Bezel assembly for use with an automated transaction device

US8978868B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JCM American Corporation · US

Inventors

• Steven Johnson · Las Vegas, US
• Bryan Allen Wilcutt · Las Vegas, US
• Omar Jorge Rivera · Las Vegas, US
• Connie R. Masters · Henderson, US
• Scott A. Toth, Sr. · Henderson, US
• Daniel Petersen · Taylorsville, US
• Brian Anthony Montano · Henderson, US
• Dominic Mohrhardt · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S902/08
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.