machine has a carousel containing several rotatable trays stacked one above another. The trays carry and present for vending selected items, such as food and merchandise. The carousel is contained in a housing or canister and is part of an integ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4884679 | Secure transport construction for banking depository devices A depository for receiving under conditions of security bank transaction deposits in envelopes of carying thicknesses one at a time, wherein the envelopes may contain coin in different sizes and numbers. The depository has a transport mechanism including ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4665839 | Depository Disclosed is a depository wherein the deposit envelope is conveyed in an enclosed carrier from a deposit opening along an attack resistant passage to a remote opening to a vault. There a wall of the carrier moves, relative to the carrier, to displace the ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4660706 | Coin receiving mechanism having a slideable door to prevent coin insertion after stuffing A special door is added to the coin receiving mechanism of a pay telephone or other vending machine to discourage the practice of stuffing the mechanism with paper or other foreign matter to trap deposited coins. A slot in the door is normally aligned wit... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4648327 | Safe locking mechanism A locking mechanism for a mobile safe having at least one loading door for depositing valuables such as cash within the safe and at least one unloading door for emptying the safe includes an actuating mechanism for moving the loading door between its open... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4418628 | Security transfer arrangements A security transfer unit includes a hollow box-structure that has open ends on opposite sides of a security barrier and is supported from side-frames with a clearance underneath. A rolling shutter encircles the box-structure to block access to either end ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4380316 | Electronic interlock for a cash collection receptacle An electronic interlock for providing improved security in a revenue collection receptacle includes a mechanism on a removable cash container for generating a coded electronic signal which is coupled to a mechanism for decoding the coded signal mounted to... | 04/19/1983 |
