Abstract: The banknote handling device of the invention notifies both a customer and a clerk at a financial institution of the occurrence of a counterfeit problem in the course of a transaction. When banknotes received from a customer include any counterfeit banknote, the banknote handling device collects the counterfeit banknotes to be not returnable to the customer. This desirably forbids circulation of the counterfeit banknotes. The occurrence of the counterfeit problem is described in a transaction statement on conclusion of the transaction. The transaction statement includes a transaction date/time, customer information, transaction details, a message, and financial institution information. The transaction details show the total amount of money received from the customer, the amount of money accepted for the transaction, that is, the amount of banknotes excluding the counterfeits, and the breakdown of the banknotes accepted for the transaction. The message suggests the customer a step to be taken.

Abstract: A two door electronic safe is described wherein a bill acceptor, as well as other electronic control circuitry, and a banknote canister are partitioned in first and second compartments with access by first and second access doors, respectively, so that a service call can be made to service the bill acceptor or other electronics without having to allow access to the banknote canister thereby facilitating service calls and allowing the separation of the service call function from the cash collection function.

Abstract: A bill storage unit has a bill storage portion for storing bills and a bill validator which takes in a bill to validate the bill. A feeding device feeds the bill delivered from the bill validator to the bill storage portion along a feeding path. A correcting device removes a fold in the bill by applying a force stretching the bill, while the bill is being supported and guided along at least part of the feeding path.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for reducing or preventing sunlight from reaching the interior of a vending machine through its front panel, and also providing for the placement of advertising, information, and/or identification of the products inside the machine. Embodiments of the invention include an obscuring peripheral border provided around a viewing area of the front panel of a vending machine. Other embodiments include methods and apparatus for scrolling specialized film behind the front panel of a vending machine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of securing shopping trolleys (10), for which a defined parking area (9) is provided, by a deposit and to a deposit system for such trolleys. The deposit (7) is introduced into a deposit device (30) which is arranged in the parking area (9) separately from the shopping trolleys (10), the deposit device (30) freeing a shopping trolley (10) for removal from the parking area (9) by means of a signalling arrangement (18). The signalling arrangement (18) here interacts with an inhibiting device (26) on the shopping trolley (10) for inhibiting the movement of the trolley by remote control, the signalling arrangement (18) communicating in a wireless and trolley-specific manner with signalling devices (22) on the shopping trolley (10) and the signalling arrangement (18) registering the return of a shopping trolley (10) in order for the deposit to be refunded.

Abstract: A coin deposit apparatus has a carriage section having castors detachable from a apparatus main body, and a carriage-locking section which can lock the carriage section attached to the apparatus main body so that a plurality of container sections are mounted onto the carriage section. A shutter which can open and close an upper aperture and a closed position locking member which locks the shutter at the closed position are provided to each one of a plurality of the container sections. A shutter-locking activating section which moves the shutter of a plurality of the container sections mounted onto the carriage section to a closed position and locks the shutter at the closed position by the closed position locking member is disposed in the apparatus main body. By doing this, it is possible to provide the coin deposit apparatus which can prevent problems in security management.

Abstract: A highly secure bill handling device that can essentially prevent bill removal includes a bill container for storing a bill inserted through a bill insertion slot, an exit through which the bill container projects out of a housing, an openable/closable shutter for closing the exit, a shutter drive module for opening and closing the shutter, a lock member movably supported between a locked position where the shutter is not allowed to open and an unlocked position where the shutter is allowed to open, and a lock member moving module for moving the lock member between the locked position and the unlocked position.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The application relates to money item dispensing apparatus (1, 123) having a money item acceptor (10, 124) and a hopper arrangement (23, 126). The application further relates to money item dispensing apparatus (1) having sorting means (15, 16, 17) operable to selectively direct a money item (12) to one of a first money item store (27) and a second money item store (142), to money item dispensing apparatus (139) having two hopper arrangements (23, 150), to a money item acceptor (10) having a self-clearing mechanism (37, 38), to a money item conveyor (160), to a method of purging the money items in a money item dispensing apparatus, to money item dispensing apparatus (1, 123, 139) having means for ejecting a money item from a receptacle through an outlet via a first path to a return tray and via a second path into a cashbox, to a method of filling a money item dispensing apparatus (180) and filling apparatus (170) for filling a money item dispensing apparatus (180).

Abstract: There is provided a bill handling device in which the size of the device can be reduced by disposing various component members in a limited amount of installation space in a space-efficient manner and efficient bill collection is further realized. The bill handling device includes a bill transport mechanism for transporting a bill inserted from a bill insertion slot along the insertion direction and ejecting the bill toward a bill push area located downstream of the bill transport mechanism; a press plate provided on one side of a housing and pressing the bill ejected in the bill push area toward the other side; a stacking tray reciprocally movable along the insertion direction and stacking and storing the bill pressed by the press plate; a stacking tray drive mechanism for reciprocally moving the stacking tray; a shutter mechanism having a shutter, the shutter mechanism opening and closing the shutter through which the front end area of the stacking tray can project.

Abstract: A low cost fare collection system includes a removable farebox having an integral collection box. The farebox can be installed in a temporary installation at a fare collection location for the collection of fares and can be removed to a secure location for emptying and reconciliation. The farebox can include an integral collection box for receiving fares deposited in the farebox. The farebox can be configured such that the collected fares can be emptied only when the farebox is removed from the temporary installation to reduce tampering and theft. A fare validator can be used to verify the amount and value of a fare deposited in the farebox to eliminate human validation of fares. Electronic monitors can collect data relating to fares deposited, total revenue collected, time of fare collection, and other data items that can be retrieved when the farebox is removed and emptied.

Abstract: A peripheral component arrangement for a gaming machine comprises a peripheral component and a floating bezel. The peripheral component is mounted within a housing of the gaming machine and includes an entry end with an entry slot. The bezel is floatably mounted to a front door of the housing and is mated to the entry end of the peripheral component when the front door is closed. Because the bezel is floatably mounted to the front door, the bezel can shift relative to the front door so as to align with and properly mate to the entry end of the peripheral component.

Abstract: A dispensing system for wheeled devices has a plurality of receiving slots, which may be assembled in a suitable pattern so that any wheeled device having a bar or a receiving latch secured thereto may be mounted in the dispensing system by sliding the receiving latch into the slot or released therefrom by activating a push-back mechanism permitting the receiving latch to be removed from the docking port.

Abstract: A parking meter assembly (10) including a base (11) that is to be fixed to or embedded in a ground surface, typically adjacent the curb that which a car is to be parked. The assembly (10) also includes a parking meter (13) having a front face (17) that includes a coin slot (25) a card slot (20) and a control panel (21). The parking meter (13) further includes a rear face (27) having a window aperture (28) that provides for the transmission of light to a solar panel (29) behind the aperture (28).

Abstract: An automatic coin aligning apparatus including a coin storing unit, a chute section, and a dispensing control unit. The chute section is disposed above the coin storing unit and has an upper portion and a lower portion. The chute section upper portion extends to receive coins from a plurality of coin hoppers, the chute section lower portion extends to a coin storing section. The coin storing unit includes a plurality of coin storing sections. Each coin storing section can receive a predetermined quantity of coins from a coin hopper. Each coin hopper can store a bulk quantity of coins of a predetermined denomination and dispense coins in a one by one manner. The dispensing control unit controls the coin dispensing quantity of the plurality of coin hoppers.

Abstract: An improved coin box assembly is provided for a coin operated laundry appliance. The assembly includes a mounting bracket mounted in the cabinet of the appliance, a vault mounted within the mounting bracket, and a coin box mounted within the vault. The mounting bracket and vault provide double-wall protection for the coin box so as to inhibit prying. The assembly further includes external and internal plates sandwiching the front wall of the coin box to prevent cutting of the front wall of the coin box. A freely-spinning washer is mounted between the front plate and the front wall of the coin box to preclude a hole saw from cutting out the lock cylinder of the coin box.

Abstract: An automatic vending machine in which a discharge merchandise holding member is operated by operation power by a handle after a coin is inserted and a piece of merchandise is discharged by an operation of the discharge merchandise holding member, the machine includes: a discharge merchandise detecting section to detect the piece of merchandise to be discharged and to output an detection signal thereof; a display section capable of displaying a total number of the discharged merchandise since a predetermined time in a manner viewable from an outside; and a processing apparatus to determine the total number of the discharged merchandise on the basis of the signal of the detection outputted by the discharge merchandise detecting section and to make the display section display the total number of the discharged merchandise at a preset occasion.

Abstract: A gaming device is disclosed that provides a convenient way to access a currency container. The currency container may be accessed by raising the currency acceptor in a substantially vertical direction above the playing surface with respect to the top of the gaming device. An independent and lockable access panel is provided that allows only authorized personnel to access and raise the currency acceptor. A latch mechanism and biasing member are provided for releasing and raising a currency acceptor carriage which contains the currency acceptor and currency container to a raised position. The carriage may be returned to a lower position by either compressing or reversing the biasing member and re-engaging the latch mechanism. The gaming device is then restored to pre-collection configuration by closing and securely retaining the access panel.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide apparatus for validating and paying out coins, which can guide metal fragments to the surface of the driving motor such that the guided metal fragments are attracted to the surface of the driving motor so as to prevent the metal fragments from entering the coin pay-out mechanism, thereby to prevent the coin pay-out mechanism from erroneously operating, and which can reduce the labor of the maintenance such as cleaning by accumulating the metal fragments at a given place.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cash dispenser comprising a plurality of banknote compartments (20), disposed one after the other in a vertical position in a horizontal row, for receiving banknotes to be dispensed, wherein the banknote compartments (20) are associated with withdrawal and separation devices (26). The cash dispenser also comprises a stacking device (30) for forming a wad of banknotes to be dispensed, a single sheet transport device (28) for transporting individual banknotes from the withdrawal and separation devices (26) to the stacking device (30), a wad transport device (34) for transporting a wad of banknotes from the stacking device (30) to a dispenser slot (16) of the cash dispenser, and a return cassette (36) comprising a reject compartment (38) for receiving individual banknotes that were not dispensed. The single sheet transport device (28) can be optionally linked with an entrance opening (40) of the return compartment (36) or with the stacking device (30).

Abstract: A coin collecting machine and coin bin are disclosed. The coin bin includes a brake system that can be selectively applied by a detachable handle. A plurality of ports can be provided in the lid of the coin bin for distributing coins evenly through the bin, and the apertures can be selectively opened to receive coins and prevent access to the coins. The bin further includes a floor that includes sloped surfaces. The coin collecting machine includes a motorized funnel system for funneling coins to each of the ports in the bin for even distribution.

Abstract: A flavor strip retaining board for a vending machine signfront. The flavor strip retaining board has a mounting panel and a retaining panel that is spaced from and fastened to the mounting panel to receive flavor strips between the mounting panel and the retaining panel. Fasteners that fasten the mounting panel to the retaining panel are located to support and position flavor panels at a desired location on the mounting panel. The mounting panel may be mounted to a vending machine signfront panel or to a frame of the vending machine.

Abstract: A coin-operated vending machine includes fastening elements adapted to be reached to fasten a lower base to an upper body by inserting a tool through openings in the lower base bottom once a coin box is removed from the lower base whereas the elements cannot be reached and unfastened when the openings are blocked by the coin box in the lower base, a transverse wall attached to an outer wall of the upper body and disposed across the upper body so as to block off access to the coin box by reaching through the upper body with a head of the machine removed, a central rod adapted to assemble the upper body to the head being fixedly attached upon the transverse wall, and a motion-responsive device operable in conjunction with a coin chute to permit coins only to pass through it from a coin-actuated mechanism to the coin box.

Abstract: A bill handling machine includes a machine body 10 for conveying bills 3 and storing bills other than a bill 3 to be discharged and a detachable box 20 having a mounted section 21 detachably mounted to a mount section 11 of the machine body 10 for storing and discharging the bill 3 to be discharged. The machine body 10 includes distinguishing device (14b and 14c) for distinguishing whether or not the bill 3 is a dischargeable bill, conveying device 12 for conveying the bills 3 in the normal or reverse direction between the distinguishing device and the mounting section 11, and a keeping bill storage section 15 for storing the bills 3 other than the bill 3 to be discharged which is conveyed by the conveying device 12. The detachable box 20 includes a dischargeable bill storage section 25 for storing the bill 3 so as to be discharged.

Abstract: The invention provides a bill receiving and paying apparatus which has a function capable of replenishing and retracting the bill in correspondence to a lot of money kinds, secures the bill capacity without enlarging the apparatus, and has an improved maintenance characteristic and an improved operability. A recycle cassette per a money kind and a reject cassette are arranged in parallel in a depth direction as seen from a front face of a bill receiving and paying apparatus, a replenishment/retract cassette is arranged in a vertically laminated direction with respect to the recycle cassette and the reject cassette, the reject cassette is arranged in a front face side or a rear face side of the recycle cassette in correspondence to an operation and maintenance aspect of the apparatus.

Abstract: A coin processing machine for sorting or verifying coins discharges coins through one or more coin tubes and includes a disk mounted on a drive shaft by a nut threaded on the shaft. Each coin tube includes a coin bag support with a non-flexible bracket that presses the bag against the support. A high-friction washer is located between the nut and disk to resist loosening of the nut during machine operation.

Abstract: A removable coin storage apparatus is used in a coin processing device, and includes a removable bin for storing and transporting coins. The removable bin has a stopped position and a moving position. The coin storage apparatus further includes a brake device that is pivotally coupled to the removable bin for preventing movement of the removable bin in the stopped position. The brake device has a manually moveable element that is movable between a first position and a second position, each one of the first position and the second position corresponding to one of the stopped position and the moving position of the removable bin. The brake device also has a contact surface for exerting a frictional force on a floor surface in the stopped position of the removable bin.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for authenticating a document. The apparatus includes a profile processor adapted to collect a plurality of data profiles from a suspect document, a comparator adapted to compare the plurality of data profiles with a set of envelopes of a library document and to determine that the document is authentic when the plurality of profiles conforms with the plurality of envelopes and a push-in lock that locks a cassette that holds authenticated documents to a body of the apparatus for authenticating the document.

Abstract: A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills which includes a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills, a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills, a reject box for storing rejected bills, and a plurality of bill accepting boxes for accepting recycle bills. The reject box is disposed on a path diverged from a bill transport path which transports bills from the temporary storage box to the bill discriminating unit.

Abstract: A locking security cover which provides means for locking a depository cassette or receptacle to the currency validator mechanism limiting unauthorized access to the collected currency in the depository cassette, the locking security cover nests the depository cassette to the currency validator by means of key holes located on either side of the cover, cooperable with corresponding studs associated with the validator, thereby securing the locking security cover in a downward position and locked in position by a shackle secured to the rear face of the depository cassette cooperative with a downwardly extending back face of the locking security cover for receipt of a padlock, thereby securing the locking security cover.

Abstract: An automated banking machine includes a mechanism for accepting deposited items. Deposited items may be provided to the machine in envelopes which are first passed to a user from an envelope storage area (132) in the machine through a transport (124) and which are presented to the user through an opening (244). An envelope storage and dispensing device (134) is operative to assure that only a single envelope is delivered to the user. A user may thereafter include deposit items in the dispensed envelope. The deposited items are passed through the opening (244) and are deposited in a deposit-holding container (128). The deposited items may be marked with indicia corresponding to the transaction or properties of the deposited item where the envelope originally dispensed to the user for holding the deposited item.

Abstract: A connecting/holding machine 30 of a cash container according to the present invention holds a cash container 15 having a bottom portion 15a and a back face side portion 15d and provided with first terminal portions 22 and 23 and a fitting-in hole 47 in its back face side portion 15d. This connecting/holding machine 30 includes a holding base 70 in which a mounting portion 40 capable of mounting the cash container 15 and a back face portion 42 standing from the mounting portion 40 are constituted in conformity with an external shape of the cash container 15. The back face portion 42 includes second terminal portions 37 and 38 capable of being connected to the first terminal portions 22 and 23 at positions corresponding to the first terminal portions 22 and 23. The back face portion 42 also includes an engaging protrusion 45 capable of fitting in the fitting-in hole 47 at a position corresponding to the fitting-in hole 47.

Abstract: Dispenser modules include structure permitting their securement in stacked and aligned relation. The dispenser modules can contain sheet media such as notes and other items. The dispenser modules can be used in an automated banking machine operative to dispense multiple types of sheet media. Modules include a projection plate and a biasing latch arm on side walls thereof. The projection plate includes a pin adapted to be received in a side wall slot. A first module is locked to a second module through a first module latch preventing movement of a second module pin from a first module slot. Disassembly of the locked modules can occur with compressing of the latch to release the modules relative to each other.

Abstract: A bill deposit/withdrawal machine for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills includes a deposit/withdrawal port for performing deposit or withdrawal of bills, a bill discriminating unit for discriminating bills, a plurality of bill accepting boxes for accepting bills, a bill transport path for transporting bills, an upper bill mechanism disposed in an upper portion of the machine for forming a unit including the deposit/withdrawal port and the bill discriminating unit, and a lower bill mechanism disposed in a lower portion of the machine for forming a unit including the plurality of bill accepting boxes. The upper bill mechanism includes a reject box for accepting non-returning bills which cannot be accepted into the plurality of boxes or bills forgotten to be taken out.

Abstract: A gaming machine comprises a cabinet, a coin outlet for dispensing coins, and a coin tray beneath the coin outlet. The coin tray is located a sufficient vertical distance from the coin outlet so as to accommodate a traditional coin collection cup between the coin outlet and the coin tray. The coin tray may contain a beverage cup holder and/or an ash tray, preferably located horizontally away from the coin outlet. The coin tray is coupled to the cabinet and extends below a level of the bottom of the cabinet. When the gaming machine sits on a stand in a gaming establishment, the cabinet sits on top of the stand while the coin tray hangs over a front wall of the stand.

Abstract: A coin press (10) includes a die (20) and an anvil (22) that abut and counter-rotate to nip and press a coin. The coin press (10) has a timing device (80) with a coin slot (84) and a gate (92) rotatable about a gate axis parallel to the width of the coin slot (84). The gate (92) rotates between a closed position to obstruct the coin slot (84) and an open position that allows the coin to pass gravitationally by the gate (92). A timing ring (130) rotates with one of the die (20) and the anvil (22) and has at least one lobe (132) that activates a trip lever (122) to rotate the gate (92) and gravitationally drop the coin between the anvil (22) and an image on the die (20). The die (20) and the anvil (22) are removably and replaceably mounted by sliding into a slot (46) and another slot (48) on a frame (40). First and second adjusters (62, 64) allow adjustment of pressure between the die (20) and the anvil (22).

Abstract: A system for handling banknote flows with the aid of a banknote handling machine for feeding banknotes into and out of a banknote magazine included in the banknote handling machine. The system includes a central unit which includes a locality that is divided by an inner wall into an outer room and an inner room, with the banknote handling machine being orientated through the inner wall. The banknote handling machine includes a banknote infeed location and at least one banknote outfeed location in the outer room, and a combined banknote infeed/outfeed location in the inner room. The machine also includes a bandnote detector and a banknote packaging unit for treating possibly detected forged banknotes and unusable banknotes.

Abstract: An enhanced bezel intended for use with a bill acceptor. The enhanced bezel includes a processor to monitor detailed information about the status of the bill acceptor, and other information related to its operation. The processor displays this information through multiple indicators on the enhanced bezel.

Abstract: An ATM currency cassette includes a low currency indicator arrangement (238). A push plate (242) is biased to push currency toward an exit end of the cassette. An adjustable trip pin (240) can be removably positioned at different trip settings on the push plate (242). As currency is depleted, the push plate moves the trip pin therewith. The trip pin (240) can eventually trip a trip lever (244) to cause the indication of a low currency condition in the cassette. The ability of the trip pin to be adjustably positioned enables the low currency setting to be finely adjusted.

Abstract: A coin treating device, wherein a key cylinder type locking means for limiting the release of the latch of the latch means is disposed in a coin storage unit so that the coin storage unit cannot easily be removed from a device main body other than in some specific cases.

Abstract: A cash handling machine, such as a vending machine, includes various components, such as cash store, that are located within the housing. The machine is operable in a normal mode, in which a credit value is accumulated in response to cash received, and a float mode in which cash received is directed to the cash store without giving credit to the user. The machine can be switched between the normal mode and the float mode in response to an operation by a person, wherein the operation can be performed by the person without the person having access to internal components of the machine.

Abstract: A coin receiving and dispensing device includes a coin selector unit with a coin entry for determining a type of coin and directing the coin based on that determination. A coin dispensing device for storing coins that can be dispensed as change and a coin storage safe along with a return coin exit can also be provided. A coin passageway unit that can include a removable cover member can extend over and form a portion of the coin passageways whereby a technician by removing the cover member can have access to the servicing of the various coin passageways.

Abstract: A bill acceptor module may receive configuration data from at least one of an interface board, a programming tool, a plug-in memory, a memory on a currency cassette, and a host machine, store the configuration data in a memory, and process signals according to the configuration data to enable operation of the bill acceptor module with a host machine. The operation of the bill acceptor module may include communication with a currency cassette.

Abstract: A bill acceptor system for accepting bills, vouchers, scrip, tickets and/or currency into an electronic gaming machine or alternative type of customer service device. The system includes a validator assembly capable of identifying acceptable notes and discriminating between currency and non-currency notes. The system also includes a transport assembly for transporting notes from the validator to a dual section cash box. The dual section cash box is configured to receive and hold notes received from the bill acceptor in different compartments.

Abstract: A paper currency receiving apparatus includes a body with a bill-receiving opening in a front end thereof, a detecting device mounted in the body and defining a bill passage through which a bill inserted into the bill-receiving opening passes, and a bill-collecting box for receiving the bill. The genuineness of the bill is discriminated by the detecting device. In a case that a fraud operation is attempted by bonding an end of a string to a side of the bill and inserting the bill into the bill-receiving opening, the string is severed by one of a plurality of cutting edges on the detecting device.

Abstract: A coin processing device, which ascertains genuine or counterfeit nature and denomination of inserted coins, accommodates coins that have been ascertained to be genuine according to denomination and pays out the accommodated coins via a coin pay-out slot according to amount of change, includes a coin-type IC card processor for ascertaining genuine or counterfeit nature of inserted coin-type IC cards, performing input and output of information into and from coin-type IC card that have been ascertained to be genuine and discharging the coin-type IC cards from the coin pay-out slot, whereby the coin processing device processes both the coins and coin-type IC cards.

Abstract: A bulk merchandise-vending machine with a base supporting a merchandise storage member, a mechanism plate positioned to form a closure member for the base and removable therefrom by a forward pivotal movement about its bottommost edge while the storage member is tilted slightly upwardly about its rearmost edge, wherein the front of the storage member is provided with a locking element cooperative with a lock carried by the mechanism plate and operable positively to prevent the storage member from tilting about its rear lower edge and separate from the mechanism plate, whereby unauthorized access to the mechanism carried by the mechanism plate and/or a coin receptacle there behind is positively prevented.

Abstract: A coin processing device. The device includes coin tracks that are aligned side by side, such that the coin tracks and coin storages are arranged within a limited space.

Abstract: A coin processing machine comprises a housing for containing the coin processing device, a coin processing unit disposed within the housing for processing received coins of a plurality of denominations and discharging processed coins into a plurality of coin receptacles, and a coin receptacle station disposed within the housing for holding a plurality of coin receptacles. The coin receptacle station includes a plurality of individually moveable platforms each having at least one coin receptacle disposed thereon. Each moveable platform is moveable between a first position and a second position. Each moveable platform is disposed entirely within the housing for receiving coins in the at least one coin receptacle disposed thereon when in the first position, and each moveable platform extends out of the housing when in the second position.

Abstract: A coin bank includes a housing having a coin receiving area for receiving unsorted coins, a coin sorting area for sorting the unsorted coins and a coin storage area for storing sorted coins. The coin storage area includes a drawer slidably mounted in the housing and a coin tube support movably mounted in the drawer between a first position, when the drawer is fully retracted into the housing and a second position, when the drawer is fully extended from the housing. A plurality of coin tubes is mounted in the coin tube support for holding sorted coins. The plurality of coin tubes is inclined in relation to a vertical axis for receiving sorted coins when the drawer is in a retracted position. A reservoir is located directly above each of the coin tubes for holding at least one additional coin above a stack of coins completely filling the coin tube.