Apparatus for use in a self-service terminal and a method of processing a financial instrument at a self-service terminal

US6739503B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• NCR Corporation · US

Inventor

• Alexander S. Murison · Waterloo, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2003
• Grant date: May 25, 2004
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/1085
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An endorser is disposed along a document transport path and includes a printhead for printing an endorsement onto a document along the document transport path. The printhead can move through an opening to print an endorsement onto a document along the document transport path. A door covers the opening and is slidable between an open position in which the printhead is able to move through the opening to print an endorsement onto a cheque and a closed position in which the door prevents the cheque from being jammed into the printhead when the cheque is transported along the cheque transport path. The door includes a major surface and a plurality of finger-like projections disposed on the major surface. The plurality of finger-like projections are provided for engaging a cheque when the cheque moves into a position along the cheque transport path for the printhead to print an endorsement onto the cheque.