Patent ID: 7971775

Claim:
In combination a banknote cassette and a cassette receiving frame, said banknote cassette including a closed generally rectangular container removably received in said cassette receiving frame in an aligned position for receiving banknotes through a receiving slot provided in said banknote receiving cassette, said cassette receiving frame including a guide for slidably receiving said cassette for movement to a stop position determining said aligned position and a magnetic latch formed between said cassette receiving frame and said banknote cassette providing a manually breakable magnetic force maintaining said cassette in said aligned position and allowing a user to break said magnetic force by withdrawing said banknote cassette; wherein said magnetic latch is defined by a permanent magnet and a magnetic material with said permanent magnet secured to one of said banknote cassette or said cassette receiving frame and cooperating with said magnetic material provided as part of a surface of the banknote cassette or cassette receiving frame opposed to said permanent magnet; and including spacer members on opposite sides of said permanent magnet extending beyond said permanent magnet to contact said banknote cassette and space said banknote cassette a predetermined distance from said permanent magnetic to limit the magnet force.