Patent ID: 6622911
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
A banknote container for automated teller machines, comprising an essentially cuboidal bottom container part (10) which is intended for accommodating banknotes and has a base (12), two mutually parallel side walls (14), a rear wall and a front wall (16), which has a closable opening (24) for the withdrawal of individual banknotes (20) by means of a separating device (28, 30) of the automated teller machine, and also comprising a cover (18), which can be locked to the bottom container part (10), and a pressure-exerting slide (22), which has a pressure-exerting surface (42) which is essentially parallel to the front wall (16), is arranged in the bottom container part (10) such that the pressure-exerting surface can be adjusted parallel to the side walls (14), and interacts with a switch (52) to control a display device, characterized in that the switch (52) is arranged on the pressure-exerting slide (22) and has a switching element (56) which can be deflected perpendicularly to the container base (12) and interacts with a switch-actuating track (58) which is formed on the container base (12), extends parallel to the adjustment direction of the pressure-exerting slide (22) and defines a switching point between two switching states which corresponds to a remaining-quantity-signaling position of the pressure-exerting slide (22), one switching state corresponding to the adjustment path of the pressure-exerting slide (22) between the remaining-quantity-signaling position and an end position in the vicinity of the rear wall, and the other switching state corresponding to the adjustment path of the pressure-exerting slide (22) between the remaining-quantity-signaling position and an end position in the vicinity of the front wall (16).