Patent ID: 6659340
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A currency receiving device for receiving currency from a user, comprising;(a) a sale having a lockable access opening and a transfer slot; (b) a local processor, operatively connected to said safe, said local processor having a user interface to communicate with the user, and being capable of communicating with a remote processor; (c) a currency counter, operatively connected to said safe, to count the currency deposited by the user; (d) a removable currency receptacle, removably contained within said safe, to receive currency from the currency counter and to store said currency, said removable currency receptacle having: (i) an open and a closed position controllable by said local processor upon establishing communication with a first data port, said receptacle being operatively connected to said currency counter when said receptacle is in said open position, and said receptacle being removable from said currency receiving device when said receptacle is in said closed position, (ii) a unique identifier, and (iii) said first data port having access to said unique identifier; and (e) a mounting device contained within said safe, to secure said removable currency receptacle within said safe, said mounting device having a second data port operatively connected to both said first data port, when said receptacle is secured in said mounting device, and to said local processor, to enable communication between said removable currency receptacle and said local processor; wherein, upon said currency receptacle being secured in said mounting device in said safe, said identifier is communicated to said local processor through said first and second data ports and correlated with said count of currency deposited by said user.