| US 7,614,544 B2 | ||
| Intermediate cash box | ||
| Dietmar Trenner, Berlin (Germany); and Roland Griese, Berlin (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Walter Hanke Mechanische Werkstatten GmbH & Co., KG, Berlin (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 11/910,707 PCT Filed Apr. 06, 2006, PCT No. PCT/EP2006/003746 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 09, 2008, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/105997, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 016 817 (DE), filed on Apr. 07, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0264756 A1, Oct. 30, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G07B 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 232—15 [232/16; 232/57; 194/346] | 14 Claims |
| 1. An intermediate cash box, comprising:
a housing;
a flap arrangement pivotably mounted in the housing, the flap arrangement forming a receiver space for coins in an idle condition,
the coins being released into a path created through a controlled pivoting of the flap arrangement, the path leading to one
of a return and a cash box, the flap arrangement including two flaps arranged in a V-shaped manner in the idle condition,
each flap including a pivotably mounted guide lever having a guide path, the guide path guiding a movement of the corresponding
flap;
a drive; and
a rotatably mounted movement transmission element driven by the drive, the element being in an active connection with the
guide levers so that a movement of the drive is transmitted onto one of the guide levers for a pivoting movement,
wherein the element includes a first engagement arrangement engaging with one of the guide levers for the pivoting movement
for a forced opening of the corresponding flap, and
wherein the element includes two arms, one of the two arms pressing on the corresponding guide lever to open the respective
flap.
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