Cash box with two locking units
View Patent ↗The disclosure relates to a cash box comprising a housing with an opening for feeding and/or removing notes of value and a closing unit for closing the opening. Further, the cash box has a locking unit which, in a locked state, prevents the opening of the closing unit and, in an unlocked state, enables an opening.
1. A cash box, comprising:
a receiving area for receiving a value note stack,
a housing having an opening for feeding notes of value to the receiving area and/or for removing notes of value from the receiving area,
a closing unit for closing the opening of the housing, which, in a closed position, closes the opening and, in an open position in which the closing unit is moved in an opening direction relative to the closed position, uncovers the opening at least so far that notes of value are feedable and/or removable, and
comprising a locking unit which, in a locked state, prevents an opening of the closing unit arranged in the closed position and, in an unlocked state, enables an opening,
wherein the locking unit comprises a first engagement element mounted to the housing, which, in the locked state, is arranged in a locking position in which it engages with a second engagement element of the closing unit, and
wherein the closing unit comprises a third engagement element which is arranged and designed such that the first engagement element arranged in the locking position engages with the third engagement element when the engagement between the first engagement element and the second engagement element is disengaged and the closing unit is moved in the opening direction without unlocking the locking unit.
2. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the closing unit is constructed as a roller shutter.
3. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the closing unit comprises a plurality of slats having a first width and a base plate having a second width, the second width being greater than the first width.
4. The cash box according to claim 3 , wherein the second engagement element and/or the third engagement element are arranged on the base plate.
5. The cash box according to claim 3 , wherein the second engagement element and/or the third engagement element are designed as a recess in the closing unit.
6. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the closing unit comprises a curved element and a base plate connected to this curved element in an articulated manner.
7. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the third engagement element is arranged upstream of the second engagement element as viewed in the opening direction.
8. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the second engagement element and the third engagement element is provided such that, when the first engagement element engages with the third engagement element, the closing unit closes the opening at least so far that no access to the notes of value received in the receiving area is possible.
9. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the second engagement element and the third engagement element is provided such that, when the first engagement element engages with the third engagement element, the closing unit is arranged in a position that is distinguishable visually from the closed position.
10. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the third engagement element is designed such that the engagement between the first engagement element and the third engagement element is only disengageable by opening a cover of the cash box.
11. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the third engagement element is designed and/or arranged such that the first engagement element, when arranged in the locking position, engages with the third engagement element when the closing unit is moved from the open position into the closed position.
12. The cash box according to claim 1 , wherein the first engagement element is biased into the locking position by means of an elastic element, and that the first engagement element is movable in an unlocking direction into an unlocking position against the restoring force of the elastic element.
13. The cash box according to claim 12 , wherein the first engagement element, when held in the unlocking position against the restoring force, does not engage with the second engagement element and the third engagement element when the closing unit is moved from the closed into the open position and/or from the open into the closed position.
14. The cash box according to claim 12 , wherein the third engagement element, when engaged with the first engagement element, prevents a movement of the first engagement element in the unlocking direction.
15. The cash box according to claim 14 , wherein the third engagement element comprises a limiting element, which delimits a reception area in which at least a partial area of the first engagement element is received when the first engagement element and the third engagement element are engaged with each other toward the unlocking direction.