Cash storage drawer with electrically actuated latch means

Claim 1

An electric cash drawer comprising a housing having a closed end, a cash storage drawer having a rear wall and slidable within said housing, a spring in the closed end of said housing engaged and compressed by the rear wall of said drawer when said drawer is pushed into said housing, and an electrically actuated latch means in the closed end of said housing comprising a plate member on the bottom of the closed end of said housing, a frame member standing upright at substantially the middle portion of said plate member and having an upper portion extending rearwardly to provide a rear projection, electromagnetic means mounted on one side of said frame member, a latch lock pivotally mounted on said one side of said frame member with a side edge portion extending slightly outwardly over the vertical edge of said frame member, said latch lock having a lower portion which extends outwardly from said frame member so as to make contact with or be spaced away from said electromagnetic means, said latch lock also having an upper hooked portion extending in the opposite direction from said lower portion and engaged with a corner portion of said frame member, said latch lock having a pin extending in the opposite direction from said hook portion, an operating lever pivoted on said frame member to make contact with said pin, a tension spring between said pin and said supporting pin for normally biasing said latch lock so said lower portion is spaced from said electromagnetic means, an arm member riveted loosely on the other side of said frame member, a further spring extending between said rivet and the upper edge of said arm member, said arm member also having a downwardly extending hook portion on one end thereof and a bevelled outer edge above said hook portion, said arm member further being provided at the other end thereof with a recessed portion having a substantially C-shaped configuration engaged with said hook portion on said latch lock, said arm member further having a downwardly extending projection having a pin at the lowest tip thereof, said frame member having a stop on its upper edge which extends laterally over said arm member, a third spring extending between said pin and said stop, supply means connected to and including switch means adapted to be positioned adjacent said housing for convenient operation by an operator, having a horizontally extending stop on the rear wall portion thereof which engages with the hook portion on said arm member when said cash-storage drawer is fully inserted in said housing.