Patent ID: 8556061

Claim:
A coin/bill acceptor, comprising: a face panel defining a bill insertion slot, a coin insertion slot disposed at one lateral side relative to said bill insertion slot, and a coin return slot disposed at a bottom side relative to said coin insertion slot; a first housing fastened to a back side of said face panel, said first housing defining a bill passageway in communication with said bill insertion slot and accommodating therein a transmission unit adapted for transferring the inserted bill from said bill insertion slot into said bill passageway and a bill validator module adapted for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted bill; a second housing hinged to said first housing at one lateral side of said bill passageway and fastened to said back side of said face panel, said second housing defining therein a coin return passageway in communication with said coin return slot and accommodating therein a coin validator module adapted for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted coin; and a spacer board fastened to one lateral side of said second housing and attached to one lateral side of said bill passageway and defining with said second housing a coin passageway in communication between said coin insertion slot and said coin return passageway.