Money-handling devices

Claim 1

A MONEY-HANDLING DEVICE COMPRISING SUPPORTING MEANS, GUARD MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, A RECEIVING STATION ON ONE SIDE OF SAID GUARD MEANS, SAID STATION BEING ACCESSIBLE FROM SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID GUARD MEANS AND INACCESSIBLE FROM THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF, AN INTERMEDIATE STATION, A DISCHARGING STATION, SAID LAST TWO MENTIONED STATIONS BEING DISPOSED ON SAID OTHER SIDE OF SAID GUARD MEANS AND INACCESSIBLE FROM SAID OTHER SIDE OF SAID GUARD MEANS AND INACCESSIBLE FROM SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID GUARD MEANS, A TURNTABLE HAVING THREE UPWARDLY OPENING RECEPTACLES THEREIN, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TURNTABLE FOR ROTATING THE LATTER THROUGH A PATH OF MOVEMENT EFFECTIVE TO SEQUENTIALLY MOVE EACH OF SAID RECEPTACLES THROUGH ALL OF SAID STATIONS, EACH OF SAID RECEPTACLES HAVING A BOTTOM MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID BOTTOMS DURING SAID ROTATION OF SAID TURNTABLE IN POSITION TO HOLD SAID BOTTOMS IN CLOSED POSITION AT SAID RECEIVING AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS, AND TO PERMIT SAID BOTTOMS TO MOVE INTO OPEN POSITION AT SAID DISCHARGE STATION, AND MEANS AT SAID DISCHARGE STATION FOR RESTORING SAID BOTTOMS TO A CLOSED POSITION DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID TURNTABLE, AND IN WHICH SAID MEANS