Mars, Incorporated

Mei, Inc.

Jeffrey T Thawley

Michael David Nunn

Robert Clauser

David Charles Deaville

Alfred F Bergeron

Christopher L Crawford

Charles Richard Lewis, Jr

William H Wurz

John D Snider

Raymond M Walker

Kenneth B Wood

Stephen R Watrous

Evan John Cost

Edward M Zoladz, Jr

Peter Bullard

Jerome Daout

Philippe S Jard

Bernard Bouchet

A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.

Lockable removable cassette

Techniques are disclosed that minimize the effect of an external force on peripheral devices attached to a host machine (e.g., vending and gaming machines). The techniques include using long spacers that are designed to be close to the rear of a machine so that in the event of a vandalism attack on the front of the machine, a peripheral device attached to the machine, such as a bill acceptor, transfers the external force to the back of the machine. Once the force is transferred, the force is distributed over a robust surface. The techniques also include use of a cradle assembly and a fixed housing to mount peripheral devices in machines that also minimize the effect of an external force on peripheral devices mounted to machines.

Techniques for mounting a peripheral device in a vending machine

Stacker mechanisms and cassettes for banknotes and the like

Document validator

Chassis for a currency acceptor system

Currency acceptor system

Apparatus and method for detecting strings attached to bills or other forms of payment in a currency validator. In one implementation a string fraud detector uses polarized light to detect a string. In another implementation, polarized light and light in a different range of wavelengths are used to detect a string.

Polarizer based detector

Currency cassette

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Claymont, DE, United States of America

Jeffrey T Thawley