Patent ID: 7059599
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for the storage and transport of bank notes comprising: an enclosure; a tray slideable into and out of the enclosure in a first direction, the tray being adapted to receive at least one bank note but having an openable bottom; a manually operable plunger moveable within the enclosure in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction to displace said at least one bank note into a bank note receptacle removably positioned within the enclosure on the opposite side of the tray to the plunger, the tray bottom being biased to a closed position from which it can be deflected by the plunger enabling the plunger to pass through the tray bottom when the tray is received in the enclosure thereby to displace said at least one bank note from the tray into said bank note receptacle the tray bottom resuming its closed position when the plunger is withdrawn from the bank note receptacle; and wherein the bank note receptacle is adapted to lie in a lower region of the enclosure beneath the tray, the enclosure having a lockable door whereby access may be had to the bank note receptacle to remove it from and replace it in the enclosure, the bank note receptacle having an open top provided with inward projections adapted to prevent a note which has passed the projections under the influence of the plunger from re-emerging from the bank note receptacle.