Patent ID: 6241240
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A cassette for receiving and storing banknotes comprising a housing having a slot opening for longitudinally receiving a banknote, said slot opening being defined by two opposed guides positioned on opposite sides of the received banknote and a support member in an initial position located to one side of the received banknote, said cassette including a storage arrangement to a side of said guides opposite said support member, said storage arrangement receiving therein banknotes displaced from said slot opening to form a stack of banknotes in said storage arrangement, and a drive arrangement for controlled movement of said support member and said guides; said drive arrangement including a rotary cam having an axis of rotation and a first continuous cam track about said axis of rotation for controlling movement of a cam follower associated with said support member as a function of the angular position of said cam and a second continuous cam track for controlling movement of a cam follower associated with said guides as a function of the angular position of said cam, said rotary cam when rotated about said axis of rotation causing said support member to move from said initial position through a gap between said guides partially displacing a received banknote into said storage arrangement and into contact with any banknotes stacked in said storage arrangement and moving said guides from an initial position towards the initial position of said support member to complete the displacement of a received banknote from said slot opening and into said storage arrangement and thereafter returning said guides and said support member to said initial positions.