Patent ID: 8191700

Claim:
A bill box used in a bill acceptor having a wireless read/write module and adapted for receiving bills from said bill acceptor, comprising: a housing formed of a plurality of cover shells, said housing comprising a bill inlet for receiving bills from said bill acceptor, a bracket inwardly extended from a top side thereof and dividing the internal space of said housing into a bill storage chamber and a partition chamber, said bracket comprising a mounting chamber in communication between said bill storage chamber and said partition chamber, a plurality of locating grooves disposed at two opposite lateral sides of said mounting chamber, a bottom plate respectively disposed at a bottom side of each said locating groove adjacent to said bill storage chamber, a stop plate respectively protruded from one side of each said locating groove remote from the respective bottom plate, a finger slot disposed adjacent to one said locating groove in communication between said bill storage chamber and said partition chamber, and a plurality of stop grooves formed in said mounting chamber at front and rear sides relative to said locating grooves and said finger slot and kept in communication with said bill storage chamber; and a memory carrier mounted in said bracket, said memory carrier comprising a substrate mounted in said mounting chamber of said bracket, a wireless memory device installed in said substrate and facing toward said partition chamber, a plurality of stop blocks protruded from said substrate and respectively stopped against the top plates of said bracket, a plurality of retaining lugs protruded from one lateral side of said substrate and respectively engaged into respective locating grooves of said bracket, a springy retainer upwardly extended from an opposite lateral side of said substrate and engaged into at least one of said locating grooves and said finger slot of said bracket, and a plurality of stop strips respectively protruded from front and rear sides of said substrate and respectively engaged into the stop grooves of said bracket, said springy retainer comprising a curved base panel perpendicularly extended from one lateral side of said substrate toward said partition chamber and then turned backwards, a variable space surrounded by said curved base panel, at least one retaining protrusion protruded from a distal end of said curved base panel and respectively engaged into one respective locating groove of said bracket and a locating block extended from the distal end of said curved base panel and engaged into said finger slot of said bracket.