Patent ID: 7464832

Claim:
A media cassette for a media dispenser, comprising: a cassette body including a space in which media are filled and a media discharge opening through which the media are discharged; a door being driven by a driving source for opening and closing said media discharge opening; a supporting rod connected to said door to move therewith, said supporting rod being disposed on an interior floor space of the cassette body such that motion of the door causes said supporting rod to move along the interior floor space; and a locking mechanism for selectively engaging a portion of said supporting rod in said cassette body and selectively locking/unlocking said door in accordance with an electrical signal transmitted from the main body of the media dispenser, wherein said locking mechanism is disposed on the interior floor space of the cassette body such that the locking mechanism can not be accessed when the door is closed and the media cassette is removed from the media dispenser, the media being placed on the interior floor space, and wherein the locking mechanism engages the portion of said supporting rod to lock the door when motion of said supporting rod caused by the motion of the door aligns the locking mechanism and the portion of said supporting rod.