Patent ID: 7222712

Claim:
An apparatus for authenticating a document comprising: a body; a profile processor disposed within the body and configured to collect a plurality of data profiles from a suspect document; a comparator disposed within the body and configured to compare the plurality of data profiles with a respective envelope of set of envelopes of a library document and to determine that the document is authentic when the plurality of profiles conforms with the plurality of envelopes; a cassette that holds authenticated documents, the cassette secured to the body via a set of outwardly extending support pins; a push-in keyed security keylock that locks the cassette to the body of the apparatus for authenticating the document and where the push-in keyed security keylock is not a cam lock; and a connecting peg operably connected to the push-in security keylock that is advanced into a locking channel behind a pin of the outwardly extending support pins of the cassette to prevent removal of the cassette from the body.