Currency recycling automated banking machine media gate
US6170818A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S271/902
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage areas and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a central transport (70) in which documents which are deposited are oriented and identified. Such documents are then routed to storage areas in recycling canisters (92, 94, 96, 98) when a user subsequently requests a dispense of documents. Documents are selectively picked from the storage areas and delivered to the customer. Media gates (116, 118, 120, 122) are used to selectively direct documents between remote transport segments (108, 110, 112, 114) and canister delivery transports (124, 126, 128, 130). The media gates operate by selectively directing documents through an intersection (421) in engagement with transversely offset belt flights (396, 422). A diverter member (430) selectively deforms the belt flights of the remote transport segment so as to guide documents to and from an associated canister delivery transport.
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