Patent ID: 6135261
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
In a payment-receiving box for a payment-operated apparatus, the payment-receiving box comprising a first portion adapted to be fixedly attached to a wall of the payment-operated apparatus, the payment-receiving box having a plurality of check acceptors disposed therein, each of the check acceptors having a normal operating orientation, an improvement comprising:a cover attached to the first portion by means of a first hinge, the cover adapted to move between a closed state in which an end of the cover distal from the first hinge abuts the first portion and an open state in which the end distal from the first hinge is displaced therefrom; andat least one additional hinge attaching two of the check acceptors to the first portion in a juxtaposed arrangement, the one at least one additional hinge adapted to allow one of the two acceptors to remain in the normal operating orientation when the second of the two acceptors is pivoted away from the normal operating orientation.