Automated currency canister reloading machine with ability to update canister memory

US7331513B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DIEBOLD, INC. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Force · Uniontown, US
• H. Thomas Graef · Bolivar, US
• Robert Bowser · Cary, US
• Jeffrey Eastman · North Canton, US
• Michael J. Harty · Canton, US
• Andrew Junkins · Round Rock, US
• Michael E. Lindroos · Norton, US
• Mark Owens · Louisville, US
• Mike Ryan · Canton, US
• Alan Looney · Chagrin Falls, US
• Roy Shirah · North Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2004
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2008
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/1912
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automated canister reloading machine is able to reload a currency canister removed from an ATM. The reloading machine includes a supply of currency notes. The reloading machine can transfer currency notes from the supply into a storage area of the canister. The canister includes a memory that can store data representative of information concerning the canister, such as data representative of the type and number of currency notes held in the canister. The reloading machine is able to update the canister memory.