Cash dispensing automated banking machine with improved card retention capabilities and method

US7032245B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Diebold Self-Service Systems · US

Inventors

• Pietro Scarafile · Torino, IT
• Piero Ghiringhelli · Torino, IT
• Giorgio Cerioni · Torino, IT
• Francesco Ferraro · Piverone, IT
• Natarajan Ramachandran · Uniontown, US
• Paul D. Magee · North Canton, US
• Dave Barker · North Canton, US
• Kenneth Turocy · Wadsworth, US
• Jim Booth · Kimbolton, US
• Zachary Utz · North Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 9, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F19/211
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automated banking machine (10) includes a card reader (256) in the machine operative to receive cards from users. Cards that are to be captured and held in the machine are moved by the card reader to the interior of a bin (268). Cards entering the bin are engaged with and moved away from the card reader by action of a movable member (274). Authorized servicers recover captured cards from the bin by opening a lock (272) and accessing the interior of the bin by opening a lid (270). The user interface of the machine includes a movable fascia portion (240) that assures proper alignment of the fascia opening and card reader and also minimizes the risk of undetected installation of unauthorized card reading devices.