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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lin I-Chia, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Gamemax Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 7/00 ;
Abstract
A security unit installed in a paper currency receiving system in a vending machine at a rear side of a paper currency passage to stop recognized paper currency from being pulled backwards with an external object, the security unit including a holder block having staggered rows of forward protruding plates, a cover plate swinging between a first position where the cover plate is closed with openings thereof coupled to the forward protruding plates to stop recognized paper currency from being pulled backwards, and a second position where the cover plate is disengaged from the forward protruding plates for enabling inserted paper currency to pass.