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Automated banking machine with bezel including an opening and a movable gate

US7377424B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
4References
36Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 2005
Grant dateMay 27, 2008
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F19/207
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automated banking machine (10) is provided. The automated banking machine may include a fascia (50) in operative connection with a frame (110). The machine may include a plurality of hardware devices which are accessible through the fascia. The hardware devices may include a cash dispenser (24), receipt printer (20), and a card reader (22). The fascia may include replaceable bezels (550,552) with apertures therein for providing access to hardware devices. The bezels may be operative to float with respect to the fascia and hardware devices to automatically align hardware devices with the bezels. In addition the hardware devices may include movable portions which are operative to automatically align with the bezels. The bezels may include ramps, ribs, or other angled surfaces which guide the hardware devices into alignment with the openings in the bezels.

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