A securable bank note carrier, and a bank note handling apparatus and bank note cassette for use with securable banknote carrier

摘要

A securable banknote carrier comprising an enclosure of flexible material attached to an articulated bi-fold frame delimiting a banknote aperture, wherein the frame comprises a pair of hingedly coupled opposing jaw members, and wherein the frame is configured such that when moving from a banknote aperture open position to a banknote aperture closed position the opposing jaw members rotate inwardly towards one another from a position in which the jaw members are substantially coplanar to a position in which the jaw members are substantially adjacent and parallel to each other.