Automated transaction machine

US6941274B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• DIEBOLD, INC. · US

Inventors

• Natarajan Ramachandran · Uniontown, US
• Mark Owens · Louisville, US
• Mark D. Smith · Panama City, US
• Sean Haney · North Canton, US
• Andrew Junkins · Round Rock, US
• Matthew Force · Uniontown, US
• H. Thomas Graef · Bolivar, US
• Elizabeth Herrera · North Canton, US
• Robert G. Miller · Norwood, US
• Roy Mleziva · Canton, US
• Jeffrey A. Hill · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C2011/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an automated transaction machine of the recycling currency type. The machine permits a merchant to both store and withdraw cash. The machine also permits a customer to withdraw cash. The automated transaction machine includes a chest portion and a top hat portion. The portions have a front side and a rear side. The rear side of the machine is primarily intended for use by the merchant. The front side of the machine is primarily intended for use by a customer. The merchant side of the chest portion includes an inlet opening for inserting cash and an outlet opening for dispensing cash. The customer side of the chest portion also includes an outlet opening for dispensing cash. The top hat portion includes a separate user interface on the merchant side and a separate user interface on the customer side. The machine provides for the safekeeping of excess cash from a merchant's business operations. The machine enables the replenishment of cash therein without accessing the cash storage areas in the interior of the chest portion.